, 1885-02-21

SsANN OA AN W hOAO hA0J
be referred to for the Motives Of the seve-
raj provisions. AS will be seen, the
Commission's proposal in regard to the
first question, namely, concerning the regu-
lation of the trade in and sale OF rum and
other spirituOuS liquors, aims at restricting
run drinking partly by entirely prohibit
ing producers of rum from selling it by
retail in the country and partly by making
rum dearer in the towns by laying a con-
siderable tax on rum shops, keeping them
at the same time under stringent control.
The Draft is divided into chapters with
the same, or at any rate virtually the same,
titles as in the Ordinance of 18th Novem,
Der 1875 concerning the sale Of spirituous
liquors and concerning rumShops in the
towns of st. Croix.
Chapter l., contains some general provi-
sions concerning the privilege of dealing
in spirituous liquors. Besides a new YER
sion of the first three paragraphs in the
Ordinance of 18th November 1875, the
chapter contains the new provisions pro.
hibiting the producers of rum from selling
the same by retail in the country.
From Chapter IL, concerning rum shops,
are omitted some Of the detailed provisions
found in the corresponding Chapter of the
Ordinance of 18th NOVEMBER 1875. With
regard to the hours during which rum
may be sold, the Government has cOnsi.
dered that when a considerably increased
tax is put upon the rum>hopkeepers their
business ought not at the same time to be
put under too great restrictions Of other
kinds, and it has therefore been proposed
to allow the rum shops to be open on sun.
DAYS aft r 4 in thn nftprnOOD
AS, according 70 the Masters and Ser.
wants Ordinance of 9th October 1879. the
attainment Of fifteen years OF age entities
ANY one to dispose OF his own labOur by
entering into a contract TO perform work in
the service OF another, it is considered
most correct to limit the Commissions
proposal for the prohibition of the sale of
rum to young persons, to include only
persons under the age mentioned, which
also harnonizes with the provision in the
rules for the Copenhagen l0licn, 24nd
June 1883, \ &c, where the limit OF age in
this regard is fixed at sixteen years.
The Commissions proposal that ram
slopkeeperS should keep Il book shelving
ON the one hand the purchases of rum and
on the other all sales OF one whole bottle
or over, would doubtless he found imposSi-
BILE to be carried out in practice and there.
fore the Government has not adopted it.
LII Chapter Ill, concerning tranSgressions
ami complaints, the proposals of the
Commission In regard to increased fines,
and the forfeiture OF rum shop and public
house licenses III CASE Of repeated trans.
gressions, have been adopted. The Com.
missions proposal to give q part of the
fine to the int0rmer has also been followed.
only with the difference, that when The
iniormer is III the Police service the undi.
vided fine is to be paid into the Colonial
Treasury, since policemen who report
offences against the Ordinances ought not
to be regarded as informerS, but as fulfil
ling their official duty, see Pl. oath June
1903.
In Chapter ", concerning the taxes on
rum shops and public houses, the proposals
OF the Commission rave also been followed
i'll essentials, only i'll regard to the tax
on the license of selling other spirits than
rum in quantities of less than 5 gallons.
ii has been thought most correct to pro.
pose that the Rnm Fund should receive
the same share of the tax as it now gets.
Chapter ", concerning the time at
which this Ordinance is to come into force
and the repeal of previous enactments
contains similar provisions to those in s 81
. of the Ordinance of 18th Novamhor 1873