The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

application contained, then It shall be
the duty Of said board to suspend
said license for q deteFminate period.
or to revoke the same. II . license
Is revoked for any cause, the hcensee
shall not be entitled to another IL
cense In the state of Indiana for q
period OF two years: Provided. That
no license or renewal thereof shall be
revoked or suspended until the board or
commissioners shall have made and en-
tered an order specifying the grounds
| therefor, and until the hcenseS shall
have been given at least ten days no
tioe thereof and of the time the board
viii hear the same; and, Provided
further. That the board OF commits
sieners shall not proceed against such
licensee during the tendency of any
appeal that may be taken therefrom
to the circuit or superior court.
No license shall be granted to any
person who shall have been convicted
of a felony within fifteen years prior
to such hearing, nor shall any license
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prior to the passage OF this act, has
been convicted of any violation OF the
LIQUOR laws twice in any period Of four
years: nor IN case of an application
for renewal shall such renewal be
granted to any person who has been
convicted twice In any period OF two
years after this act takes effect for
any offense against the liquor laws
since the passage Of this act. Pro-
vided, further. That the number OF re-
tail licenses which may be granted In
any city or township under this act
shall not be more than one for each
five hundred inhabitants thereof,
which number may be further limited
by the board Of county commissioners
of any county to any number not less
than one to each one thousand In
habitants of such city or township.
A. to Limiting humber.
Any limitation by the board of COM
missioners shall be made at it's first
session after this act takes effect:
Provided, That no new license shall
be granted to conduct a saloon In any
room situate within q distance of
four hundred feet of any public school
building, which school building is not
within the corporate limits of any city
or town: Provided, further, That all
force at the time of the passage of
this act shall not be affected by the
provisions herein contained, and the
holders thereof upon the expiration of
such license shall be permitted to re-
new or transfer the same subject to
the conditions hereinafter set forth, In
the same manner as licenses Issued In
conformity with the provision OF this
act In case there are more licenses
In force at the time of any hearing
upon any application for license in the
city or township In which liquors are
to be sold Hereunder than are author
lied by the foregoing provisions, no
new licenses shall be granted until
either by the increase In population,
failure to renew, revocation OF H.
censes. or In some other manner the
number thereof shall have fallen be-
low the limit herein fixed.
The opening and, closing time Of
saloons remains the same as under
the old law, except in cities of the
first and second classes they may re-
main open untr midnight instead Of
IL o'clock as now.
The license fees are fixed as fol-
lows: In cities of the first and second
classes or within two miles thereof.
$500; In all other cities or within two
miles thereof. 5000; in any Incorporate
ed town or within two miles thereof,
$3.50; outside of cities and towns, $50.
To these shall be added the state L.
cense fee of 5000.
City councils and towns shall have
the right to increase these fees tc
the following figures: Cities to $500.
incorporated towns to $500, provided
the increase is made within thirty
days Of the time the act takes effect.
The new local option law repeals
the county option law which was en-
acted in 1908, and establishes option
by cities. towns and townships and
territory In townships outside of
cities and towns. The process of call.
ing and holding a local option cleo
ton IL the same az II was under the
county option law.
Employers Liability.
The legislature passed two EN-.
ployers' liability laws, one Of a gen
eral character and the other applying
to employees on the construction OF
buildings. Both Of these laws remove
the defense Of fellow servant, contrib
utory negligence. or assumed risk. A
scale of compensation for daath and
injuries Is set cut
Another law that viii have q direct
bearing on this class Of cases il the
one known a. the Jackson law. II
provides that when q demurrer ID
fled to q complaint there shall be
died with II Q memorandum Stains
exactly the around On which the d.
murer is fled and the facts on which
II In based. II the demurrer is
based On the reason that the
complaint does not state facts sufi-
cient to constitute . cause Of action
the memorandum must state wherein
It fails to do 30. This, 1t Is pointed
out, win break up the practice Of at
torneys Of raising In the supreme or
appellate court for the first time the
real issues In case. In other words,
q lawyer will be compelled to show
his hand and to make his entire de-
Tense In the trial court and unlesa he