The San Francisco call., 1897-11-24
TO STOP TRADE
TN BEER CANS
Many Radical Clauses in the
New Liquor-License
Ordinance.
Oakland City Divided Into Five
Districts for Grading
Fees
A Heavy Penalty for Ignoring Orders
of Wives, Husbands or
Parents.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
9U8 Broadway. Nov. q.
II Oakland's new liquor license ordi-
nance passes husbands and wives will be
able to regulate, to a great extent, that
great evil or pastime known as rushing
the growler."
Councilman Brosnahan has completed
his list, letting Of the city for the purpose
of adjusting the licenses to be paid by sa-
loom keepers. as was outlined genersliy IN
The CALL a week ago. Mr.. Brosnahan
does not intend that any mistake shall be
made as TO the places over which he
wishes his new ordinance to have lurls-
diclion. The State law is verbose enough
for any lawyer, but Brosnahan goes fur
ther. He includes saloon, bar, store,
dramshop, tipping place, stan or any
place where splrltuous, malt or fermenled
liquors or wines. or any admixtures
thereof, are sold or given away.
Another clause prohibits any. person
from selling liquor IN any place where
groceries, drugs or merchandise other
than tobacco and cigars are sold at W ole
sale or retail, or IN any room having any
opening door or connection with prem
ises where groceries, drugs or merchandise
are sold. Section declares that no COM
mission hall be granted to sell liquors
wit in 600 feet of any church where re-
ligious services are conducted. A church
is described as being "a building separate
and apart from a store or hail, and de-
voted mainly to religious services" 1t is
also dtcreed that no liquor shall be sold
within 60 feet OF any school under the
control o. the Board OF f iucatlon. An
applicant for q license must bind him sell
in addition to the usual police precaution
not to sell any liquor 20 per,on under l6
years of age or to anyb body that Is intoxl-
Gated.
Every place that Is licensed must be
visited at least once month by police
officer whose duty Ii shall be TO ascertain
and make written rerort as TO whether
the provisions OF the ordinance are being
complied with.
The main feature of the ordinance is
the change that ii provides for the amount
of the license fee. At the present time a
license costs 500 per quarter. no mate er
where the saloon may De situated. The
new ordinance fix S the licenses at $50
S75, 500, $l25 or $3.50 per quarter, accord
ing 10 The location OF the applicants s
place of bus ness
The first district, where $50 has to be
paid, lies around the town OF Emeryvllle
and the northern part OF the city OF Oak
land.
charged, includes the southern portion OF
the city south OF Seventh street, between
The estuary and Adeline street.
The third district, where 500 will be
charged Includes the por ion OF the city
between AdelIne and Grove streets TO the
city limits and eastward along Broadway
and back to Jefferson street.
The fourth district includes the terri
tory between Cemetery Creek, Fourteenth
and Webster, the Pied mont district and a
portion OF East Oakland.
The fifth disir CT, where $3.50 will be col
lected, includes the Lusint SIS portion OF
the city where dealers i'll many instances
do both wholesale and retail trade.
Section II is. something new to Oak
landers. 1t says:
Any licensee who sells, gives or furnishes
any intoxicating liquor 10 any person af,er
written notice has been servo upon said
licenSee by q parent or guardian or a husband
or wife presence of Two witnesses TO refrain
from selling or giving to the person named in
said n office shall be gu lty OF miSdemeanor
and shall be fined 800 for the first offense,
and for the second offense tre license hall be
revoked and the bond FORT
The ordinance will undoubtedly pro-
woke many warm debates before Its hnal
passage or defeat.