The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-30
TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL.
All Applications for Liquor License
to Be Passed Upon by 1t.

to Be Passed Upon by It.
The clerk of council is now ready to re-
ceive applications for retail liquor IL
censes, and it will be necessary for those
now in the business who desire to con-
tinue, to have the application passed upon
by council prior to Jan. 1.
Blank forms for application will be
furnished by the clerk of council on ap-
plication at his Office
The notice is published as the result of
the recent ordinance passed by council
for the regulation of saloons it being the
only portion of what was known as the
mayors ordinance which was enacted
into law by council.
The ordinance provides that after the
present year no license shall be issued to
any person, firm or corporation to
sell malt, VinOus, or spirituoUS liquors at
retail within the corporate and jurisdic-
tiOnal limits of the city of Savannah, ex-
cept after an application has been fled,to
the mayor and aldermen of the city of
Savannah and it has been approved. The
applicant must locate the place where il
is proposed to sell. and it is not lawful to
sell at any other place under a license
granted for a specified place without the
permission of council
The saloon keepers were quite iubilant
posed ordinance was enacted, as they
considered it the least obnoxious section
Of the whole ordinance. The mayors
supporters considered otherwise, and eX-
pressed themselves as quite well satisfied
with the result in securing the passage
of what they considered a most impor-
tant statute for the regulation Of saloons.
They claimed that such a regulation was
needed to enable the city to shut out the
dissolute and disreputable characters
who were enabled to obtain license under
the previous ordinance and also to enable
council to prevent the location of saloons
in sections where they were not desired.
Many of the liquor sellers are now be-
ginning to feel dubious as the time APP
proaches for them to make formal apph-
cation for license to do business next
year Those who have been conducting
their business quietly and without invit-
ing the interference of the law feel no APP
prehension, but those who have distin-
guished themselves by their opposition
TO Mayor McDonough's enforcement
of the Sunday law are beginning to fear
that past offenscs will be brought up
against them when they make applica-
ton for license. The council win have
big job in passing upon these applications
There will probably be in the neigh Dor
hood of 300 applications, and to consider
each application separately will require
the expenditure of considerable time.
Council already has as much business on
hand as it can conveniently attend to be
fore Jan |, in finishing up the old years
work and planning out next year s,
and the new ordinance will add
considerably to the labors of the
members.
There are not likely to be many re-
fusals. Several places which have be-
come notorious as resorts for bad char
acters will probably be refused license.
Objections may be brought by residents
and property holders in the neighborhood
of some saloons to licensing them to sell
next wear. Whether the houses of i'll