Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-17
District Government Affairs.

Mr. W. O. Roome, chief IN charge or special
assessment reviSioBS, has completed reviSiohS
Oh the following streets: 18th ST. west, from
st. north to ST. north; 9th St west. from 81.
north to q 81. north; 9Th st. west from Rhode
Island ave. TO Boundary; 26th st. west. from X
st. horth TO Potomac river; Gay st, from Mont
gonlery st. 10 Monroe ST., Georgetown: 1th ST.
east, from Pennsy lvania ave. 10 NJ st south;
Sth ST. east, from East Capitol st. 70 St north:
14tn st. west, from i sc: north to Ohio avenue
eth ST. extended from Boundary St to Grant
avenue; sth st. extended. from Grant avenue 10
lrviDg St
COMMITTEE OF LIQUOR DEALERS.
composed OF MeSSrS E. 4. White, FL. Browning.
George Holmes. j. L. Barbour, Frank Hume
James X. Cleary and others-fourteen alto
gether, he aded 10y L. G. Hine esq, their aBtor-
hey waited Oh the District Commissioners thIs
MOI ming TO urge them TO relax some OF tue
rules end regulations observed 50 strictly by
the license board In the consideration of appii-
cations. The two main points OF complaint
are: |. That the license board, unjustly as they
believe, require more signatures to applications
than the Law requires; and fn this connection
they cite cases where the applicants location is
on the corner or street the board requiring the
sgners or residents and houSekeepers on four
different squares opposite. They objected TO
this as unjust and not warranted by the law
itself. 2. Tney object to the rule requiring
agents for real estate property to furnish In ali
caSes power OF attorney authorizing them TO
gn applications for the owners or such prop
erty, and said it was an illiberal and unjust
rlle. A lengthy discussion followed on this aud
other points, MIR. H1ne speaking for the CON-
m1ttee. The Commissioners stated that they
desired to deal fairly with all interested In this
subject OF issuing liquor licenses. They could nC
see how they could relax the rule requiring a
power OF attorney or other writing, In such
cases as had been cited by Mr. Hine. It was a
concession TO even grant this privilege to the
applicants, as the language OF the law Is .'own-
efS" Of real estate. The commissioners had
however, given liberal construction in requfr-
Changed unless the law was changed. Mr
Hume thought the license committee was In
clined, by Its rulings TO throw every obstacle In
the way Of applicants getting their licenses.
He only desired fair play and reasonable
construction Of the law. The Comnis sioners
repe ated what they had often before said, that
their only course under the circumst anceS was
20 enforce the law as it stands, giving what / !
the judgment OF business men would be- ir
and reasonable construction Of the law ia eacu
case, at the same time obervtng the guidance OF
that the way the license board are going on {
would require the whole license year for them
to pass on the papers. Another complaint
was that that the preachers are permitted
to applications which they had given out in
their meetings that they propose to publish
This was great o1stace s 10 the way OF getting
that they had no jurisdiction over the preach
err, neither could they deny them the right and
privilege Of examining the papers on file In the
once Finally the Commissioners suggested to
the committee that they submit all the points
to which they demur In writing, 30 that they
could fully understand them and act, so far as
they could, In accordance with the wishes Of
the committee. This was asSented TO- and Mr.
Hfne the attorney for the liquor dealers viii
draw up paper as suggested
THE LIQUOR LICENSE BOARD
met to day, and received six new applications
for liquor license. The applications OF John r.
Peters, 709 d street NORTHWEST; Charles M. Mi.
ler, 7th and d streets northwest, and George
Mantz, 800 11th street northwest, were approyed
and referred to the District Commissioners. No
action has been taken as yet on the apple alton
Of Edward Ahnef, 413 eth street,