Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-09

Montpelier, Oct. 2.-Although little bust
ness has been done in the House to-day
the Senate lost no time in getting down
to business and during the first hour of
the morning session two of the most i'm
pCrtant measures that will come before
tie Legislature at this session were intro
duced. They were the measure for reg
ulatnS and controlling caucuscs, intro
duced by Senator BroWnell of Burlington,
ard license law of 81 sections introduced
by Senator Russell of liinesburGh. The
license bill is framed substantially along
the lines of the law now in operation In
Massachusetts with provisions from the
law in force in Illinois.
THE LICENSE BILL
Ale, porter, all beers, except root beer,
cider, all wines and any beverage which
contains more than one per cent. of al
cohol shall be deemed Intoxicating liquor.
The selectmen of towns. trustees of in
corporated villages are made "A licensing
board If a member should be a manu-
facturer of or dealer in intoxicating liq-
uor he shall be ineligible. Each board
shah keep a record of its doings and re-
port annually in the same manner as
other town officers.
There are three classes of licenses. The
first class is to hotels and dramshops for
the purpose of selling liquors of any kind
to be drunk on the premises; second
class. to wholesale liquor dealers for the
purpose of selling to retail dealers; third
class. to druggists and apothccarcs for
the purpose of selling liquors of all kinds
for medicinal chemical or mechanical pur-
poses. The fees are to be as follows. First
class, $1,000; second class, 500; third class,
800.
An article must be inserted in the war
rants calling for the annual town meeting
in March. 1908, and biennially thereafter
submitting the question of granting of
licenses to the voters If the city
town votes to authorize the
granting of licenses then the licensing
board shall receive. publish, investigate
and act upon all applications. The Ii
cense shall take effect from its granting.
The bill provides for fees for recording,
etc Licenses shall not exceed one for
each LOO of the population of II
town, but one may be granted
in town of less than 1000 population.
The licensing board shall post the name
of all applicants and cause the same
to lie printed in a local new spaper once
al least ten days previous to the meeting
of the board at which action will be taken.
If before the expiration OF the ten days
following the publication of such notice
the owner of any real estate within % feet
of the premises as described in the apli-
cation notifies the board in writing that
hc OBJECTS no license shall be granted.
No sprituous or intoxicating liquor shall
nnd L. ~ r,or,,;,,o - 49,, cra 49,
snrd NC, he of standora o',oii.,, w.,
froe from ad,,Iterotinn Tio,,or Shoi, rnt
be sold to a habitual drunkard, to an in
,ovicotod ,,oreo,, or ,o - ,ore,,, - t.
Lnou,n 70 have heon intoyiontod yi.hi,, ,ho
sy r,nrtbe rrococing W. ~ r,;,or rnr
for his own use or that of his parents or
INV otbar noreon or to a ,,oreo, i.,o,,,,
70 have been sunnortod nv iu,hltc cha,it,
NJ anv tine durine tho 10 pnnthe ,,reIaI
,ro the date of tho uconsa W.. Iicons.
shall he s,ibiect to forfs,t,'re fnr q hroart
n anv of ne ronditions rorb 1ico,,,., ~,
~ Grs+ o,ass shoI, No e,,h;.o, &C. - f,,r.L.
cordit,on that the ucensee shan ,at Ill
Eve AVA or deliver int,,vic.ti,fr 1,r,,or -,
q legaI holiday or on anw dav ON vvhici
no,io,oi Stot. citr or an,,,aI tan.r
mcetina is held In that town
Tho Kin ,ro,,idas for ucorsirg of onot,.
cari.s and drnssists and rsgn1ations ~,
scr.en or ohstruction of any Kind from III,
street ehou he nlared in the uindnu,s rn,
shall q hottie or caek contairirt, li,,,,or IN
exn,sed g, nc to i,,terfera u,,th q ,,i,,,, ~
ne Interior No license of the frst cIos
shall be granted for a dwclIinc house
Tho m9yor If city and re soIec,r,o,
of q town NAV in cns,s of rio, or o,eo
n,hlio exci+ament order rlacee Of I've 6r.
c1os. closed for q neriod NOT oxceedin,
tbree dars Fnr violntion Of iris nrovisio,
nerson may he 6ned 5000 AM nnrso,
,,iolotiuo, tho provision Of this 90. 90 of w.
,;onnsn Shall MESS other,y,se s w. ul 81
provtded he fined s5OO or innrisomad o.,
,oar ar both
sui NAV no hrouobt ocainet -. s.lor fo
damares rece,ved from an intoricatnd Nor
son No person under 81 wears of 40
shall be employed to sell or serve liquors
incense shall De sup1eGt TO me OF slO
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