Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-12


restricted 10 his sales to quantities of one gallon
or more. He cauuot sell in smaller quantities
than one gallon under this license.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
The wholesale and retail dealer is rtu1ired
to pay the further sum Of forty cents on every
sale of one gallon, and ten cents gallon 90
each gallon 10 excess Of one up 10 and iucal.
ing FIVE gallons where he sells to perscts Il!
10 this State. Where he seiIs to
the trade-tbat is, to the retail dealer or ba7.
roem dealer-ths tax is not imposed, cor is j,
required when liquors are sold for transp3r.a-
ton aud consumption beyond the limits Of tie
State
This section requires book to be KEEP, Of al
sales of alcoholic liquors 10 quantities Of more
than one gallon. As this book is desifo5d t.
show the quantity sold upon which tax is ia
posed, it Gao only apply to sales of onc gallon
up to Eve gallons, and therefore ooiy - toe
dealer who sells By retail exclusively, CT TO Id:
Wholesale and retail dealer when be sells :!
retail.
Sales Of FIVE GALLONS and over can Only t..
made by the wholesale dealer, upon which sa'e7
90 tax is imposed, and 90 sale of lees quaEtit>
than one gallon is required to be entered III
book. The requirement, therefore, that al
liquor dealers shall keep full and complete
record of all alcoholic liquors sold By then.
must be limited to such as sell iu Quantiea q
from one to five gallons.
The wholesale Iq1or dealer is required t.
pay specific license tax Of Que hundred anil
fifty dollars. and to apply TO the Court Tor
license to sell. He is GOT required to give
bond nor to perform any other act under the
law.
The retail dealer and the ba. room dealer
must also take out license, execute bond, anI
pay the specific tax required By the Old la1; II
which case be will pay none uoder the ne%
There will be no tax imposed upon sales made
in the interval between the time oil taking GU
the license and the time the dealer Commence
bis sales under the register. From that time
however, be will be assessed and taxed accord
ing to the several sections Of the law FelaIcs
thereto. WILLIAM r. TAYLOR.
Auditor Of Pablo Accounts.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Richmond State Of yesterday says:
Tiukle, tickle, little bell,
What you are koow tu!! we'll.
Ga the hummer your sell,
Of "repudlers." too, the kpe'i.
While the raTeuucs you swell.
Ofuuick payment men shall tel,
That Virgiuisbs DOW mag dwell,
Far from the Gi;h1ucst's hi,
Which inspires this dog CT ell
Tuklc, tInklc, little ball.
Mr.. r. B. Mumfor1, the Commissioner OF h,
Revenue, sent out this moruiog TWO hunGT"i
aud forty Mofett reeisters 10 two wagous u:,ic
Wilks, his deputies These gentlemen stat:
from Twelfth and Main streets, Mr.. Wiika~
territory extending from Twelfth sraet ~
MIR. Wilk's from the same point east
In each saloon where the regstc. WAS placed
as soon as # was screw ed down to the count r
the officer presented the proprietor with copy
of the Motett liquor law sl'o gave instruction
that the law was in force from the time the regii
ter was screwed to the counter.
Mr.. Westerhoff received his under i p!otea:.
There was no such protest elsewhere entered
Early in the day thore was some msundfr.
standing with certain saloon keepers belo"
Twelfth street as TO the time they had 10 col!-
mence registering the drinks sod, They ta!nE.
ing that they were not required to ring the bel!
until they hsd been put Oil Owe; tho city, aid
further orders received The matter coming 10
thu knoHl sdge of Commissioner Munlord' II"
corrected the erroneous Impression AZ once.
Tbs work Ct III AGING these registers in p"slt!C4
is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible
1t will be some days before the work is tnislcd
in this city. The law requires the register TO BE-
sore wed to the bsr-counter but in some SIS ions
we noticed that they were placed IN the reat OF
the baron the hack shelf.
The Ian adopted by the liquor seliers TO las
the tax on the consumer seems to ba uniform a,
to alcoholic compou, is-in every case that cam
to our notice the price per drink beng T"iSeh
from 10 Goats to Is cents, or . cents for tw'
drinks. This arrangement pays tho! coat: t.
the State and leaves g margin to the h.r'rcom I,
pay for register clerk, if ono shall be needed.
in limo Ct crowd and hurry. As to beer, aud
malt beverages generally, two MS seen now to
be tried, soms lager Sci ers Increasing tho pricc
Of glass of beer to SIX cents, and others. wiser
and more f,rseeng, reducing the size OF the glass.
At William EuHe.'s, for example, tho prl.h re-
mains i've cents, bu: the contents OF the RIlfs
are reduced by one-tenth TIL, tax, being ono'
half cent Euker reducing the Quantity o. beeE
by one.tenth, just saves himself
1t begins 10 be under TODD al1e ldy that tbs
register is also check on dishonest bar-tander4
thus cutting off q msrgi Of loss; also, that tho
nformer q 4use Of the law protects the hoac:t
Ges or from the kDavi:h also, tia thu credit
system and ALI its vast loss is abCli Lad.
In short, it now appears tn 1t the dealers sos
good as we'll 4, bad in tn new law; will gIrG i.
q thorough trial, and will await it's full result
before deciding upon its merits.
The click Of the machine WAS head ali day
long to-day, and every click nc,nts step made
by the Commonwealth toward freedom i'om ON
barrassmelt.
The WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.--T Wis.
consin Republican State Convention, whc!
met 10 Madison, yesterday, nominated the fol-
lowing ticket Governor, William +. SniL;
Lieut. Governor, j. NJ. Bingham; Secretary O!
State, Hans B. Waroer; State Treasurer, Rich
ard Guenthor; Attorney General, VIM. E. Car
ter; Superintendent Of Public Instruction. v.
T.. Whi,ford.
Resolutions we're adopted expressing the
hope that the magnanimou5 policy Of the pres
ent administration be duly appreciated in the
South and the pledges Of prominent Southern
men faithfully kept; declaring that the repub
can party will rejoice if that policy produce the
results of order and peace in the South, "bu,
if these results shall not follow the experiment,
We demand that other measures be adopted
which shall secure to all citizens, without dis
tiuctiop Of race or color, the fullest ebioyment