The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-13
MUST FORMALLY ASK
FOR SALOON LICENSE
Retailers VIII Make Application
to Excise Committee
TRIkING INNOVATION
The Application Is Long and compre-
hensive-Detailed Statement as to
Petitioners Place and Plan
of Business.

As was to be expected from the APP
pointment of the excise committee Of the
City Council. and from the recent steps
taken by city authorities toward the
putting down of Illicit liquor traffic in
license for 1907 will have to undergo a
thorough examination ana make clean
breast of affairs.
For the first time in the history of the
city, an application blank will have 10
be filed out by petitioners for saloon
license. This blank must receive the in
dorsement of the excise committee be-
fore being honored by the license collec-
tor. When petitioner signs an appea-
ton, he must make clear statement
to the committee of the conditions and
plans of his business. Applications must
reach the excise committee before De-
cember Is.
The blanks are in the Mayors office
and can be obtained by all woud-be Pc
titioners for 1907 liqour license. These
applications will have to be signed and
presented by every dealer who wishes to
continue business throughout the next
year.
The Application.
The application is addressed to the
Honorable Mayor and Aldermen, Brming-
ham, Ala, as follows:
The petitioner will respectfully request
to be allowed to pay for AMI take cat
license to do retail liquo- business in
the city of Birmingham for the year 1901
The petitioner will next make known that
place wherein he intends conducting his
business
The petitioner will next represent as fol-
lows: THAT said business will be con-
Quoted in all things in accordance with
the laws and ordinances of che city OF
Birmingham"
The petitioner will next state the name
by which the business will be known, and
under whose superintendent 1t will be
conducted. Next. the person wishing a
license Will make known from whom he
has obtained the lease on cae building
in which he wishes to retail liquor and
will also state the number of years
through which that lease runs.
Tho petitioner next makes known
whether his business will be conducted for
white or negro patronage. OF for both.
He Will then state who has signed his
lease, and who has guaranteed ii.
The petitioner will next sign contract
to report Immediately to the Mayor in
writing any change of conditions or facts
that may affect statements contained in
the application.
The next step through which the petit
toner will have to go is the furnishing
of a list of acceptable men who will
stand sponsor for his character and abil-
ity to conduct a liquor business. Then
the petitioner will sign his full name to
the application, and 1t will be considered
by Che excise committee
If the excise committee favors the ap-
plicaton. the signed blank will be kept
on files in the Mayors office. and the
license collector will be instructed to is
sue a license to the petitioner in ques-
ton.
The Former Method.
Formerly. any person wishing to retail
liquor in Birmingham would pay for and
obtain a license from the license collector
Now. the application is formal and bind
ing. and is preserved for future refer
ence. Tt will be passed upon, and in
dorsed at the next meeting Of the City
Council following the date of application.
1t will be signed by all. from the person
operating a higher class saloon to the
operator of the dive"
1t Is intimated by city officials that the
necessity of signing this application, and
furnishing reliable sponsors. as well as
the declaration of all facts connected
with the business, will result in the
licensing of fewer saloons next year than
have been doing business this year.
1t is further intimated by members Of
the excise committee that care will be
taken in the issuing of licenses as has
been published. the city of Birmingham
licensed one hundred and Twenty-Five
saloons on January /, 1906.