The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-16
censes shall be granted other than NO
LICENSES SHALL BE ISSUED TO
PERSONS UNDER TWENTY ONE
XEARS QE ACE MD IMQNIEN

| censes shall be granted other than NO
| LICENSES SHALL BE ISSUED TO
| PERSONS UNDER TWENTY ONE
YEARS OF AGE, AND WOMEN.
No restriction is made as to the To-
cality for which licenses shall be grant
ed, other than provision that no re-
tail license shall issue for any prem
ises within 80 feet of a school house
or church.
Under the existing law, it has been
possible for the Treasurer to exercise
his discretion in the granting of IL
censes to convicted criminals, to per-
sons whose licenses may have been re-
voked, to persons who carry on houses
of ill-fame and gambling places, or
houses or places reputed to be either.
Treasurer to refuse license in resi-
dence districts, where such license
would be strongly opposed by those
living in the neighborhood.
Under the suggested change, there
would be no possibility of preventing
the issuance OF license to any of the
persons named above.
No method of measuring the distance
in regard to school houses and churches
is provided by the law. Experience in
other places has proven rather unfor-
tunate under similar acts, and has led
to careful provisions as to the way in
which the distance shall be measured.
Furthermore, taking school such as
the Royal School, on Emma street,
which stands III the middle of a large
lot, it would be impossible under this
suggested act to prevent the opening
of saloon on any adjoining lot, or di-
rectly across the stree.
8. The suggested law provides, as
to the revocation of licenses, that the
Treasurer may revoke licenses upon
conviction of a icensee for a WILL
Full violation of the provisions of the
act. No other method of revocation
is provided for. The bill does not
state what a wi1lful violation of the /
act is, nor is it specific in stating who |
is to determine whether violation is
willful or otherwise.
If licensee is brought into court on
a charge of vioating the terms of his
license, the ordinary procedure would
be to find him guilty or not guilty, and !
it is hardly likely the court would say
whether he was willfully guilty or 9TH
erwise. Without the specific power
being given to the Treasurer to decide
as to the willfulness, it would be very
if the Treasurer could hold
4 conviction in one case to be for a
xillful violation, and in another case
20 be otherwise. Under the present
aw. as it stands, license generally
nay be revoked upon two convictions
or violating its terms, and it is gen.
rally obligatory upon the court to spe-
ideally declare upon second conviction I
hat the license is forfeited. II
4. The proposed law provides for a
otel license for the term of one year,
t an annual fee of $3.50, which is to :
e granted to hotels having five rooms
r more No further definition Of ),
hat shall constitute hotel is given. !
he effect would probably be to turn
very saloon in the Territory into a
hotel Further, there is no defini
on of what shall constitute room,
nd the experience of the State of New "
ork with the "Raines Law Hotels u
lows how easily such loosely drawn II
It could be evaded and used for the c.
irpose of sheltering immortality. 'ir