Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-01-24
HIGH LICENSE IN VIRGINIA.
A BILL TO BE INTRODUCED.

IT PUTS LICENSES AT FROM $500 TO $3.50
ERNED BY THE SIZE OF THE POPULA-
TLON-sTRINGENT RESTRICTIONS UPON
THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
Mayor Manson of Lynchburg has forward
ed to Delegate Coleman, of Nelson County,
the draft Of AN act to be presented to the Gen
eral Assembly entitled can act to restrain
and regulate the sale of vinous and spiritu-
Gus, Intoxicating, malt OF brewed liquors Oh
any mixture thereof" 1t is what is COM
monty called ''High license bill," and
Mayor Manson has been engaged on it ever
since the agitation of local option was re-
Gently begun in Lynchburg. The bill is
made up OF the principal features of various
high license laws i'll addition to the pro-
visions originated by it's author. 1t resem-
bles in many respects the High License law
of Pennsylvania.
WHO SHALL HAVE LICENSE.
Some Of the provisions of the bill are as
follows: 1t requires that no person not
citizen of the United States by birth OIL
naturalization, shall become a licensed
liquor dealer in any county OF town Of the
State, and that license shall be granted
only to persons Of temperate habits and
of good moral character" and provides
further that no liquor dealer shall engage
in the sale of groceries on his licensed prem
Uses OF the premises adjoining. The license
can only be granted by the county OF cor
poration court of the county OF city in
which the license is to he exercised.
moi T TCI IN
All applications for license must be fled
with the clerk OF the county OF corporation
court thirty days before the first day of
May of each year, accompanied by payment
of $40 to defray certain necessary clerical
expenses. The list of applications must be
published once a week for four weeks in
some newspaper designated by the court,
together with the names OF bondsmen, ETC.,
and any failure to comply renders license
void. The bill goes on then to enumerate
what the petition for license shall C ,ntain,
such as the name Of the petitioner, his
bondsmen, owner Of premises, ETC., and
provides that no licenSee shall have an i'll
terest in more than one place of business.
His bondsmen must be two reputable
free-holders of the ward OF township where
the liquors are to be sold. and must own
So, 900 worth of unencumbered real estate;
said sureties must not he in any manner
interested III the manufacture OF sale Of
liquors. The act further provides
That the applicant OF applicants, are not
in any manner engaged in the wholesale Oh
retail grocery trade ON the premises for
which the license is asked, and will not be
SO engaged during the period for which the
said license is asked, and that no grocery
business shall be carried on in the building
for which the license is issued during SAID
period.
THREE CLASSES OF LICENSES.
License shall be of three classes l. To
sell vinOus, spirituOus. malt and breWed
liquors in quantities of five gallons and up
wards, not to be drunk where sold. 2. To
sell vinous, spirituous, malt and brewed
liquors in quantities less than five gallons,
not to be drunk where sold. 3. TO sell
vinous, spirituous, malt and breWed liquors
to be drunk where sold.
If any false statement is made the petit
TONER shall have his license forfeited and
be adjudged guilty of perjury and be ac-
cordingly punished. Twelve reputable Cit
liens Of the township OF ward must vouch
for the character and statements of the
petitioner; and contrary testimony may be
heard III opposition to the granting of
license, which shall in no event he granted
till the money is paid down and bond for
are as follows:
Every person receiving such license to
sell spirituous, vinoHs, malt OF breWed
liquors, OF any mixture thereof, shall frame
his license undera glass and place the same
so that it shall at all times be conspicuous
and easily read, in his chief place of MAX
ing sale, and no license shall authorize sales
by any person who shall neglect this re-
quirement.
WHAT THEY SHALL COST.
For license Of the first class the fee
shall be $3.50; for a license of the second
class $500 in the country and in villages and
towns of 1000 inhabitants OF less, and $500
in cities and towns and villages Of more
than 900 inhabitants; and for license of
the third class, $500 in the country and in
villages and towns of 1000 inhabitants OF
less, and $3.50 in cities, towns and villages
of more than 900 inhabitants. These fees
shall he paid to the treasurer of the county
OF corporation in which the license is to be
granted, and said treasurer shall pay over
to the state treasurer 25 per cent. of said |
amount for the use of the state, and shall
retain Is per cent. Of the said amount for
the use of the city OF county for which
said license is granted, and no further tax
shall be collected of any such licensee by any |