Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-04

The Sfgners OF Liquor License Appltcatioaa.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
In view of the short time intervening between
this and November /. when all licenses for sa-
looms must be renewed. and IN order that all
concerned may act intelligently and know
where TO place the responsibility will Won
kindly publish again in your paper so much az
the police regulations recently adopted by the
Commissioners Of the District as govern the
issuance OF licenses for the retail Of into,icat-
ing liquors.
Article xvi, section s. Of the police reeul--
tons adopted by the Commissioner OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia August q, 1892. reads ~ fol-
lows. viz:
That with every application for retail license
there must be presented the written permission
of majority of the owners Of real estate and Q
majority OF the residents keeping house ON tho
same side OF the square where 10 h desired 20
locate such business and the side - the
square fronting opposite the same aud II q
corner house such signers will be required in
all cases ON both streets. Che term residents
keeping house does hot include boarders per-
sons renting rooms tenants OF fats). All
signatures TO such application must be In ink
agents signing must sign the names Of their
several principals in front Of their own sigma
lures as agents. and be prepared to show leeal
authority for signing such applications for their
respective principals"
1t will be seen from the above regulations
that the responsibility for the existence of the
licensed SALOON IN DArt oI our CITY reat9
upon the resident bousekcepcrs and real estate
owners Of that locality and not on the Commis-
sioners: that each square Is made local option
district, in which IL the people want saloon
| and sign an application for IL they can have IL
but if they do not want saloon they have only
to refuse to sign the application and they yin
| not have it; that for the purpose Of deciding
whether a saloon shall be licensed In that
| LOCALITY or not the Commissioners by tbess
regulations have enfrsnchised the people and
given them the right 10 vote on the question ana
tins right to vote is granted without restr,ct,oa
! as to nge, sex, nationality or condition snv
real estate owner or the head OF any fsxailv
residing and keeping house ON the street and
square having the right TO vote. II viii be sseu
further that every owner 81 real estate aud
every resident keeping house on the street and
square where the saloon 10 located actoallv
does vote the question of licensing thai
saloon, whether he wants 20 or not or vhcthsr
he knows il or not, and that his vote d counted
because every such person Whose name dopc
not appear on the application voting fur a
IL counted - voting Against tt. The salooa
keeper must secure these tvo majoritiss or -
viii get no license. The responsibility for the e.
istence of the licensed saloons aud for vhs1svrr
OF evil results from them rests upon the mea -
women who sign theapplicaions for IL No..
and the temperance people who are oppoc.d ~
licensing the sale Of Intoxicating houorn M A.
well TO recognize and consider this fsct "a -
their best efforts 10 lead the psople va -,
the applications 10 sse that the hesnsoA -.
h not desirable tnstisution n sny ecnpu1n.
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