The times., 1898-09-04
A Compilation Of the Statutes
of the Various States.
PROHIBITION IN A FEW
There Are No Free Sales of Liquor
Anyp here In the United States.
The Rates of the Retail Traittc
Vary Greatly in the Different Sec
tions and Communities.


of the several States comparing these
with the excise law of the State Of New
York, which has obviously come to stay
as a fruitful source of public revenue, an
agency for the reduction in the number
of saloons and as an aid to public or
der. In Pennsylvania. under the Brooks
law. as II Is called, passed in 1887 the au-
thority to grant licenses is vested in the
court of quarter sessions. Applications
for licenses must be filed in that court
three weeks in advance of the term, and
the names and places OF the applicants
must be published three times in two
newspapers. The application must state
that the place to be licensed is necessary
for the accommodation of the public that
none of the applicants are pecunarily in
terested in the sale of liquors at any other
place in the county. and must contain the
| names of at least two reputable free
holders of the ward. borough or township
where the liquor is to be sold, who will
be the applicants sureties in the sum of
! 81 600.
The bondsmen must not be engaged in
! the manufacture OF liquors, and when a
| person is surety on more than one bond
| he must certify that he is worth $4,000
| over all membranes and the amount of
bonds previously signed by him. A GER
! tiiicate must accompany the petition,
! signed by twelve qualified electors of the
ward or township. saying that they know
! the applicant. believe all his statements
to be true and ask that the license be is
sued as prayed for License fees are as
follows: In cities of the first and second
class, $500 to $1,000; in cities of the third
| class, $500: in other cities, $500; in bor-
! oughs, $50; in townships, SO. The pen
| alties for selling without a license vary
from $500 to 5000 and Imprisonment for
twelve months.
In Ohio the Dow law, the model, with
| variations, of the Raines law in New
! York, was adopted in 1886 and under it
there is uniform tax imposed-not an
excise ''license"-of $3.50 for every saloon
in the State, of which $50 goes 10 the
State and the balance is divided between
the county and city or township Sunday
| sales are prohibited as are sales to min
ors except on written order. There is a
| penalty OF = for being found intoxicated
| In Ohio, and sale of liquor on trains
passing Through that State is prohibited
Illinois has license system combined
with local option, and The power to is
| sue licenses IS vested in a local board.
In Chicago there IS license fee of $500.
| The licerse fee varies in various places
according TO the preference of its voters.
One town in illinois, Galesburg, has an
annual license charge OF Sl.000 for sa-
| loon. There are twenty-six towns in Illi-
| noiS which have adopted prohicition.
Michigan was formerly u prohibition
State blHt a provision In Ehe constitution
| prohibiting any license law was abrogat-
Ell by vote OF the people in 1876. An
| act passed in 1887. providing for local op-
tfon by counties, was he'd by the courts
| to be unconstitutional, but a similar act
passed in 1888 appears to nave been held
valid The sale OF liquor is prohibited
in Places of amusement. Saloons must
be closed, back and front, on Sundays.
| election days, and holidays. and from 8
p. m, until a. m. except in the incor-
porated cities and villages where the
hour for closing may be postponed by or
dinance unit! II p. IN. License fees are:
Retail licenses. $500; for malt liquor only
$500.
In Nevada tflere has been no change in
the liquor law since 1861. a license fee
prevails. Maxine is the pioneer prohbi-
tion State. and in 1851 an amendment to
| the ccnstit1ttOn making prohibition per-
manent and obligatory was adopted by
| a popular vote of 20 900 TO 20. COO New
Hampshire has a prohibition law ostensi-
bly,, and Vermont mas had prom bition law
since 1852 actually. The penalties against
its evasion are numerous and severe. and
the manufaature of spirtuOus and fer
mented liquors is prohibited. 1t is not
violation of the prohibition law of Yer
mont for farmer to make cider or man
ufacture fermented liquor for his own
use. Massachusetts has license law
with local option. In New Jersey there
is no uniform excise law. each locality
adopting its own system of regulation.
Connecticut has license law, and in
many cases an unduly large number of
saloons. The prohibition amendment to
the constitution offered in 1889 was de-
feated to !.
Delaware is a high-iicense State. The
highest liquor tax in Virginia is $780, and
it is graded, according to the business
done. from that figure down to $50 In
West Virginia the Jersey system prevails.
In North Carolina purchases of liquor are
taxed per cent for the State The actual
tax varying from SIS to $25. South Caro-
lima is in the liquor business for itself
under the dispensary system. whereby
the State is in the liquor business as a
principal purveyor. Georgia has high
license system, and in Atlanta 81, 900 is the
fee charged Indiana is a license State.
The maximum charge in a city is $3.50
high license and local option. and the
liquor law of Wisconsin adopted in 1889.
fixes the fees for licenses at from S1OO
to $500, with the power of the voters to
, increase it from $3.50 to $780, Iowa is a
prohibition State and has been for a
number of years subject to the exception
that dealer who paid $500 year to the
State cannot be prosecuted for a viola
ton of the prohibition law. There is
high license and local option in Missouri.
Kansas has been prohibition State for
a number of yearS-fifteen years, In fact
but, as in the case of Vermont, cider an6
liquor manufactured by the farmer for
his own use are exempted.
Kentucky has had new liquor law
since 1891 the fees for which are some
what erratfc: ITO keep a tavern, $10 sale
of liquor ait retail, Sleo; beer and ale IL
cense. $50 on appdca tfon of % per cent
, ! of the voters of a precinct the question
of prohibition Is submitted as applied te
retailers. In Tennessee the licensee pays
a percentage on the amount of liquor
Sold and IS under a bond to comply with
the regulations established by the State
In a ALBANIA there is a license fee running
from $50 to 1925, according to the popu-
lation of the town. There is local opt:or
in Mississippi. and in Louisiana the sher
if has charge of the collection of a tay
based upon a percentage of the receipts
Texas has local option. and in Arkansas
the county TAX of 500 is charged, a Sta.t
: tax of $780, and l per cent on the amount
of business done is applied to the ex.
pense of collection. Colorado is under 9
= general licensing Jaw by which the hcens
ing authorities can prohibit the liquor
2 traffic within their jurisdiction. There
| are M prOfl ibitiory laws except those