New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
any other business in connection with the sale
Of liquors.
OUTSIDE CORPORATIONS PROHIBITED

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Of liquors.
Outside CORPORATIONS PROHIBITED.
Among those who are prohibited from engaging
! In the liquor traffic corporations or associa-
| lions organized under the laws OF other States.
except common carriers. This may interfere with
| the business OF some large corporations. The
| Hoffman House Is or was at one time. carried on
nv mn association organized under the laws OF
New-Jersey. and apparently could not obtain a
license under this provision. There may be other
| large CORPORATIONS likewise now carrying on the
hotel or drug business VINO could nOt continue
their existence.
As clubhouse where liquor is sold given 10
members ia under this law treated In the same
way as the ordinary Nquor-stOre, no clubhouse
can hereafter be built within 200 feet OF "A church
or schoohouse on the same street or avenue. a
provision Is ma de that where a building Is al
ready occupied or In course Of erection by such
an association within 200 feet OF church or
schoolhouse the pres nj law shall not take effect
It will however. affect social clubs In the future
and the value Of some property in Fifth-ave and
other streets for clubs may be affected. To suit
some special cases II is provided that club may
move to a new home within 200 feet Of It's old
one even II the removal brings II within 200 feet
Of a church.
BURDEN OK THE COURTS
The provisions for certiorar proceedings will
burden the more than ever before with liti-
CATION over the right to licenses. The judges
have often expressed their disastc for consider
ing such cases but they Will be compelled 10 hear
more frequently the appeals Of lquor-dealcrs
Provision is also made for nJunctions 10 re-
strain unlawful traffic In liquor Costs may be
awarded in either case and II IL provided that in
injunction proceedings they may be paid. II
awarded against the people OF the state by the
county treasurer. special deputy or special com
missioner, out OF any moneys which may be In
his hands. The employment Of many lawyers TO
receive at the hands Of the Commissioner az large
fees he shall desire Is therefore a probable
result Of these provisions.
The strict features OF the present law prohibit
ing the sale Of liquors to any person whose parent,
guardian. husband or wife may forbid such sale
continued In the present law. Any child
over sixteen years old If he has any objection 10
the use of liquor by others, may prevent his father
from obtaining even glass OF beer from any
liquor-stOrc or at the club which ne frequents.
Hidden away in the laet sentence Of one OF the
subdivisions of Section 81 Is tn. phrase declar-
Ing ii unlawful for any person. whether licensed
or not. to give away any food 10 be eaten on the
premises where liquor is sold. II will probably
be unlawful for the proprietor to give his bar
keeper sandwich for luncheon. and II would
certainly be unlawful 10 serve free luncn.
such Is commonly given In liquor stores. At
some hotel bars well-cooked and even elaborate
lunches are served. and business men sometimes
hurredly take their luncheOns In that way with
"A glass Of beer ot liquor. The law Will probably
be evaded by placing n small price the me Il.
80 that for 1--WE or ten cents light lunch may
be served with liquor.
The provision that there shall be no curtains.
screens or blinds or Opaque coorei glass OBJ
structng the view Of tn, place where liquor Is
sold. from the sidewalk. alley road I'm front
Of or the side end Of the building. may lead
to a better enforcement Of the law though II
will not be any additional attraction In the view
OF women and children passing along the pub
lie streets.
"HOTEIS" LIKELY TO MULTIPLY.
Hotels are exempt from the provisions regard
Ing the sale Of liquor Sunday in certain hours
Of the day. The term hotel" is defined mean
ing "a building place which IL regularly kept
open for the feeding and lodging OF guests and
In which there shall be at least ten furnished
bedrooms for their occupancy, situate In any
city. Incorporated village. or within two miles OF
the corporate limits OF either and al least six
bedrooms II situate In any other place" The
number OF hotels In the city will probably in
crease rapidly after the law goes into effect but
IT is doubtful whether morality will increase at
the same time.
There are other peculiar provisions Of the law.
especially those relating to the collection Of fines
and penalties. but 1t is not easy to determine
what the effect Of some OF the provisions will be.
Judgment may be obtained for penalties and
fines against the person who is convicted or
sentenced. and the judgment will take precedence,
II enforced by levy. Of ell liens mortgages and
Ell cumbrances on the property OF the debtor and
no exemption Is allowed. How far the real estate
VIII be affected by the failure to pay license
fee liz not easily determined. but there Ia fear
expressed that the proprietor OF liquor store
may embarass the owner OF the building by q
failure to comply with some requirements Of the |
acts,