Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31

provided and the payment Of tho cost OF
advertising. by the applicant. the board
shall cause notice OF such application to
be published In one or more newspapers
published In the town where the appli-
cant resides or the town nearest thereto,
appointing n time and place for public
hearing on such application. The notice
shall set forth the name OF the applicant
in full, the class OF license applied for.
a particular description OF the premises on
which the license is to be used, desig-
mating the building or part OF the build
ing to be used. aud II practicable, the
street and number. and the notice shall
appear once week for three weeks sue
cessively. Copies OF the notice shall also
be posted on the premises described in
the application, and in two or more places
in which public notices are generally
posted.
HEARING ON APPLICATION.
Sec. IA. The board shall give a pub
lie hearing at the time and place
designated in the notice. If at
such hearing the owner of an
occupied dwelling located within TWEEN
ty-ive feet OF the room in which the ap-
plcant proposes to do business files OBJ
jections in writing with said board, or IL
a majority of the property holders on the
| street in which said license Is to be oper-
ated, and within four hundred feet on
either side. file objections in writing, the
license shall not be granted except by
the unanimous decision Of the board.
Nor shall license be granted for the sale
Of liquor of any kind within two hun
dred feet in any direction Of a church
edifce or other building occupied in
whole or in part as a public or parochiai
school, except that this restriction shall
not apply to druggists or inn-keepers.
REFUSAL OF LICENSES.
Sec. Is. The board may at any timc
refuse to issue a license to an applicant
whom 1t considers an unfit person to re-
ceive the same. No license shall be
granted to person less than twenty-five
years Of age, nor to person not a legal
voter of the town, nor to a person whose
license has been revoked for any cause
in any town in this state, or who has
been convicted Of violating the provis-
ions of this act relating to the illegal
selling, keeping, exposing and transport
ing intoxicating liquor, nor to a person
conducting a house Of ill-fame, or a
gambling place Of any kind. or house
or place reputed to be either; nor shall a
license be issued for the sale OF intoxi-
eating liquor in any place or building
where any Of said violations have been
committed within one year with the
knowledge of the owner Of such property;
nor for the sale of intoxicating liquor in
any place for which license has been
granted and revoked for cause within
one year.
Sec. Is. No license. except of the fifth
class, as hereinafter described, shall be
granted to be exercised in a dwelling
house. or in room or shop having an
interior connection or means of commu-
nication with a dwelling or tenement Of
any family.
Sec. II. No license shall be granted to
be exercised In public parks or pleasure
grounds.
NUMBER OF LICENSES IN A TOWN.
Sec. IS. In towns that vote to author
ize licenses for the, sale Of intoxicating
liquors. the number Of licenses granted
shall not exceed one for each one thou
sand of the population or the larger frac-
ton thereof, as ascertained by the last
preceding national census.
ISSUE OF LICENSES.
Sec. 10. Every license shall be number
ed and shall bear upon its face the num-
Der the conditions snecifed in section