The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-02


pointed by the Legislature, who is the
executive head of the department He
receives a salary of $4,000 year and
| Is erected Tor two years. Purchases of
| must be submitted for examination,
ana In case of the liquor purchased
not coming up to sample the seller
must pay all expenses and also the
dlHerence in price between his bid and
the next lowest bidder. Bonds are held
| AGAINST this contingency. 1t is spec
| tally provided in this connection that
| the state shall purchase nothing from
any mandatory sending any agent or
drummer into its limits for the pur
pose of soliciting business. The com
! missioner is allowed a bookkeeper at
a salary of $1,000 a year, and such
other assistants as the Board of Con-
| lrof may deem necessary. The bond
or the commissioner Is now liked at
| $75, OOO
ton OF the Act. which reads as fol-
lows:
The State Commissioner shall. be-
lore shipping any liquors TO dispensers,
/ except lager beer, cause the same to
ibes put into packages OF not less than
one-half pint nor more than five gal
| IONS, and securely seal the same; and
II shall be unlawful for the. dispenser
| to break any of such packages, or open
the same for any reason whatsoever.
He shall sell the packages only, and
no persons shall open the same on the
premises: Provided, This section shall
not apply to malt liquors shipped In
cases or kegs, or bottles thereof
shipped In barrels; and such malt
liquors may be sold by the county dis
penser in such quantities., of not less
than one pint, as he may see proper:
Provided, The same shall not be drunk
| on theFpremiseS. Dispensers shall open
their places of business. and sell only
| In the day time, under such rules as
may be made by the State Board of
Control, or by the. County Board of
Control subject to the approval of the
State Board of Control
In this section of the law is embod-
led, as wila be readily seen, the most
important feature of the whole sys-
tenn: That of stopping the practice OF
IN the use of liquors and drunkenness
in the State is traceab BILE to this clause
County Boards of Control are APP
pointed by thee State Board Of Con-
troll and dispensers are appointed by
the former. subject to the approval of
the latter. Except In Beaufort and
Horny counties the county boards are
permitted to locate dispensar.es in
other than incorporated towns. but in
no township can a dispensary be locat-
ed except by vote of the people
The manner of purchasing liquor a..
the dispensaries is also a bit unique
and entails some difficulty The object
of this is to shut out as far as pos
sible, habitual drinkers and minors
This is the law covering the point:
Before selling or delivering any intox-
lcating liquors to any person, re-
quest must be presented to the dis
penser, printed or written in ink, dated
of the true date, stating that he or she
is of age, and the residence OF the
signer, for whom or for whose use it is
required, the quantity, and kind re
CURED, and his or her true name; and
the request shall be signed by the ap-
plicant in his own true name and sig
nature, attested by the county dispens-
er or his clerk. who receives and files
the requests. But the requests shall
be refused if the county dispenser fill
ing it personally knows the person ap-
plying is minor, that he is intoxicat-
ed, or that he is in the habit of using
Intoxicating liquors to an excess; or
If the applicant is not so personally
known to said county dispenser before
filling said order or delivering said
liquor, he shall require the statement
of a reliable and trustworthy person
of good character and habits, known
personally to him, that the applicant is
not a minor, and is not in the habit of
using intoxicating liquors to excess
Distilleries are permitted within the
State, but the product of such enter
prises must either be sold to the Dis
pensary department or shipped out of
the State, bearing the stamp and seal
of the Board of Control. Any person
may make wine for his own use, but
the same is subject to inspection and
analysis by the examiner at any time
Druggists are allowed all the alcohol
they may require, but there are pen
alties upon dispenser druggist and
purchaser should any be sold for olher
than medicinal purposes. Liquors at
clubs are prohibited absolutely. Under
bond of $4,000 hotel managers may
purchase liquors from the dispensaries
and serve the same upon their tables;
at the same time constables are spe-
officially empowered to search hotels.
day or night, for contraband goods
Liquor resorts are declared to be nuiS-
ances and are prohibited The pun
ishment for keeping such is a fine of
not less than 5000 or Imprisonment for
not less than three months, or both in
the discretion of the court.
From section 81 on in the law, for
considerable space, the matter of i'm
porting liquors and transporting liquors
through the State is treated. 1t is
provided that liquors in transit, as soon
as they cross the State line shall be
subject to the effect and operation of
the Dispensary law. Railroad trains,
steamboats,, wagons, carts or any other
vehicle transporting liquors are liable
to seizure and severe punishment for
the past seven years railroad trains
have been chained to the tracks, stop
ping traffic absolutely for short per-
iods, and vessels have been seized and
condemned for violating this part OF
the law. Every avenue for liquor to
get into the State, except by purchase
of the Dispensary department or by
the sixty-day permits previously re.
ferred to would seem to have been
closed.
To enforce the law the governor is
empowered to appoint two State con-
stables, two chief constables and as
many detectives as may to him seem
necessary.
The law is the most elaborate one on
the statute books of the State. 1t con-
tains more details than any other law,
and the machinery by which 1t is OPP
Grated is more extensive than any
other State system, lest it be the double
educational arrangement now in vogue.
AS to the success of the system I
would refer you to the reports of State
officials and other persons taking an
active interest in the success of the
project These are issued quarterly.
semi annually and yearly. Four years
ago Mr.. Traxler, the first commission
er, wrote me that crime had been re-
duced in the State thirty per cent