The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-22
LIQUOR MEN
HAVE A BILL
THE NEW MEASURE WAS IN
TRODUCED IN THE HOUSE YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON.
ASSOCIATED Press Cable)

The liquor bill introduced by Re
preventative Fernandez at yesterday
afternoons session of the House of
Lcpresent9 tives is the measure which
is supposed to represent the views of
the liquor men and as a necessity is
very different from that of the admin
istration. Some Of its more important
provisions are worthy of close study.
1t provides for board of five license
commissioners one of whom shall be
the High Sheriff and four others to be
appointed foretwo year terms by the
Governor. None shall be directly or
indirectly engaged in the manufacture
or sale of liquors, nor directly or indi-
rectly connected with any temperance
propaganda or organization. Nor shall
they hold any other public office.
Applications for license shall be filed
with the Treasurer and passed on by
him to the Board of License Commits
sioners
The form of bonds and description of
premises is provided for.
| licenses, granted under the provision
Of this Act may be granted for term
not exceeding three days, and shall not
be issued until the applicant shall have
paid to the Treasurer the fee of the
license applied for"
This is intended to cover such special
occasions as race meetings and the like.
The most important feature of the
bill concerns the classification of IL
censes. 1t provides for five different
classes, thus:
"U The wholesale liquor license
shall authorize the licensee to sell in
| toXcating liquors in quantities not less
than five gallons; provided, that no
| part of any such Intoxicating liquors.
sold under such license, shall be drank
or used, on the premises where it is
| sold, or in any other house or premises
contiguous thereto, procured or rented
! for that purpose by the party holding
such license, or by any other person or
| persons whatsoever through his agency
"(2) The retail liquor license shall
authorize the licensee to sell intoxicat-
! ing liquors in quantities less than five
gallons; provided, that no part of any
such intoxicating liquors, sold under
such license shall be drank, or used, on
the premises where 1t is sold, or in any
other house or premises contiguous
thereto, procured or rented for that
purpose, by the party holding such IL
! cense, or by any other person or per-
sons whatsoever through his agency,
unless such licensee is also the holder
of a saloon license for the same pre-
misses; and provided further, that in
districts of the first class, this license
shall not be issued except in conjunc-
ton with either a wholesale liquor or
saloon liquor license.
"(3) The saloon liquor license shall
authorize the licensee to sell intoxlcat-
ing liquors i'm any quantity up to and
including one gallon.
80 The hotel liquor license shall
authorize the licensee to sell intoxi-
eating liquors by the glass or bottle,
provided that no part of such intoxi-
eating liquor shall be sold for con-
sumption off the premises described i'm
such license.
"(5) The special liquor license shall
authorize the licensee to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors by the glass or bottle at
race tracks, race meets, and other pla-
ces of public entertainment; provided
however that no such license shall be
! granted unless the application shall
first be approved by the person, per-
sons, society or organization having
charge Of such race tracks, race meets