Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-27
TO SMOKE OUT "PICGERS'
Publicity and Registration Of Government Liquor Licenses
Will Bring Revenue TO State and to Newspapers

Under the provisions of Representa-
& tive Haugen's bill No. 1876, which has
passed the house and is now in the
senate, all persons holding federal
liquor licenses in this state will be re-
auired to register the same with the.
county auditor and pay registration
fee of $40.
The holders of all such federal tax
receipts or licenses will also be obliged
to publish for three successive weeks,
in each of the official county and city
newspapers, notice giving the name
of persons to whom the government
tax receipt is issued, date of same de-
scription of property where same is
posted, number Of lot and block, and
specifically describing the room where
notice is posted. Such notices are to
be published for three successive
weeks in each newspaper, and failure
to do so constitutes a misdemeanor.
If the party in whose name the license
is issued fails to make the publication
and registration required by the act
/ it becomes the duty of the owner or
lessor of the premises on which the
government license is posted to do so
under the penalties.
The object Of this act is evidently
to give the widest publicity to the
holding of a federal license to tran
sact an unlawful business in this state,
and particularly describing the place
license is posted. AS there are about
1,790 federal licenses out in this state,
if they comply with the provisions of
this bill, the general fund of the vari-
Gus counties will receive something
like SIT 900 in filing fees, and the Off
eial newspapers of the state will have
quite a revenue through the publica-
ton provision, unless the peace Off
GERS should get busy. which is very
likely to occur with the information
such publicity would afford.
If this bill becomes a law and its
provisions can be enforced there is
little doubt but that the number of
government licenses in this state
would dwindle very materially. Pub
licity Of such matters would tend to
put a quietus on blind pigism.
The full text of the bill is as fol-
& lows.
- Bill for an Act Providing for the
Publication and Registration OF Spe-
cial Tax Receipts or Licenses from
the Government of the United States
IA. to Sell Distilled, Malt and Ferment-
ed Liquors, Issued to Persons in
North Dakota, The Payment and
Collection Of Registration Fees and
Publication Fees, Regulating the
4 Posting and Exhibiting of such Tax
Receipts or Licenses, Prescribing
the Duties of 0fficia1s and Owner
and Lessons Of Property in Relation
Thereto, Prescribing Penalties for
Failure to Perform the Duties Pre-
scribed and Other Regulations Per
tanning to the Sale of Intoxicating
Liquors.
BE it Enacted by the Legislative
Assembly Of the State of North Da-
Il kota: 5ss
Section 1. Every receipt, stamp or
license showing payment of the spe-
& cial tax evied under the laws of the
United States upon the business OF
1 selling distilled, malt or fermented
liquor, issued to or held by any per-
son, firm or corporation in this state,
shall be registered and published as
in this act 5required.
Sec 2. Immediately upon posting
or displaying the special tax receipt
on license mentioned in section l OF
4 this act as required under govern
ment regulations, it shall be the duty
of the person in whose name such tax
4 receipt or license is issued, to cause to
4 be published for three successive
weeks III the official newspapers of
the county and for the same period in
the official newspaper Of the city, if
within an Incorporated city, a notice
which shall contain the following in
formation: Name of person to whom
4 the government tax receipt or license
is issued date of special tax receipt
or license; description Of property
where said tax receipt or license is
posted, and, if within an Incorporated
city, the number of the lot and block
and street number and setting forth
specifically the room, building or place
where said tax receipt or license is
Il posted the name of the owner and
the name Of the lessor of the property
u In which said tax receipt or license is
posted. Upon discontinuance Of bust
ness OF removal of the special tax re
ceipt or license mentioned in section 1
OF this act to another building or