The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-24

a residence district, or where iabot II
apt to be- demornizsd by their presence
II wns pointed out that. invested VIII
such powers the personnel OF the com
mission was Of the greatest impor'
taBcc. ana that II bchoovcd every ono
having the good Of the community al
heart to use their influence TO tecure
the appointment OF honest men. A.
the temptation to accept bribes would
be very great men OF sterling charac'
ter only should be selected.
The fees for saloon licenses have been
increased from $500 to $3.50 a year. The
original bin put them at $1,000. but II
was amended to $3.50. In Honolulu,
hotels pay the same and restaurants
pay $500, but If they sell after hours.
or on Sunday, they must pay $3.50 ad-
ditional. Hotels must have twenty fur
nlshed guest rooms in Honolulu, ten
in Hilo and Wailuku, and elsewhere
| five.
Upon the latter point Senator Dickey
believe 1t would lead to the establish
ment OF many low centers of inquity.
Fifth-class licenses for 800 have been
entirely abolished, and the lowest fee
for a license In the Territory Is now
$3.50. This. with the discretionary pow
er of the commission, will do away
with many Of the disreputahle resorts
which infest the land.
The phraseology relating to minors
has been improved. Formerly, the
wording of the law was: NO minor
shall be permitted to loiter on saloon
premises Ihe new III" states
plicitly: mo minor, or female. shall
| oe permitted TO be, or remain III vi
about any saloon premises WHERE hqu'i
Is sold over bar. FormerIy, IL was
hard to prove that MINOR was loi.er
Ing, but IL VIII be easy 10 sho" thd'
| a minor was permitted TO remain ABOUT
the premises. Another Improvement Is
doing away with the Club license Oh
500. rms mas peen repeated pS ihipii-
cation-Section of the new law, which
says: mo person shall sell, or Keep
or offer for sale any intoxicating liquor
| except as authorized or licensed 10 40
so under TINS act Drugsists iurhish
Ing liquor on prescription are excepted
from this provision
This SAID senator Dickey, VIII
cut out many OF the smal clups ana
perhaps some OF the large ones which
Will not be willing to go to the addi-
tional expense for doubtful privilege
The new law defines restaurant IN
such way that the trickery formerly
practised by some OF the make-peheVe
restaurants VIII no longer be possible.
The law upon this point says: Ihe
board shall be satished that the res
taurant shail be bona noe restaurant,
at which meals in good faith are Pro-
Vided, and TO be provided upon spee'nc
charges for the same. and that the
meals are such as require the services
of cook, and that there Is actnai
cooking upon the premises. No Iree
lunch scheme. however devised, snail
be carried on at any such restaurant.
Concerning the Issuance of license
Senator Dickey SAID:
Under the old law the treasurer
was Obliged to issue a license applied
for under the restrictions, II the appi-
cant complied with the law. NOW, by
the new law, all Applications must De
put into the hands or the inspector Tor
examination and advertised Tor -FOUR
consecutive weeks. rms gives the op-
ponents OF saloon chance TO work,
which, Mr. Dlckey explained meant TO
secure the signatures or majority oil
the voters In the neighporhood, protest.
ing against us establishment In their
midst
Ihere were 1ew particulars, Which ne
mad noted, IN which the new law was
worse than the old. The bond Is not
so good, IN that the amount OF the
penaity ana costs only can be recoV-
ered, whereas, under the old law, the
Whole amount or the bonu, Slooo was
FORFEITED.
Ihe old law PROMPTED the issuance
OF license To one VINO had been twice
convicted OF drunkenness. ran gam
bling house. etc This the new law
omits. Both laws We're defecuVe, II
was SHOWN, In the matter or deslSnat-
ing whose consent must be OBTAINED
The old law says property holders ana
occupants as to Honolulu and prop
erty hoiders' as TO other localities. rms
Is vague, ana should nave read own
ers OF real estate, as II Is the real
estate whlch Is anected by the estao-
ilshment OF saloon near IT, unaer
the ola law a license was not trans
terable' Under the new law II may be
transferred by the written consent OF
the commissioners which Is not an I'M
proVement
In the new law this provision mas
hRnn record