The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-09
TO REGULATE SALOONS
Aldermen Propose an Ordl-
nance to Check Liquor
i Traffic Abuses.
LICENSES TO BE RESTRICTED
Brewers Who Back irresponsible
Parties 10 Be Curbed by a
Check on Transfers.

At meeting of the Board of Alder
men last night Alderman Burns. on be-
half of the Excise Committee. introduced
the following interesting ordinance
l. That no license for the sale of spir-
ituous, vinous. malt or brewed liquors, or
the keeping of an inn or tavern shall be
hereafter granted to any person who
shall not have been a citizen of the
United States, and resided in the city of
Jersey City at least one year Immediately
prior to the fling of his application for
such license
2. That no license shall, except upon the
death OF the iicensee. be hereafter trans
ferred from one person to another, and
case.
8. That the total number of licenses
granted by the city for the year, COM
mencing on the first day of July, 1897,
shall not exceed the total number grant
ed ior the year ending on said July l,
lne unanimous vote of all the members
present fesoive to increase the number.
4. Each applicant for a license shall file
with the City Clerk an affidavit setting
forth. in addition to an other matters now
required to be set forth in application for
licenses that the. applicant has. as a citi-
zen Ct the United States, resided in Jer-
Sey city during the year preceding the
gate of each application. If the applicant
Is Is a naturalized citizen, he shall at the
tlrne OF making his APPLICATION present his
ceruncate OF naturalization, and include
IN ms affldavit a statement that he is the
SSAScli iAdif1eQ III SQcn certificate. The
City Clerk shall examine such certificate
ana certffy the fact that he has made
such examination to the Board of Alder
ha men, n~ NO application for license shall
same has annexed to it. the affidavit re-
e1baea CURED by 6y this section, and. in cases
Wnere such certificate is required the GER
tiflcate of the City Clerk
., Each hcensee shall keep and maintain.
"a puoic view, on the outside of the place
wherein ne is licensed to keep an inn,
Cf -.
ms name shall be, followed by the word
owner, Each license shall be granted
upon the express condition that the same
snail be void if the lieensee shall fail to
put such sign in letters at least 5-inches
IN length on the street door or street
window of the inn, tavern, restaurant or
apartment in which he is licensed to sell
withln thirty days after the granting of
such a license.
elf any person. other than the licensee
or MS employees shall with the permission
or consent of such lioensee, sell or at
tempt TO see any malt or brewed LIQUORS
at the place where such hcensee is
authorized to make such sales, to any
person other than such licensee such
license shall be revoked and there shall
not be another license granted for the
sale of any such liquors at such place
during the three years following such re-
vocation
7. All ordinances and parts of ordinaces
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
IN sc much as they are inconsistent. This
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psThe ordnance it is reported, was in
troduced at the instance of the mem
bers of the Hudson County Liquor Deal
ers Association. 1t appears that within
the last year or two, agents of brew
cries have worked disaster among re-
sponsible liquor dealers. Their practice
has been, it is asserted, to procure IL
censes indiscriminateiy and start men in
business all over the city. The result
has been that certain localities have
been overrun with saloons of an unde-
sirable character. Men have been placed
In charge of them and if they happen
ed to make success of the enterprise
they were retained. The man in charge
however, was in no way responsible for
anything that occurred in the place or
for any debts contracted, as the license
in many cases was not in his name
He would merely occupy the position of
manager. If a success was not made
bounced" new one substituted and
the business probably transferred to
some more desirable quarter. AS
consequence of all this it has happened
that merchants who have supplied such
saloons have been victimized.
Investigation also shows that Poles He
saloons by brewery agents. Many of
them have been found not to be citizens
several were unable TO speak or under
stand English and not a few were brought
from New York and neighboring cities
specially to take charge of the saloons
Cheap LIQUOR was sold in this class of
places and the responsible dealers claim
that their interests have been damaged
to no mean extent.
1t is believed by the dealers that the
new ordinance win effectually exclude all
the undesirable men and put an end to
the system of transfer of licenses which
kas been abused by brewers or their
re a oar 1i4,<r
dealer to have his name "above the door,
will it is claimed. compel every man in
the business to show his colors Many
dealers, it is said, have been sailing along
under false colors by conducting their
business in the name of a bartender or
manager.
The idea of limiting the number of
licenses is, first, to prevent too many un-
desirable men from launching in the bust
ness, and, secondly. to protect those men
who have invested their money in re-
spectacle saloons The ordinance will
doubtless pass as it is to be made a
party measure by the Democratic ma
jority.
It is expected that the breweries will
make red hot fight to prevent its adop-
fap