The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-15

Zee OF not less IMAM TWO ndndfeQ anu uIby
dollars; no license shall be granted for
longer period than one year, and any per-
son selling or offering or exposing for
sale any of the liquors aforesaid, in guam
titles less than one quart, without a IL
cense for that purpose first had and OBJ
tanned, shall be guilty of the offence OF
keeping disorderly house.
2. And be 1t enacted, That from and
after the expiration of sixty days next
succeeding the passage of this act, no
person or persons whomsoever shall sell
or offer or expose for sale any Of the
liquors aforesaid, in any quantity from
one quart to five gallons, without q
license for that purpose first had and OBJ
tanned as hereinafter directed; and from
and after the expiration of said sixty
days, any person or persons selling or
offering or exposing for sale any of the
liquors aforesaid, in any quantity, from
one quart to five gallons, without q
license for that purpose fist had and OBJ
tanned according to the provisions of this
section, or any person or persons having
a license under and in pursuance of this
section, who shall suffer or permit any of
the said liquors sold by virtue of such
license to be drunk on or about the
premises where sold shall be guilty of the
offense Of keeping dlsorderly house.
3. And be it enacted, That applications
for such license as is mentioned and re-
ferred to in the second section of this act
shall be made, in each municipality, to
the same body as applications for license
to sell any Of said liquors by less measure
than one quart are or shall be required by
law to be made, which applications shall
be written or printed, or partly written
and printed, signed by the applicant,
specifying the kind or kinds of liquor or
liquors to be sold, and stating the town
ship, town, borough or city, and the
building or place therein, in which the
sale of such liquor Is to be carried on: the
body to which any such application Is
presented may, on the presentation
thereof or at some other time to which
the same may be deferred. in its discra-
ton, grant or refuse such application for
license; such license, il granted, shall
not be granted for a longer period
than one year, nor except upon pay
ment by the license of a license fee
as hereinafter provided, that is to say
in all townships, towns, boroughs or
cities having, by the census last preced-
ing the granting OF such license, q popu-
lation Of not more than three Thousand, a
license fee Of not less than one hundred
dollars; in all townships, towns, boroughs
or cities having, by such census, a popu-
lation exceeding three thousand, a license
fee of not less than one hundred and fifty
dollars; and in all townships, towns,
boroughs or cities having, by such CEN
sus population exceeding ten thousand,
a license fee of not less than two hundred
and fifty dollars
A. And be it enacted, That upon appli-
cation by a petition signed by at least
one-fifth Of the legal voters voting at the
last previous Gubernatorial election for
Governor, of any township, town, Dor
ough or city wherein licenses are required
to be granted by the Court of Common
Pleas OF the county, being made to the
law judge or circuit judge and for the
county wherein said township, town,
borough or city may be located, setting
forth the desire of such petitioners that
not less than certain sum of money, to
be named and specified in such petition,
be charged and paid for licenses there
after to be granted to sell the liquors afore-
said, or any of them, by less measure than
one quart, within such township, town, boz
rough or city, it shall be the duty of such
Judge to cause public notice of such ap-
plication to be given by publication In
each newspaper, If any, published in such
township, town, borough or city, and by
such other methods as such Judge may
deem proper and necessary, for two
weeks next preceding the hearing of such
application; said notice shall fix a time
and place when and where such Judge
will consider said application; at which
time and place he shall hear any person
OF persons who may appear before him,
upon the question of such petitioners
being legal voters in such township,
town, borough or city, or any other
matter which may be brought before
him for his determination, touching said
application; and il said Judge shall de-
eide that said applicants are legal voter
in such township, town, borough or city,
and that said application Is made in good
faith, and that no legal cause exists why
said application should not be granted, he
shall, within thirty days after the presen-
n .lr1ar al ffs,r.
to be held at the usual place or places of
holding elections In such township, town,
borough or city, to determine whether or
not any license to sell said liquors, or
any of them, by less measure than one
quart, shall thereafter be granted in such
township, town, borough or city, for any
less sum of money than the amount
named and specified in such petition; but
in no case shall the sum named and
specified in any such petition be less than
the minimum sum named in and re-
quired to be paid for license fees by
section one Of this act In the township,
town, borough or city wherefrom such
petition shall be presented no such
election shall be held within sixty days
of any general election, and the day fixed
for the holding thereof shall not be less
than two months nor more than five
months from the making of the order
therefor.
5. And be it enacted, That notice of any
election to be held under the provisions
of this act shall be published at ieas
once in each week, for three weeks next
preceding such election, in all newspapers,
il any, published in said township, town,
borough or city where such election is to
be held and such other notice shall be
given as such judge may deem necessary
to order and direct; all such election s
shall be held under the same regulations
us now are and may be prescribed by law
for holding the elections for members Of
the General Assembly of this State, and
all the penalties contained in said election
laws are hereby extended to, and shall
apply to the special elections to be held
under this act; and it shall be the duty of
the judges, inspectors and clerks of the
election precincts to conduct the said
declare the result thereof, and to make
and sign two certificates of such result;
one of said certificates shall, within five
days after such election, be by some men,
Der of said election board, appointed by
such board for that purpose, transmitted
to and filed with the clerk of the county
within which the township, town, bor-
ough or city wherein such election was
held is situate; the other of said certi-
ficates shall, within said five days, be filed
with the clerk of the township, town, bor-
ough or city where such election was held;
the officers holding such election shall re-
ceive the same compensation as is or may
be provided for the officers holding the
elections for members of assembly in this
state, TO be paid out of the funds of the
township, town, borough or city In which
such special election is held.