The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-11
NEW LIQUOR LEGISLATION.
HOME RULE FEATURES OF TIE BILL
ALREADY AGREED UPON

ALREADF AGREED UPON
It Proposes to Leave the CuestioH or II.
eenss and Other Regulations or the Il.
suor TraAc to the People or the Cities
ana Towns AReeted-Lieut..Gov. sheehan
Forming the Senate Committees.
ALBANY Jan. 1O.-Ry preparing a bill en-
bodying their views, the Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation has forced a consideration OF the whole
liquor and license question on the Legislature.
The liquor dealers bill will be one OF the first
introduced. Briefly summarized, 1t permits
Sunday selling. prohibits spying for violations.
and provides for all-night selling and less re-
sponsibility for damages and illegal selling.
In one form or another this bill has come be-
fore the Legislature for several years. It has
never passed. Last year the Assembly and the
Governor were Democrats and the Senate was
Republican. Before that the Legislature was
Republican and the Governor was a Democrat
Between the two about all liquor legis-
lation. high license. Sunday opening. and
everything else. fell through. What the Re-
publicans wanted the Governor vetoed. and
what the Governor wanted the Republican
Legislature would not pass. No divided re-
sponsibility exists now. and the Democratic
party will be responsible to everybody.
The LIQUOR dealers for some time have been
uioooeibuou Will tuelE tTeuCuent 1Hlb year
their representatives will want decided an
swer one way or another They have a COM
mttee in Albany every year to look after their
interests. 1t is proposed to settle the liquor
question, once for all. so far as It can be set
tied at al by relocating to the LOCALITIES d.
granted at ali: the cost Of the licenses. the
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licensing body, The whole matter will be
Ss III The have pspD as eSn
i They
mine it. It has, been evident for years that
eount AND mu to the S. HaR ward Ss
New iors city ana tat pG tSGGt &c could
eeptabie equally to the people Who i've in Cat
taraugus county and to the residents around
- tse present LICENSE law q large local lati,
the amount Of the License fee The people; BY
license, and, rigid or lax the rules governing
Of the Present Inv IS decided by I the local a%.
ho5ss H. New 10rk Bg5ootkbyn Buo
ssnay "f ei%es ss
Laughing stock. The law Is not enforced be-
eef s ss whS 20 n
OF the law to the Interpolation or the cupidity
Of local officials. it is proposed to turn the
whole matter over to the people to be decided
The, outlines Of the proposed measure have
divisions Of licenscs-the general license to
sell during the day and up to midnight except
eal ense The es n a cense
almost passed last year in the shape OF u wine
End beer License for late e. d4 ;b a Thsre
over that the local authorities can go az high
h Rhss hey h sie e sasnn k b S oes
and e s6s be the sa
to issue any ri; night Or SUNDAY licenses At aI
II is sought IN fh do bill to draW IaT that
the interest Of tho LIQUOR dealers Themselves to
enforce it A man who has has Sunday or all
saan w fH fsn rom
licensed dealers sive evidence on which un n
H@s Sss
once on his taking oiiiee. and that its terms as
should be coterminous with the Mayors: but
Is one d d? the most dic1t that viii
Ss fer fsa En- will be taken
Lieut. Gov. sheehan and Speaker Bush are
working over their committee lists for an,
hard me on on the sek 81 Old snd
experienced material. In recent senates the
maory ba lf tse Il
wa eectSn ns
Cantor as President pro tenn: meant little more
ha nsns hin 9 sf p pssba e aRs the
Committee on Finance. It is likely that the
prominent Chair,nen In the Assembly will be
comm commorco I and Navigation. and Connolly. In:
More general interest is taken in the contests
than in the committees, There are four con:
Appeas and the State Board Of CanVsssers de-
S h al tso nHs A. sssa nSS
enough to pass bills without the help q Dr
Ssnesee distrists "a The grounds II M
weeks week see ei In the Pss@5eu
lion a~ leaSon ns senator H IN the
saa se be Estates q 9G! a s Is
district broke and the new ma eli had
a" s T Enos tw WITH on t tes On the phSwn Mo SH
majority q tie Democrate Senators were in
whose seats are Contested. but when the mat
tor was brought up at the Democratic caucus
H The s % Statutory Revision
have their. report completed. and it will be
submitted to tine Legislature either on Tues
day evening or Wednesday morning. It con-
tains all the laws reported last year. and which
lock. In addition the Commissioners have, the
drafts prepared and VIII be able t4 report dur
tiers, consisting of the prison law. the
village law. the education J., law. mi, the
will be lett only six general laws
TO complete the revision: consisting OF the city
erty law. the wills law. the marriage law. and
the parental law. and which cap BE- prepared
1893 ut the opening OF session. The entire re-
vision will be mprised In hfty chapters
the work OF publishing the colonial laws from
the founding Of the colony OF New York to the
Abortion OF the Constitution. which they We're
required to have printed and published. under
chapter 125 OF the laws OF 1901.
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