Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-04-07
TIE Me- LICENSE Law.


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Tho srs, s..,ion * 400, ro,rtr.s tho, ,,. ON.
n,ic,,;on AVIAN s,.,e ...,s III. aro,nsho, :. n h.
Kent and ,f m. co,r, 4. -, ,b. ,n,,iop ,,at N.
ann,isspt ia a nerson Of qo,d character. the
court ,.a~ gran, license. Yet there ia , proyiso
annexed which wholly d.strovs the discre;ion-
ary mowers O, The conrt Tn grant r r withhold the
licsnse saam,,gIv vaa,aa bv tho 1-at GLANCE and
n.,-.. &, ,,,no..,rv t,,,,;r,..ur, ~ ~ ,,,r, .,
grant the license ss;udsd ,b.t IN. r,arso, ,s nj
oo,a cb.ro.,.r ana ,,o o,n,,,,,;s, h.. ~.
reouisi,. nj, mher of s;sn.,nr.s
In This resr.c, tie Downing Inn 4. t,e,;,e,v
worse than The ex,s,i.0 law Hinder the nres
en-, law. and in fac, az the law has sIwsvs stood
in .th,s state, and been Interpreted by the
courts, the sale OF LIQUOR ia nor 4 right but n
sse~s DrSvizroe c.nferrc,, nv ,ow So ,ho, nm.
der our pr.s.ut Ia y the courr NAV he satisfied, ma
to the charscter of the unnIicant and the sus,
cheney ot the netitiou and vet rsf,.. tho .n,,,o-
ton. And cases NAV and in fact nave freonan,,v
arisen, where there we're good reasons whv IN.
license should not Issue. though the soplics,;on
was In proper form. Blu, uuder the nav law the
aupiicatiop being in farm and tnr conr, sa,,saea
on m. ,u.s,io, ~, ,h.,.o,.r ,h. ,r,r -, -.
obligatory, So that a llcense NAV. nav mus1 he
Issued for q saloon next door to q church or
school If the court is satisfied on the question Of
character and the petition is sufficient. The
presant law reuurss the an,,Iic.,fon T., s,,,s
vhere tho An oan ia tn ha kent ,or tho ,pr,,s. =,
the court determining if there ia nav .ncb ,,,.
jeciion. The new law retains the reuufr,ment.
license 10 taken awsy. though the court NAV he
of the opinion that a saloon should nor he o,s,.
ed al the pronossd n,sca
Section twotb 40, a re. thu ho,a ., 40 ooo ,r,.
condition of the same Is n. a, prase.t excont
there Is further PROVISION ..That he will nav
all fines penalties and 1orfe,tures which nav ba
sdjudged against him under The prov,si,n. of
this chapter." The present law flxes the b,nd
ct 81 ,OG0 But this ,ncrease In The amon,t !.
little or no improvement. oor ,wo re,so,,
First-The condition of the bond in tho nra.snt
new law ia that he will not soil ~ n,yno.a; 80
the law giving right of actiop. in cas-. or ao,.
to a MINOR to the father Sc Is nuratorv and
useless; not that euch sales are not of +, cement
occurrence, or that the bond Is Insufficient hur
from the difficulty of proof. and the na,prs l
repugnunce of parenls 70 exposing their chill.
dreu. The increase of the bond from al .0Oo tn
% 600 will not overcome either of these ob,sc.
tions.
secood-The additional condition Of the
bond is no impro vemeut I, for the fines ar. a,wavs
pay OF Imprisonment, never knew an actin
ever brough. in our county.
not less III Ill s2j more Than S29v Tor stale pur
uoyes ior SIX mouths Tn. n,...n, t.,y s.,,,.
= a., axaa ,b. s,m. rv,. i'll. 49,, .
law. m a,l,t,,,o,, In ,,,s ,,,.n.. ~. -,
y,,o,.,. rue, ~. ,,.,d h, ,,,o.,,,....,a
,,.,v lam, !. -, IL - e.' 'he
csse. if a, ,ts ,,.,. ,.r w,I, ,,n, ,,a 49,,
Nj nr.s.nt Tbs c,,,tv tsx !. 20 Ia 80, ,
Than ss,o or more ,b.n s1oo IN h. nx.,, h., -.
COURT. The co ntv couus can row Nv 49,.
birh a. sAo tbourn ,h.v r,,v no ,,,v.r ,,...
$3.50. So l,mi,;np Inc m nimum ,s y a, s,,o =:
II low licsn,o inst.,, of .,,
tc.r.. IA. m. .,u r., eli, !, a. s.-.s. -.
hin ia. m,s,o,,or
sac,,on ,onr Z. 40, ,ro,;.,.s
rNS,RR rue. II
Wv "Au "unuieo
s;,n.d hy :, m. ,o.it,, =, ,,o -,
n, the ,,,oct.or .on,r, ci,ios 80,
N nic,nal townsb,n. in tho .cou.t, .,,h -.
must be s,yped by majority of, tho -.
ci,,zrns i, sucb citv ,own ar ,.,v,.,,;s
.,so of the biock or snuare vh.r. m. 60,
he located In ,h,s IL ia an INN, o,.r,.,,, -. ~
pr.sent law as II relates tn c;t,es Nv -.
less than ten thousand and five bundr.a ,rh.ht
rauts In that the present law ss copstrned nnl,
r.uuires a m,,o-,,, ~ ,,. ,.x,o,,.s 80 a.
block or son.r
Section = 4,e rrov,,ss for a,o M,
s,o or mor. ,b,a a,oo go ,s-c't.,S ...
ror serrrns un sunday. At present It Is me moi
more than $50 (sec. ,6sl) and forfeiture of
license tsec. 5.45s). The latter provision las to
torfeiture) has always been dead letter; 1t will
continue to be 80.
Section 5. 49, Increases the amount that th.
father. SC. of kabitual oruakar,, NAV rac,xsr
from $500. the maximum limit under the nr.s.n,
law. to $500. This PROVISION has also rem, ind
q dead letter for reasons easily imagined M
such action is ever or seldom brouSbt IN ,b.
whole lhis Downing bill IN .,umsi,v ar.,,,
will lead to much l.tiest,op. and .. vors. ,hs,.
the old Law III ia rs,b.r i, tho ,,...,