The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-18
GOV. O'NeQl Sends First
 Message To Legislature
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 interested in the liquor traffic. Thl. commission to have entire Jurisdiction of the granting, renewing and trans ferring of licenses.
 (d) That no license be granted unti after a full hearing. nor before notice of application for license is duly ad Nertised in a newspaper of general cir culation published in the town wher, such license is applied for a desig mated number of days and to provid. that any qualified elector shall have the right to file written objections tC the granting of said license. which ob- jections shall be considered before s license is granted
 (e) No license to be granted to any person convicted of any crime which would disqualify the applicant as ar elector under the laws of Alabama, no1 to any person who has been twice con- victed of the violation of any of the ex- else laws of Alabama or any other state nor to any person who cannot estab fish his financial and moral responsibil- ity to the satisfe ction of the commits sion.
 (f) A simple and definite form oi procedure to revoke license for vio- lations of the rules and regulations of the commission ,r of the laws of Ala bama, with a provision that the li- cense shall be revoked on the final conviction for any crime involving moral turpitude
 (g) A provision making it the duty of the commission to suspend the H. cense of any person for 30 days and closing his place of business during that time for any wilfull infractions of the rules and regulations of the com mission or upon being convicted the first time for violating any provision of the act; and to revoke a license when the licensee is convicted second time of violating the provisions of the liquor laws.
 (h) A provision that upon a second conviction for the violation of the liquor laws of this state, it shall be the duty of the judge before whom the licensee is tried, to forthwith give mo- tice of said conviction to the excise commission, and thereupon the commits sion shall at once revoke and cancel said license and all moneys paid there for shall be forfeited. That it shall be the duty of the commission upon the cancellation of license to take proper steps to close the place of business of the party whose license Is so forfeited.
 d) No license to be issued to any person who has been twice convicted of violation of the liquor laws of Ala bama or any other state after this act shall take effect. nor to any one who is not a citizen of the United States and the state of Alabama and a qualified elector of said state. county and city in which he desires the license, nor to any person who is not of good moral character.
 (D Oath to be taken before license is granted that applicant is the bona fide owner of the business and also tha, no person unsuitable to hold a license is in any way interested in the business; i; that he will not knowingly sell or give away liquors to any minor, or person of unsound mind. or to any person of known incorporate habits: that he will not keep open on Sundays, nor on pro hibited days, nor between prohibited hours; nor allow any gaming of any kind on or about the premises.
 tk) That no person ineligible to ob- tain a license shall be employed as bar tender or manager in any licensed place in this state, nor be allowed to have any financial interest in said business.
 CD Before a license is granted the applicant to give bond in the sum of not less than double the amount of the license with two or more sufficient sureties. or in some solvent bonding company. The individual sureties upon said bond shall not hold any elective pr appointive office. Said bond to provide that where liquor Is sold to any minor, the parent or guardian of said minor can recover by suit stipulated amount {; and that where sale is made to per son of known incorporate habits, the wife. or if no wife. the parents CT next of kin, shall be authorized to recover a stipulated amount; and that where sales are made on Sunday or on prohi- bited days or between prohibited hours. the OnmiSS sion cha1I ba ri recover a stipulated amount, the same to be disposed of as provided by law
 (m) A person once licensed to be granted a renewal so long as he fur nishes the required bond and has not been guilty of any wilfu violations of the law so long as the sale of liquors is authorized.
 (n) The act to provide that no per so1 engaged in the manufacture and liquors shall be allowed to establish n saloon in some other persons name pr to furnish money for that purpose: that any agreement, lease or mortgage here after mado for such purpose or to se- cure money loaned for such purpose. should be deemei absolutely null and void. Nor should any agreement be lawful which obligates any person to buy or sell only the product or output pA liquors of any particular person or cor poration in or at any licensed place of business.
 (o) Commission to have power upon the petition of any citizen to have hear ing to suspend any license for violation of the liquor laws.
 4. That only the following liquors be allowed: Pure wine made from the pure juice of the gra pc, with the ordi- al trAa containing not to exceed 200 milligrams per liter Cor 2.9o grains to a quart) of sulphurous acid (sulphur dioxid, fumes Of burning sulphur, which is derived from burning sulphur in the barrel before the wine is added.
 Beer made from barley malt and hops or barley malt in quantities not less than 25 per cent and unmalted cereals, 1. e., barley, Indian corn, rice, either decordicated and degerminated or not. and containing not to exceed per cent of alcohol by volume. and free from any artificial color of preservative >
 Cider made from the expressed juice. of edible apples, either sweet or fer mented. uFEt
 Distilled liquors as follows:
 Whisky made from barley. rye or In- dian corn by the ordinary processes of distillation and containing all the Foi@tlie SubstanceS Nhlcil are carried over at the ordinary tempera lures of, distillation, i e., not less than 200 parts of the natural volatile substances Cor produced during storage) other than alcohol to 100000 parts of proof spirits $50 per cent by volume of alcohol). The whisky must be stored in wood at the ordinary temperature of the warehouse for not less than four years and must be free from any added substances or artificial coloring.
 Rum, a distilalte from fermented mo- laSSeS containing not lesg than 1T5