The Penn's Grove record., 1891-05-29
CHAPTER CXXI.
An Act relafipo IN ao..isI climb,

An Act relating to social clubs.
J. be Il enacted BY the Senate and General AZ
club duly incorporated under any law of this stat
which, al the date of the application hereinafter
provided, owns or occupies a club house used by II
for Its own purposes exclusively. and which for siS
months previous to said application has been contin
uously an actual adult membership of at least fifty
members and no minor member, may be author
lied to sell to Its members, and to no others. spirit
uots. vinous, malt or brewed liquors upon obtain
Ing annually O permit therefor from the inferior
court OF common pleas of the county wherein said
club is located, and upon the payment OF an annual
fee, to be fixed by eaid court, Of not less than two
hundred and fifty dollars. TO be disposed of as here
matter provided.
Z. And be il enscted, That such permit shall no,
be granted to any club which does not possess the
characteristics described in the first section of this
act, nor to any club possessing such characteristics,
except upon its written application setting forth the
date of its incorporation. :he number OF its mem
beers for the previous six months. and that all said
members are adults, its rules relating to the admis-
sion of members, the amount OF its initiation fec
and annual dues, the location Of its club house and.
i owned by 1t, the date and cost of purchase, and,
IL leased, the duration Of It's lease and the rental
reserved. the number of rooms contained in it's
club house. and that all said rooms are In actual use
and occupation for It's own purposes exclusively.
and also that said club was formed for social and re-
creitlve purposes only and not with a view of evad-
ing the laws of the state regulating the sale of
liquors; all the statements contained therein shall
be attested under the common seal of the said club
and verified by the afidavits of is president or
other head officer and It's secretary or treasurer, and
its articles of incorporation shall also be presented
to The court with said application; 4 the court to
as to the truth Of the allegations contained therein.
or as 10 the good faith of said organization, or the
honesty Of the purpose for which it was formed, it
fixing a day and giving the applicant notice when
the aame will be heard. and after such hearing 1t
shall reject said application unless it shall he salts
fed that such club was formed in good faith tor 30
cial and recrestive purposes only. and not for the
purpose Of eyading any statute of the state relating
to the sale of liquors.
8. And be 1t enacted, That the fees herein pro-
vided for shall be received by the clerk of the court
granting the said permit to and for the use of the
township. town, borough or city wherein said club
is located, and within ten days after the receipt
thereof shall be by said clerk transmitted b the per-
sou or body having the legal custody of the funds
of said township, town, borough or city. to be by
the governing body thereof employed and disbursed
in the same manner in which fees from licenses for
the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liq-
uors are applied in the township. town. borough or
city in which said club is located; and said club
shall In addition to the said fees, pay TO the clerk of
said court the court and clerks fee on granting
said permit, and shall not be required to pay any
other fee or license to sell said liquors than is here
in provided.
4. And be it enacted. That no social club in this
state shall sell or dispose of splrituous. vinons, malt
or brewed liquors unless it shall have first obtained
a permit therefor granted in accordance with the
terms of this act; and if any such club shall violate
this provision, or. having secured such permit, shall
sell or give spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liq-
uors to a minor 4 an apprentice. or shall sell any
such liquors to a person who is not a member there
of, or shall sell any such liquors to one of its MEM
bers in quantities greater than a quart at any time
to be used off the premises, it shall forfeit and pay
fifty dollars for each offence, to be sued for and re.
covered, in an action of debt, In the name of the
township, town, borough or city wherein said club
is located aud for its benefit, and all such COM
plants shall be cognizable by any court, magis-
tratc, special police justice or other officer having
authority to try and determine complaints for viola
tons of law regulating the sale Of spirituous, vim
Gus, malt or brewed liquors. in the township, town,
borough or city in which said club is established.
5. And be it enacted, That any yacht club duly
incorporated under any law of this state, which has
owned or occupied a club house at least six months
prior to the date of the application, hereinafter pro-
vided for, which said club house Is used by Ii for
its own purposes exclusively, and which for six
months previous to said application, has had con-
tiuuOusly an actual adult membership Of at least
fifty members, and no minor members. may be
authorized to sell to its members, and to no others,
spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors, upon
obtaining annually a permit therefor from the infe-
rior, court of common pleas of the county wherein
said club is .ocated. upon the payment of such an.
nual fee as said court may direct. and such permit
SO granted shall entitle such yacht club TO all the
privileges herein granted in any part of this state,
provided that such permit shall only be granted by
said court after such club shall have fulfilled all the
requirements of section two of this act, and the
moneys SO paid shall he disposed nf as is required
by section three of this act.
6. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into
effect Immediately.
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