Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-14
Liquor Licenses and Hew They are 10.
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THEY MUST BE RENEWED NOVEMBER lsr-
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE PARTIES APPLY
ING-sTRICT SCRUTINY OF THE APPLICATIONS
The retail liquor dealers are actively engaged
preparing their applications for new licenses
Already there have been 20 applications filed
with the liquor board, and So of these have
been scrutinized by the members of the board
and have been referred to the police for verihca-
ton of the names OF signers TO the applications
The license year for this class of dealers expires
November LIST, and IL is the intention of the
board to have the papers in each case where
parties are entitled to license made up COM
plete, SO as TO be ready to issue on that date
There were about seven hundred OF them last
year, and IL Is thought the number will be in
creased this year. 1t is the duty of the lieuten-
ants of the several police precincts to
send out faithful and reliable officers I'm
charge OF the applications. and go d.
rect to the several individuals whose names
appear on the application, and, producing such
papers, ask them: ais this your signature?" IL
answered I'm the affirmative, then they to
check the names OH, SO as TO see that there is
no forgeres TO the papers. The lieutenant then
makes answers under oath to a set of printed
lnterrogatories concerning the applicant: what
he knows of his character; how his business has
been conducted the previous year; whether or
not there has been violations of law, disorders
in his house, &c, &c. These papers are then re-
turned To the license board. who examine the
records in the assessors office to ascertain if
there is a majority Of the property owners i'm
the square ON which the applicants place of
business is situated and the side OF the square
opposite whose names on the application
or license. Should there be any protests en-
tered 10y any one against the issuance of the
license, this matter is taken into consideration,
and sometimes parties are summoned to give
testimony where there is a question i'm dispute
There is considerable labor attached to the du-
ties OF the liquor board. The present board Is
The same as last year-Messrs. James Small
Clayton +. Buell. and Charles S. Jones. Mr.
small is chairman and keeps the records of the
Office Their office is in the District govern
ment buildings on az street.
REGISTERED AS MAN AND wrrE.-Last
evening there appeared AT a hotel not far from
tn street and Pennsylvania avenue q couple
who registered as j. A. johnson and wife, OF
Virginia. They were assigned to a room and
Immediately walked out, and going up eth
street, took supper at Schwing & Clarks corner
oi ltn and q streets), and afterwards returned
To the hotel. In the meantime the girl had
been recognized as a young English woman,
who arrived here about a month since and was
stopping with her uncle. The latter was noti-
He'd and at once came to the hotel. A porter
was sent to the room to ask Mr.. johnson TO
come down. The porter described the man who
sent for him, whereupon Mr.. johnson went out
by the back way and made pr the b. and p.
depot. The uncle spent a few minutes I'm look
ing after his niece but after an interview with