Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-16
Due for druggists licenses ana for adj
Nertising ........,... ...........s...s., ssll %
Balance unpsid ana due... .., sin 2o
Respectfully,
GEORGE NJ. REX.
PAWTUCKET, r., J., March 2, 1898.
Hon. James Brown, Mayor OF the City OF

PAWTUCKET, II. l., March 2, 1898.
Hon. James Brown, Mayor OF the Guy OF
Pawtucket;
SIR nave at your request and in COM
pliance with Chapter-of he city or
dinance examined the books of the LII
cense Commissioners from the organiza-
tion of that Board To February /, 1893,
aud have compiled In tabulated form such
information as | could derive from and
from their comparison with the accounts
of he CITY Treasurer covering the same
period. The scope OF the enquiry first
commenced at your request is somewha
more broad than that contemplated by
the ordinance referred 10 and had al
ready prepared paper, ruled with columns
for pertinent facts That should appear in
the records OF the License Comniss oners.
That there are so many blank places in-
dcates an imperfect system OF keeping
the records which should be remedied.
For the term ending Aprl 80, 1890, 1859
applications were received, 1876 were
granted, 3 were refused and 30 do not APP
pear from the record 10 have been acted
upon. Ten Applications for transfers
were received all Of winch were granted.
fine amount called TOR by applications
granted Is s3i, ,070 56 which agrees with
the amount received by the City Treasurer
and all were promptly paid.
For he year ending April 30, 1891, there
were~eceived III spplications, l49 were
granted, 13 were refused or Withdrawn, 10
do not appear from the records to have
been acted upon. Seven applications were
gra ted and were not paid for as follows:
William +. Lucas, II Nam street; Charles
Il. Lucas, corner OF YORK and Prairie ave-
nues; James Ford, 90 Main street {;
Michael Core, Nor,h Main, corner Of
Branch street; James Lvncn, l43 Pleasant
street; William II. Kennedy, q Water
street Thomas Moore, 15 Central avenue.
Eight licenses were pad for but are not
recorded as having been granted. They
are Michael Quinn, William A. Foley,
John A. Menard, Thomas Carey, Owen
keenan,, Frank Duffy, James O'Brlen and
Patrick j. Quinn. There were received 30
applications for transfers ana OF them 22
were granted, one was withdrawn and
seven do not appear from the records to
have been acted upon. The amount re-
ceIved by the city Treasurer was $50, l49, 90
which is the amount called for by the IL
censes granted except as noted above and
in note 10 follow.
For the wear ending April 30, 1892. there
were received 1876 Applications, 1863 were
granted, IL we're refused or withdrawn, 10
do not appear from the record 10 have
been acted upon, while were granted but
not paid for as follows: Joseph McSher-
ry 1876 Pleasant street; Luke Killen 144
Pleaeant street; +. Duffy 1i7 Mineral
Spring avenue; w. +. Connolly 1888 Broad
way; J. II. Leonard corner Park aud Car
nation streets; Peter Nc Nahou 10l Paw
tucket avenue; Mlcnaei Higgins 81 North
Main street; and John Curry. Two IL
censes were pain for " bicn do not appear
from the records TO have been granted as
follows: Thomas Murov 1853 Mineral
Spring avenne and WIl'iam Davenport Ill
Pawtucket avenue. There were received
10 Applications for transfers and OF them
13 We're granted ana TWO were "passed
upon" The amount rec, iyed by the CITY
riea-urer was S51 ,I30 50 which agaee
with the amount caued for by the licens,
granted except as noted above and In
note TO follow.
For the term ending January 81, 1893
there were received 1SS applications, 165
were granted, 13 were refused or with
drawn, 10 do not appear from the recorcs
to have been acted upon wnile five licenses
we're granted hut not paid for as follows:
Terrence Conlon, 153 Division street |;
John n. Hove, 19 Broadway; Owen Sui
Ivan, York and Prairie avenues; Il Nc
Poland, 27 Water street; Jacob Mercier,
"A Carnation street. O. NJ. Huule has paid
for "A license although there Is no record
OF granting one TO that firm. There were
Is druggists licenses issued without APP
plcations being on die nor any record OF
their wing been granted. There were
received % applications for transfers and
of the IN 19 were granted, one was refused,
one was acted upon but the action
is not stated and six do not APP
pear to have been acted upon to
February !, 1893 rhe amount received by
he City Treasurer was s55 925s5. There
l. an evident over payment for druggists
licenses of $50 Deducting this, the
amount received by the City Treasurer
agrees with the amounts called for by IL
censes granted except as noted above and
In note TO follow.
ID. te1 nd At a
for IT is but just that i should say that in
many cases It rs probable that the licenses
were not taken out. Some of them are SO
not ed on he "applicatlon book" while in
other cases licenses were granted to other
parties for the same location or to the
same parties for OF Der local ions. The
fact h. W evsr that in one instance a GER
titicate mas been issued without payment
To the City Treasurer may suggest the ad-
visability of futher enquiry.
Regarding the amount paid for licenses
granted | Will say that she amount does
not always agree with that required by
law bat IN no case have | found it TO be
less. The law seems to reqnire not only
that licences shall be granted by the Ii
cense Commissioners but tnat bond shall
be filed with the City Treasu surer and the
license fee pald to hlm ana that license
ertlficate snail be posted IN the room or
p ace where the sales are TO b. made.
IL may be noted TIA q applicants whose
petitions have been granted from 10 TO 80
days after May /, have paid the full an
nual fees and that payment OF full fees
have been made as late as October 3. Ii Ii
therefore eviuent that some have been al
lowed To violate the law for many mont hs
or that they have paid amounts in excess
of those due.
In relation to the amounts collected by
the License Commissioners for advertising
applications the records are not clear ana
/ have not thought IL wise to base my re-
port on Information derived else W here.
TIE following votes are recorded during
the year 1899.
May 19-Voted thai James Finan's Ii
cense be transferred from AZ Water street
to 226 East avenue upon payment of ad-
verJisement.
June Voted that advertisements for
transfer of license be at applicants ex
pen-e.
july 14-voted that al applications
from july 1st, shall De accompanied by $40
as a deposit Tor payment otadvCrt sement,
any balance to be returned TO the APP
pllcant.
IL we assume that James Finsn paid go
toward the cost OF advertising his appIi.
cation for transfer, that ali subsequent
applications for transfer and all applica-
tions after July LIST, were accompanied by
the same amount, there should have been
collected during the year 200.
July %, 1891, it was voted that all appli
cations for transfer and single license ad-
vertisemeuts be charged accordingly.
What this means the records do not make
clesr but from the fact tbat November II,
1871, there was recorded "applicat ion Of
John Flanagan was withdrawn and ad-
vertising fee g. paid" 1 assume that the
amount collected on eacn auplic al ion after