Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-12

JEcTED-No SCREENS Oh CURTAINS TO CUT
OFF THE VIEW OF THE BAR ROOMS
For some time Col Robert has been hard at
work getting up new set Of regulations gov
erning the issue Of liquor licenses with view
to simplifying the whole matter. He has been
in constant communication with the assistant
attorney for the District and Judges Miller and
Kimball Of the Police Court.
Today he submitted the result Of his labors
| to Commissioner Ross, who at once approved
the proposed new regulations.
The regulations as presented by COL Robert
are almost identical with the old ones, except
ing section "h'' Of the fourth regulation Of the
regulations for licensing the sale Of intoxicat-
| ing liquors. This section is stricken out and
| in lieu thereof the following il presented:
When an application for q liquor license
has been once rejected by the Commissioners
the assessor shall Immediately TRANSMIT: to the
major Of police the following notice to be
served upon the applicant in person Or to be
left at his place Of business:
Mr.. -: You are hereby notified that
your application for liquor license for No.
- street in the city Cor county, Of Wash
ington, District of Columbia. was on the -
day of =, 1Ss-. rejected by the Commits,
eioners. There is now due you on account OF
your deposit the sum Of s., which you are
entitled to upon demand. You are further
notified that the above rejection terminated all
rights you may have had to continue said bust
ness at said place from and after iorty-eight
hours after midnight Of the day of service OF
this notice, and that the police have been di-
rected to see that the same is closed"
A copy Of this notice, with the return OF the
officer making the service, showing when. where
and upon whom the same was served, shall be
filed with the application.
Upon the first rejection by the Commission
ers of an application for liquor license the
assessor shall also Immediately certify the ac-
count between the applicant and the District
due the applicant according to the provisions
Of section of act OF the late
legislative assembly of the District of Co
lumbia entitled an act authorizing the refund
ing of Moneys erroneously paid for taxes and
also moneys paid for licenses not granted, ant
Authorizing payne nts from the surplus ant
. redemption funds to persons to whom sucf
: money may belong, which reads as follows
THAT whenever any person shall deposit none!
: in the treasury for the purpose OF procuring
a license, and said license shall have beeI
!, subsequently refused by legal authority
U it shall be the duty OF the accounting and dis
y bursting officers Of the District to refund tn
. money SO deposited. deducting therefrom ri
e amount Justly proportionate to the time durini
, which such license shall have beeQ used by Tn
applicant therefor, or his representatives., AM
70 charge the amount so refunded to the rum
which was credited with the ori2inal deposit"
III
- ton Of his application, after rejection, he ma
i file with the assessor motion clearly settin
: forth the new or independent facts or reasons
20 not cumulative, upon which he desire
evidence in support thereof. but no such me
ton shall operate to suspend or set aside tn
first rejection OF the application or to COME
. upon the applicant any right to engage in tn
said business until such time as formal pape
license so to do shall have been duly issued
him.
The provisions of this section are lntende
to apply only to such applicants rs were
censed for the preceding year at the sam
place. it being expressly understood that
ali other cases the issuance Of the license f(
the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquor
must precede the opening Of the place whel
such LIQUORS are to be sold in accordance wit
provisions Of section - OF these regulations
> NEW FORM OF LICENSE.
new form Of license was also submittt
with the above, which differs from the o
license in that it contains the following slip
lntons in the body Of the license:
"Provided, that the regulations of the Cor
IRE r,issioners District of Columbia, governiI
to the sale of distilled or fermented liquors, win
do OF cordials by retail shall be faithfully Q
ice served by the icensee. And further provid
On. that for any violation Of contract subscribed
by the licensee on the margin this license m
be forfeited or revoked.
The following clauses are also added on I
''e margin of the license: This license is grant
VAS and accepted upon these conditions: That
liquor shall be sold on Sunday or to . minor
yer any time.
for That the bar room shall be closed betwe
Ter, the hours of IL midnight and o'clock IN.
NC THAT said bar room shall between til,
to hours be exposed to full view from the street
s.That there be no other entrance to said
0 Of room except as authorized by this license.
va ~ hat for any violation Of law or REGULATE,
cir Of the Commissioners OF the District of Colu
bia governing the sale Of liquors this lice
the shall be forfeited or revoked.
in ..Ihis must be subscribed to by the licen
for before the license is issred."
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Tho most important change as proposed
that Col Robert IL that referring to the closing
mod place after the first rejection Of . lice,
,mi- Heretofore applicants have been allo'
tied to keep their places open pending
consideratiop of their applications.