Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-01
NEW LIQUOR LAWS.

They Take Effect To-day and Dealers and Others Would Do We'll to Study Them. ~@. ... *.
 The laws passed by the recent session of the general assembly take effect to-day. Many important laws regarding the liquor traffic were enacted. A' @
 One law provides for secret ballot on the question of license to sell spirituous and Intoxicating liquors. s6
 There was big fight made for high li- cense, but it was only successful Tn so far that it raised the license fee from $400 to $450 in cities, and in towns of over 5000 inhabitants to $250. in the latter case an increase of $50. In the case of reputable hotels in small towns it is left discretionary with the county commissioners, but in such a case no fee shall be less than $15O. T
 Another law passed is that authorizing the attachment of a license and the taking of the license on execution, the value in such case to be the value of the unexpired term of the license. The person taking license on execution can have it transferred by the county commissioners, and can do business under it or dispose of it.
 Another law provides that no liquor shall be given away at any time when 1t IS un- lawful to sell it, and if a saloon keeper should give drink to friend on Sunday or after 12 o'clock, or before 5 o'clock the following morning, he would be subject to a fine of not less than $50 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or impris- onment for not more than six months, oor both besides forfeiting his license and the bond of $4OO he is compelled to give when taking out license. If person entersoR place lawfully licensed to sell Intoxicating | liquors at a time when it is unlawful to sell he is liable to fine of $7 for every | offence.
 Every min or, who, for the purpose of securing liquor in a lawfully licensed place shall represent himself to be of age. is lia- ble to fine of $50 and imprisonment for sixty days. Under a new law there must be no passageway between the place where I liquor is sold and a dwelling house. The laws in regard to seizure of and search for liquors have been greatly changed, giV- ing prosecuting officers greater powers in the matter of detecting the illegal sale of liquor and violation of the license laws. Any sheriff. constable or police officer is authorized to take withouta warrant liquors which he believes are being sold or to be sold in violation of the law. | The county commissioners are not al, lowed to grant licenses in a purely resi- dential or manufacturing portion of city or town. and in the future they must bE confined to those portions of city or town which are efficiently policed.
 Another law directs the county commits sioners, instead of the town clerk as it now done, to advertise applications fol licenses. The town clerk is eiven fee oi fifty cents for his services in connection with the application for a license.
 By another new statute no applicant fol the renewal of a license shall, excep under certain conditions, be prosecuted for selling liquor without license. peLd ing the decision of the county commis sioners on his application.
 Another measure provides that appeals from the decisions of county commis sioners with reference to licenses ''shall b. forthwith placed upon the docket. anG may be heard in vacation by any judge O the superior court. whose judgment shal have the same effect as judgment of sucl court"
 One more law provides that the prose cutting agent shall not be entitled to hii fee In any prosecution unless the cour cer flies that the action was brought ir good faith, and upon such evidences as it the opinion of the court made it his dut. to bring such prosecution.