The herald., 1893-01-19
NO LICENSE TRANSFERS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DILLON GIVES
AN OPINION.
An Opinion of Interest to Saloon-Keep-
ers 3hroughout the County-kou-
tine Business Dons by the
Board Yesterday.

In an opinion given by District Attor.
ney Dillon to the board of supervisors
yesterday in regard to the petition OF
Frank Doste to transfer his saloon
license to joseph Roagny, he recon-
mends it's denial for the following rea.
CONS:
''Tne question as 10 whether saloon
license Issued by this board can be
transferred under the ordinance of your
honorable board and the law applicable
thereto. have the honor to say that III
my opinion it cannot.
the ordinance provides: Sec. 8. No
license shall be issued TO any such per.
son under this section until after euch
persons shall have executed a joint and
several bond
'Section 10 provides that 'the license
go authorizing the party obtaining the
same to transact the buGiness.
deacribed in such license
''Section IS provides: Itshall be un.
lawful for any person to engage or carry
on any business or exhibition in this
ordinance without fret procuring II
license therefor as in this ordinance
provided
HeCJlOu IL pTUNiucS VI thO
application after the publication notice
thereof, and then provides that the
board may order the license to be Issued,
provided protest be not fled against
the issuance, signed by two
thirds of the qualified electors OF the
| election precinct where the business is
to be carried on. Ii such protest be
filed the board of supervisors shall not
allow the license to be iHeued.
''It does not follow because the person
to whom the original license was issued
was satisfactory to the people OF his pre-
cinct that the assignee of the license
would be equally satisfactory. / can
very readily see how the entire spirit
and object OF the law can be snbverted
if such transfers should be p rmitted.
The object of the law is to put the retail
liquor traffic in responsible hands. BY
permitting the transfer the wishes OF a
majority Of the people of any precinct
could be disregarded and the law over
thrown"
In accordance with this opinion the
board denied the petition. In his petl-
ton Mr.. Doste had secured the consent
OF his bondsmeu, Pedro Lugo and b. A.
Lugo, to the proposed transfer, joseph
RosgnY TO operats under the same
bond.
ROUTINE MATTERS.
The board directed the county sur
veyor to survey proposed road through
the Los Fsliz rancho.
At the request OF John l.. Pavko-
witch the board set aaide it's order vsca-
ting streets in the Gardena tract, and
the matter was set for hearing for
February I'd.
On motion ofSupervisor Forester the
clerk was directed to notify City JUS
tice Seaman that the board will discon-
tinue to pay the salary of his clerk, as
the greater part of his collections go
into the city and not the county
| treasury.
Petitions for Yeysrsicn of lots to scre-
age in the San Gabriel and Wittee
tracts were set for hearing for Janu-
ary 28ih. .,oo
The matter of the issuance OF $220O
bonds for building school house in the
Fairmount school district was referred
to the district attorney for an opinion.
The board took under advisement the
matter of the county cooperating with
the city in the establishment of free
labor bureau, after presentation of
letter from Mayor 7. E. Rowan asking
cooperation and remarks by w. A.
Ryan and Homer @. Katz.