Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-17
PROPOSED RETAIL
LIQUOR REGULATIONS.

4 Governor Forts license commission has
reached the point where a. majority is pre-
pared 10 make specific recommendations
from which minority appeal, on the
i ground that the recommendations are too
radical
/ The report embodies between forty and
fifty recommendations, among which are
ths following:
4 The report will give but scant attention
TO she question Of selling on sunday, and
will set forth there has been no general
demand for any such excise liberty. The
report will explain shat the members dis
approve fully Of any attempt to modify the
present excise laws SO as 10 permit a Sun
day sale Of liqnor under any circumstances.
i One of the recommendations approved
by the majority concerns she taxation of
she output Of breweries within the State
1t provides that all breweries having their
establishments within the state shall be
Obliged 80 pay tax TO the state of fifty
cents barrel on their output.
4 In the brewery statistics the commits
sioners show that there is an annual output
by the state breweries amounting to some
thing over ST. 100000, and that more
than So 600, 600 barrels of beer are sold By
these in New Jersey every year. At tax
OF fifty cents barrel, this would mean
profit TO the state of 81, 800. 600.
On the question of licensing power, the
commissioners in their entirety haye rec
commended elective excise boards in every
municipality OF the state These boards, if
the commissions unanimously approved
recommendation is endorsed by the legis-
lature, will not possess the power of revo-
cation Of license, however, but will simply
have the authority so pass Judgment on all
licenses and grant the same in accordance
with the other recommendations made by
the commission.
II The recommendation carries with it also
the suggestion that one Of the members of
che board shall retire each year.
AS for the power Of license revocation
the commission will recommend that this
be placed in every county in the hands OF
the judges of the Court Of Common Pleas
for that county, and that single violation
Of the law be considered as reason why
the license should be revoked. The report
also carries the stipulation that no license
be granted for the property occupied by
the offending licenses for period of one
year.
DIFFER AS TO LICENSE FEES.
Two reports will be written on the ques-
zion Of license fees. The majority is, that
in all cities of oyer Is, coo population the
minimum license fee shall be 81 000 in
cities between 5000 and Is, COCA minimum
fee of $3.50 shall be made, and in other sec
tions one fee OF $500 shall be set.
Then there will be another recommends
tion providing for an apportionment in ac-
cofdance with the population of all new
licenses 1t provides that the present
number of new Licenses in vogue in the
State be not affected, but that hereafter no
new licenses shall be granted in any mu-
nicipality until that municipality shall
have shown an increase in population Of
5O0for every, license to be allowed.
A license applicant must secure the con-
sent of all the property owners on both
sides of the site in which he expects to To-
cate. and of all the owners within a radius
of 200 feet.
Numerous recommendations by the COM
mission devote much space TO the construc-
tion OF the applicants property, and it is
particularly stipulated that if it is to be a
saloon property, there must be but one
room TO 1t, and only one door in the front
These series of Recommendations explain
that if saloon is to be located in bald
ing having side hall, for instance, there
must be in such hall no mode Of egress
from or ingress TO the street, and that the
only entrance way shall be through front
door. There must be no partitions of any
kind in the saloon, also, and a further
recommendation Of she majority sets forth
that she place should be exposed TO view
to the outside at all hours Of every day and
night in the week, besides Sundays. This
is she Boston law" as is is called, and
the majority commissioners dwell partic-
ularly on it,
In this same series another recommends
tion provides that general closing hour Of
saloons throughout the State shall be mid
night and general opening hour 6 O'Clock
ia the morning. violation of this shall
be considered ground for revocation Of IL
cense. AS for hotels it will be recon-
mended that a place having 10 bedrooms
shall be considered as such. By this the
commissioners hope to do away entirely with
back rooms.
The commissioners will also explain in
their reportthat during their trip about the
State they received many complaints about
saloons where prize, dog and cook fights
have been allowed, and they will recon-
mend shat the law in this particular be fully
enforced. They will also suggest that any
failure to obey the law in this respect should
/ bring revocation of the license for the
place where the offense occurs.
i Uuder the caption Brewery Control,
Mr.. Backes has written an interesting series
of paragraphs, in which he explains that
i this 'seyil,'' as it is referred to. is much
manifested in different sections of the State.
| It is set forth that sheriffs and county
Judges, in one or two sections, have been
influenced by it, and that political lead
ers" are almost invariably guided by it. 1t
will be recommended that no brewery shall