The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-15

owing to recent decision OF the
Supreme Court of this State. the
power to grant license for the sale
of spirituous liquors in the town of
Point Pleasant is, for the time be-
ing at least, vested in the County
Court of this county.
Accordingly, the several appIi-
cants for license made application
to the County Court at q former
term to grant the licenses that had
heretofore been granted by the
town council, fling with their ap-
plication the consent of the town
council to the granting of same
At the same time, in order that
there might be no question about
the sentiment of the people of the
town of Point Pleasant on the sub.
ject, petition was circulated in
the town asking the County Court
to grant these Licenses. This pc.
tition was signed by ninety five
per cent. of the business men and
by ninety per cent of the voters of
the town.
On the day fixed for the hearing
of said applications it was discov-
cred that there might be some
question about the suficiency of
the publication of the notices re
quired by statute in such cases,
and the matter was adjourned by
the Court, for few days, for in
vestigation When the Court met
in pursuance of adjournment, the
attorneys for the applicants for Ii
censes, deeming it imprudent to
take any chances on the suRcien-
cy of the notices, asked the Court
to fix future day for the hearing
of their applications; and at the
same time asked the Court to in
dictate their individual sentiment
in the matter The members of
the Court expressed themselves, as
being opposed to the granting of
licenses in the town of Point Pleas
ant At the same time they enter
ed an order fixing May 29th As the
day when new applications for Ii
licenses would bepassed upon, and
the matter more thoroughly con-
sidered The various applicants
have accordingly filed new appli
cations and given new notices, so
that on May goth the Court will.
as we understand be asked to
grant licenses for the sale of liquor
in the town of Point Pleasant for
the ensuing year
The expression of the sentiment
of the individual members of the
Court, above alluded to, was. of
course. mere reflection of their
personal opinions and pref
erences in regard to this matter,
and not a judgment of the Court,
because there was nothing before
the Court upon which it could act
as Court In fact The members
of the Court indicated that their
expressions we're only to be con-
sidered as their sentiments at that
time, and not to be regarded as in
any wise binding upon their fu-
ture action as a Court OF course
this would necessarily follow,
otherwise it would have been USE
less to fix a future day for a hear
ing of the matter.
Moreover, it was plainly indi-
Gated that the sentiment of the
Court at that time was influenced
by what they regarded as the SEN
timent of the people of the county
= in reference to granting license in
the town of Point Pleasant There
we're no petitions before the Court
in favor of license except those
from the town of Point Pleasant,
because it had never been consid-
cred necessary heretofore to pre-
sent petitions from parties outside
of the town, or in fact from parties
within the town, in as much as the
law expressly provides that only
the consent Of the t0Dn council IS
necessary an such matters,
Since the Court adjourned, how
ever, petitions in favor of license
have been circulated to some ex-
tent, and SO far as can be now as
certained. the sentiment of the vo-
ters of the county outside of the
town is overwhelmingly in favor
of license here, Of course in the
short time allowed for the purpose
it may not not be possible to get
an absolute majority of the voters
of. the comfy bnt tba Detit;ons