The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-25
LIQUOR BILL
AMENDMENTS
Continued From Page One.)


Lihue. Eva and Waialua The fee for
Honolulu and Hilo remains $3.50.
Restaurant License Fee-The amend
ment raises the restaurant license fee
from $500 to $3.50 in Hilo and Homo
lulu. In other places from $3.50 to
$500.
The second paragraph of division
three, section nine, permits restaurants
TO sell liquor after usual closing hours
and during election hours with or
without meals by the payment of the
extra $3.50. The same paragraph. per
mits hotels to sell liquor after usual
closing hours, on Sundays and during
election hours 'swith or without
meals by the payment of the extra
$3.50.
In the fourth division of section
nine the right is granted to sell liq-
uors manufactured from "fruit grown
in the Territory by the lieensee or
Others instead of restricting this
privilege TO WINE made from grapes -
The fifth division of section nine
permits the manufacture of any kind
of liquors other than those made
wholly from fruit grown in the Ter
ritory, for period of ten years, but
| raises the fee from SIS to $3.50.
Section lin defining a restaurant
| the following clause is added at the
close of the section, ''and intoxieat-
ing liquors sold either with or with
| out meals thereon. This is plainly
added to permit restaurants to sell liq-
uors with or without meals.
Section 24-The following clause is
inserted in this section: - Except in
the case of an application for the re-
newal of license, when the board
shall grant the same. This makes
it obligatory on the board to renew
a license regardless of protests.
Section 31-Seyeral clauses now in
the law have been eliminated. which
reduce to an appreeiahle extent the
mower of the Board of License Com
missioners. The power in the present
law granting to the board power to
summafily suspend a licensee pending
a hearing of charges is cut out en-
tire!y
Section 35-The provision refusing
permit to lieensee to transfer his
business from one precinct to another
is eliminated.
Section 35A-This is the new sec
tion allowing appeals to circuit judge
against any decision of the Board of
License Commissioners.
The Summary.
Following is summary of changes
in the present liquor law as contained
in the amendment:
Objectionable features contained in
the amendment
/. Discretion and power of the
Board of License Commissioners is de-
cidedly curtailed in several sections.
3 License fees are reduced in the
following instances:
Wholesale license outside of Homo
lulu and Hilo from $1,000 to $500.
Retail saloon license in the towns
of Kahului Waikiki, Lahaina, Ko-
hala. Lihue. Eva and Waialua reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50.
Hotel license in the towns of Kahu
lui. Waikiki, Lahaina, Kohala, Lihue,
Eva and Waialua reduced from $3.50
to $3.50
3. Privilege granted to restaurants
to sell liquors without meals after
closing hours and during election hours,
by the payment of the extra $3.50.
4. Privilege granted to hotels to
sell liquors without meals after clos
ing hours and on Sundays and during
election hours, by the payment OF the
extra $3.50.
). Board of License Commissioners
compelled to grant renewal licenses.
6. Power taken from Board of LII
cense Commissioners to summarily sus-
pend license.
:. Lieensee may transfer his bust
ness from one precinct to another with
The consent of the board
S. Right af appeal to Circuit Court
from anv decision of the Board of
License Commissioners and to continue
to do business during such appeal.
improvements in the amendment
/. Restaurant license raised in out
side towns from $3.50 to $500; in Ho-
nolulu and Hilo from 5000 to $3.50.
>. Minimum quantity to be sold by
wholesaler increased from bottle or
flask of wines and beers to one dozen
pinfs or one-half dozen quarts.
3. License fee for manufacturing
any kind of liquor other than that
wholly from fruit grown in the Terri
.orx- roisad f,ou - TO $3.50