Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-17

ton, and on such day or days, if any, as
NAV be fixed by the licensing justices.
Next to the point Of whether or not IL
censed house is needed in that particular
locality, the magistrate will give the great
est attention to the fitness of the applicant.
They will require him to be of good moral
character, and to give bonds.
DAMAGING STATEMENT, n TRUE.
If it is true, as paper before me states,
that of the S 600 saloon-keepers in New
York City 1904 have been inmates OF
State prisons, 2.645 in county prisons and
1896 confined at different times at police
stations, this is a point not much insisted
upon over in your country. Here, how.
ever, it means something, and as matter
of fact the keepers of public houses in
England are better class Of people by
hundred per cent. than the generality of
retail dealers in America. And not the
least creditable trait in the conduct OF En-
glish publicans is their strict obedience to
law. Such thing as open defiance OF any
statute is absolutely unknown among them,
and notwithstanding the greatest vigilance
on the part of the police, it is the rarest
thing for any of them to be detected in an
attempt to evade or dodge the law.
THE HOURS OF CLOSING
Vary according to the population of the
place. In London the ordinary week night
hour is 1890 A. NJ. In smaller places they
shut up at IL, and in the least populous at
10. In Scotland, Wales and the greater
portion of Ireland the publics are closed
all day on Sunday. In England on that
day they are closed all morning and for
three hours in the afternoon. 1t is prob
able that entire closing on the Sabbath
day will soon become general throughout
the United Kingdom. Meanwhile publ
cans, in those parts where such law does
not exist, are encouraged to be law unto
themselves both as regards Sunday closing
and early closing, for an agreement on their
part to close their places on the first day OF
the week, and to shut up an hour before
the stipulated time on other days, secures
to them a two-sevenths' rebate from their
license money, or they can get one.seventh
reduction for doing either one of these
things. Failure to close at the appointed
hours exposes the offender to fine of from
$50 to 500. In like manner fine of q
smaller amount is incurred by those lodg-
ers and travellers excepted) who may be
found on licensed premises after hours.
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW.
Selling spirits or beer without license,
or in other than standard measures adul-
iteration of liquors; refusing admission to
police constable ; selling or giving liquor
to police constable when on duty; selling
to those under l6 years of age these are
all ofenses against the law, and when de-
tected are promptly punished. For allow
ing prostitutes on his premises any longer
than is necessary to enable them to obtain
reasonable refreshmentssthe publican rem.
ders himself liable in the sum of from $50
to 500, and like penalty is incurred if
the house be used for illegal gaming or bet.
ting, or if drunkenness, or any violent,
quarrelsome or riotous conduct be per-
mitted, or if liquor be sold to any drunken
person. But in the latter case the law
again steps in for the
PROTECTION OF PUBLICANS,
Giving them the power to expel disorderly
persons, and making such persons, who re-
fuse to quit the premises when asked to do
So liable to a penalty of $25, or, in de.
fault, to term of imprisonment with hard
labor. Every conviction secured against
the keepers of public houses for any of the
offenses enumerated above is entered in the
license register, and may, at the discre-
ton of the magistrates, be Endorsed on the
publican's own license papers, two such in
dorsements calling for the forfeiture of
these instruments and disqualifying the
man from engaging in the business for five
years afterwards. For some offenses the
license must be forfeited on a first convic.
ton, as, for instance, where the premises
have been used as brothel, or where an
internal communication has been made be.
tween the house licensed and some other
having no license.
Thus, the law holds the saloon-keepers
with tight grip in this country, and the
traffic is regulated to perfection. But
drunkenness still abounds, and there is
still plenty of work for both legislators and
moral suasionists. H. 7.