The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-08-14
FACAN'S EXCISE
BOARD INSADDLE
Held Snap Meeting In City
Hall Last Night Revoked
Licenses Granted By Blair
Board
ACTIONS SAID TO Be ILLEGAL

DIDN'T EVEN NOI1F1i CHI
CLERK, WHO is CLERK OF THE
EXCISE BOARDS U p R E NJ E
COURTS DECISION TO BE CAR
RIED TO COURT OF ERRORS
AND APPEALS.
Following closely on the heels of the
Supreme Courts decision that section 5
of the New Excise Laws is unconsti-
mtional the Pagan Excise Board
assumed control again last evening. With
the exception of Commissioner Bumsteds
who is on his vacation, the members met
quietly in the City Hall at six o'clock.
They did not even notify City Clerk
Mccarthy that there was to be meet
ing, and he is supposed to send out
notices of the melting of the Excise
Board and is by law clerk of the Board.
Daniel Z. Egan, one of the Boards own
appointees, of6ciated as clerk. 1t is
held by many that the acts of the Pagan
Board last evening are Illegal. 1t re-
yoked licenses granted to nearly thirty
applicants whose applications We're re-
fused by the Pagan Board and were
granted by the Blair Board, and also re-
Blair Board
Resolved That Section 8 of the by
laws. rules and regulations passed Janu-
ary 20. 1902. be amended to read as fol-
lows
Section s. Every license granted un-
der these bylaws, rules and regulations,
shall bear even date with the time when
the resolution granting to same shall be-
come a law and unless sooner revoked
by lawful authority, all licenses for the
sale of spirituous, yinous, malt and
brewed liquors shah expire and be utter
ly void and of no effect ON the first day
of July of each year provided, however.
that licenses may be granted to sell
spirituous malt and brewed liquours
upon the grounds of, or within the con-
fires of any baseball ground which
ground shall be totally enclosed and such
licenses shall be issued for periods of one
month from date of issue and at the
fee.n glS
The resembling of all the resolutions
passed by the Blair, Board We're the re-
suit of Mayor Fagan's vetoes.
These preambles and resolution We're
the first to be passed:
.syVboraac rbic poords ;ss ;Df,rI,,.ul
that certain individuals. to wit:-Philip
j. Daudt A. NJ. Henry and William
Jones have been pretending to act as the
Board of Excise Commissioners of Jer-
sey City by virtue of an appointment of
Judge Blair under provisions of an act
of the Legislature passed at recent ses-
SION and
Whereas, We find upon the minute
book of this Board minutes or actions
alleged and claimed to have been taken
by these men in their alleged capacity as
mmbers of the said Excise Board and
Whereas. We are advised by counsel,
the law Officers of th city, that the said
individuals had no right to act as mem
bers of said Board, and that all said
actions appearing in said members are
void. therefore
Resolved, That all Of the said acts
of these said individuals claiming to have
been performed as aforesaid and appear
hereby rescinded."
1t is said on good authority that the
Supreme Courts decision will be carried
to the Court of Errors and Appals.
Among the resolutions of the Blair
Board rescinded were the following
Resolved, That the Lenses be granted
to the following named to keep restau-
rants where spirituous, various malt and
brewed liquors may be sold in the follow
ing places in Jersey City:
Reinholt johnson, 135 York street
John Olsen Octiker, 13 Exchange place
Sam Barna, 50 Morris street Isaac
Gitelsoh 315 Henderson street, Loui.
drew Szotkorski, 566 Grove street, Joh1
Schneider, BIG Henderson street Am
Schreiber 316 Henderson street Anthon.
Foczmanski, 562 Grove street, JohI
PiatSowski, 1S0 Thirteenth street
Boleslau Michaloki, 4G2 Henderson
street Abram Kirsch. 300 Grand street
Andrew MalkowslSi, 437 Monmouth
street, Moli Wisenfeld, 234 Wayn
street, Rasimierz Worsocki, S06 New
ark avenue. Austin Ruvane, 5000 Boule
ward, Waladaslau Waraska, 81 Hen
derson street, Arnold Holman. 34-
Warren street, Anton Mitczarski, 26s
Pine street, John ]. Mclaughlin, II:
Cornelison avenue.
Resolved. That the following des
cribed licenses be transferred No. 81
for Joseph Cowan to Kane and Nc
Manus. 264 Erie street.
Resolved That a license be granite,
to James Kelly to keep an Inn an,
Tavern where spirituous. various an,
Malt and brewed hquours may be sol,
at No. 8 Exchange place"