The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-07-18
IN ORDINANCE

70 provide for licensing and regulating wholesale
liquor dealers in the City of Lambertvile.
The Inhabitants Of the Cig Of Laa,be1tciHe do odtt
SEC. /. That II shall not be lawful for any person
or persons, without license for that purpose first
had and obtained, to sell, or cause or knowingly
permit to be sold, directly or indirectly any rum,
gin, whiskey, cider spirits, or any ardent or dis
titled intoxicating liquors, or any porter, ale, lager
beer, or any malt liquors, or any composition of
which any of the said liquors SHALL form an ngre-
dent Except such as shall be compounded and in
tended to be used as medicine), by measure OF
one quart or more, or il having license under this
ordinance, shall permit any liquor sold, drank on
the premises; every person so selling without
license first had, or having license under this
ordinance and permitting said liquors any OF
them so sold, to be drunk on the premises, and
being thereof convicted shall forfeit and pay for
each offence, the sum of fifty dollars, or he adj
judge to suffer imprisonment either In the county
jail for any period not exceeding thirty days, or
in the city Jail for any time not exceeding seven
days or the person so offending may be adjudg ed
to forfeit the said sum OF fifty dollars. and in adj
dtion thereto suffer Imprisonment in one of the
ways provided in this section
SEC. 2. That the Mayor or any justice of the peace
Of the city, upon complaint made before him on
oath or affirmation of the violation Of this ordi
nance, may Issue his warrant for the arrest of TIE
offender or offenders aud may proceed TO hear and
determine the case, and issue process to en- force
the judgment that may be given in the manner
provided by the charter and ordinances of the city.
SEc 3. That in any complaint or proceeding I'M
der this ordinance IL shall he sufficient to describe
the liquor sold rs ardent spirits, vinous or malt
liquor as the ease may be- without specifying par
tculary the kind or description thereof
SIC 4. The Common Council may grant license
TO one or more persons in the city of Lambertvic,
to engage in the business of q wholesale liauor
dealer which license shall authorize the person 81
obtaining the same to sell either ardent spirits,
vinous or mali liquors. or all of them according AZ
TIE application may be, and as the Common Coun-
ell may determine, of the measure Of one quart or
more, and not by any less measure, upon the
premises for which said license is granted and not
elsewhere, and any person selling any of the sew
eral kinds of liquors specified in this ordinance,
of the measure OF one quart or more shall for the
purposes of this ordinance. be deemed and con-
sidered n wholesale liquor dealer.
Size. >, The application for license under this or
dnanee ifgranted at all shall be published in the
newspapers Of this city, ut the expense OF the ap-
pcant, at least ten days before the time specified
when said application Is To be made 10 the Com
mon Council, which said application shall state in
what place in the city, said business is proposed 10
lie carried on.
| SEC, 6. Applications for license under this or
dinanee, may be made at any regular meeting oi
the Common Council aid licenses TO run If grant
! ed, for the term of one year.
SEC. !. That the form of the license and the as
sessment thereof, may be provided for, either hy
resolution ofthe Common Council or by ordinance
SIC. s. That this ordinance shall take effect I'M
mediaiely after its publication according to law.
Passed jane o. 1889
CHAS A. SKILLMAN.
President of Common Council
| Attest:-WM. u. HART, City Clerk
Approved June %, 1881
! July 4, 's3,