The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-25
High License Bill.

Representative Lemon of Allegheny
presented last week to the House an
amendment to the Brooks High Lii
cense Bill.
1t provides for the granting of Ii.
cense by an excise commission, who
shall sit at Harrisburg at least once a
month. They shall consider no objec
tion to the granting of license unless
made on the sround that the applicant
is not of good moral character and is
not fit person to keep saloon, or
that he is not citizen of the Uuited
States. The commission is authorized
to appoint deputies, who shall have
power to enter any saloon during bust
ness hours for the purpose of exauin-
ing whether the provisions of the act
are being complied with. The sections
relating to the license fees are as fol-
lows:
Section H. That every vender of
liquors shall be classified and required
to pay annually for their license as
follows: Those whose sales are under
S25,000 per annnm the sum of $500;
all those whose sales are above $25, 900,
$1,000; and resident agents for foreign
breweries and distillieries, except where
such agent is wholesale dealer licensed
under this act, before being permitted
to make sales of their commodities 10
this commonwealth, shall pay like
sums according to their sales; the
money derived from licensing whole
sale dealers to be divided in the pro-
portion, and applied to the purpose set
forth 10 the succeeding sections.
Section 13. That all persons licensed
to sell intoxicating liquors in any hotel
shall be classified and required to pay
annually for such privilege as follows
Persons licensed to sell by retail, resi-
dent in cities of the first, second and
third class, shall pay tie snIn of $1,000
Those resident in boroughs shall pay
the sum of $500. Those resident in
townships shall yay the sunni of $500
which sum shall be divided in portions
as follows: In cities of the first class
four fifths shall be paid for the use of
the city and county, and one-ffth for
the use of the commonwealth. In
cities of the second and third class
three. ffths shall be paid for the use OF
the city, one fifth for the use of the
proper county, one-ffth for the use of
the commonwealth. In boroughs three
tifths for use of borough one fifth for
use of county and one fifth for use of
commonwealth. In townships one half
for use of township, oue-forth for use
of county, and one-forth for use OF
commonwealth. The sum so paid for
use of townships to be applied to keep
ing the roads of such Townships in
good repair.
The other sections provide for good
order in hotels and properly furnished
establishments No license shall be
granted to places of amusement. No
licensee who shall sell liquors by less
measure than one, quart shall trust
or give credit therefor. No license
shall be transferable nor shall it confer
the right to sell the same in any other
house than is mentioned in the, bond
or license; nor shall any bar where
liquors are sold in less measure than
one quart be underlet by the person
licenesd to sell there. But if the party
licensed die or cease to keep the house,
the license may be transferred.
Druggists are allowed to fill pre-
scrptions without license.
Section "a reads that upon no hotel
or other railroad car shall Intoxicating
liquors be sold unless such Car be Ii
censed by the excise commissioner after
the payment of $500 in the state treasury.
Violators Of the section are subject to
a fine of $500 and imprisonment for
one year, and render the company
operating said cars liable to penalty
of 1000.