The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-24

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT TO AN oRDI-
narce, entitled AN Ordinance to license and
regulate inns and taverns and restaurants, and
the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and brewed
liquors" passed June II. 1889.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City do
erdain as
Section /. That no license for the sale Of
spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors, or
the keeping of an inn and tavern shall be
hereafter granted TO any person who shall
not have been a citizen of the United States,
and resided in the State Of New Jersey at
least one year Immediately prior to the filing
of his application for such license; provided,
a license to keep an inn and tavern at any
place where the keeping OF such inn and
tavern was licensed for the year ending July
], 1887, may be granted to the person keeping
such nm and tavern, although such person
may not have been a citizen of the State for
a year prior to the filing of an application
Sec. 2 That no license shall hereafter be
transferable from the place for which same
mas been granted to another place. Any Ii
cense hereafter granted shall apply to and
embrace only the premises for which the same
was originally granted, and shall so continue
until the expiration thereof; provided, moth
ing herein contained shall prohibit the transfer
OF a license from the owner to another person
such license shall be SIS in each case.
Sec. 3. That the total number of licenses
on the first day of July, eighteen hundred
and ntnety-seven,s shall not exceed the total
number granted for the year ending on said
first day of July, unless the Board of Alder
men shall. by the unanimous vote of all the
members present, resolve to increase the num-
Der of said licenses.
file with the City Clerk an affidavit, in adj
dition to all other matters now required to
be set forth in application for licenses. that
the applicant has, as a citizen Of the United
States, resided in New Jersey during the year
preceding the date Of such application. II
the applicant is a naturalized citizen, he shall.
at the time Of making his application, present
his certificate OF naturalization and include
in the affidavit a statement that he is the
person named in such certificate. The City
Clerk shall exaRline such certificate and GER
tify the fact that he has made such exam
nation to the Board of Aldermen. No APP
pGcation for a license, other than for a
lDense to keep an inn and tavern at a place
licensed for the year ending July L. 1897, shall
be presented to the Board, unless same has
annexed to it the affidavit required by this
section, and in cases where such certificate Is
required the certificate of the City Clerk.
Sec. 5. Each lcensee shall keep and main
tain in public view, on the outside of the
place wherein he is licensed to keep an inn,
his name shall be followed by the word
1'owner.s Each license shall be granted upon
the express condition that the same shall be
void if the 1icensee shall fail to put such a
length, on the street door or street window
of the inn, tavern, restaurant or apartment
in which he is licensed to sell sPirituous.
vinous, malt or brewed liquors. within thirty
days after the granting of such license.
Sec. 6. If any person other than the
licensee or his employees shall. with the per-
mission or assent of such licensee, sell. or at
tempt to sell. any spirituous, vinous. malt
or brewed liquors at the place where such
licensee is authorized to make such sales, to
any person other than such licensee. such
license shall be revoked and there shall be
no other license granted for the sale of any
such liquors to such person during the three
years following such revocation.
Sec. T. Nc. application for a license shall
abe received by the City Clerk unless said
application be accompanied with the license
fee.
Sec. s.. All ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed insomueh as they are inconsistent.
This ordinance shall take effect immeds-
Passed August 8, 1897.
CHAS. NJ. AUSTIN
President pro tempore.
NJ. j. o~'DoNNELL.
City Clerk.
EDWARD HOGS,
Mayor