The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-21
SPR|NGF|E[DS NEW
| DRAM SHOP LAW
PROHIBITS BREWERS HOLDING
LICENSE TO CONDUCT SALOONS
IN THAT CITY.
IGNORES SUNDAY CLOSING
Raises Bond to $3,000-Bars Screens
and Observation-Disclosures
Must Qualify and Have
Licenses and Bonds.

Springfield, July 2O--The new
dram shop ordinance which has been
awaited expectantly by saloon keep
ers and the brewery interest for
weeks. was introduced at the meet
ing of the city commissioners yes
terday afternoon.
The regulation places added re-
strictions upon the saloon, but by
tits curtailment of the privileges of
the wholesale dealer gives concce-
sions to the retail saloon keeper that
will be conducive to his business
In most respects the new ordi-
nance is identical with the law now
| in force.
In it's effort to aid the saloon
keeper to conduct an orderly and
| respectable place of business, the
ordinance delegates police powers to
| the proprietor of the dram shop and
gives him power to arrest any one
creating disturbance or violating
the peace ordinance of the city.
Removal of Screens.
| The principal new restrictions
| which Commissioner Davidson, who
| to be enacted are the removal of all
screen, glass or any obstruction that
will prevent view into the Interior
o the saloon. This section of the
new ordinance prescribes that the
front of the saloon shall be of clear
/ transparent glass, not frosted or dis
lcolored, with no lettering or signs
| placed on it, and it shall be made so
as to prevent clear INSTRUCTED
view of the interior. No curtains,
awnings or devices shall be used to
prevent seeing into the saloon rom
the sidewalk or street.
width and six feet high is allowed
to be put at the end of bar
Can Conduct But One Saloon.
Only one license to conduct sa-
loon can be issued to an individual
liz the proposed ordinance becomes
law This will prevent a number
OF saloon keepers who are operatins
two places of business rom conduct
ing more than one bar.
Further more, no license will b.
issued to breweries or brewer;
agents to conduct a saloon Til:
provision will seriously affect the
breweries who for years past II
many instances in this city have
been substituting saloons, In many
!. cases the breweries have owned thu
licenses outright, as they owned thu
fixtures and the saloon building, ans
in others they have loaned thu
money to the dram shop keepers.
1t waws notable that during las
days of this month when the saloon
keepers took out licenses to run fol
the ensuing months, that many. sa
loon-keepers brought the money Il
pay for their licenses in the form
of a check made payable to the cit.
t and signed by the brewery, whic.
owned the applicants place of bus
ness.
Bond Increased.
The bond of the dram shop keepc
Is increased from the sum of $1,000
which is required by the present or
dinance, to $4,000, Two bondsme
or surety corporation as require
b in the present regulation are requil
ed also in the new law. The $500
i is filed by the dramshop keeper TO
s the city bond, irrespective of. the
= amount of the bond he is required I
provide for government and stat
i surety.
& Bartenders Must Be Licensed.
: Bartenders must be licensed yeal
e ly and before receiving licers
d must file an application, giving tn
name of previous occupation. TIL
bartender must be a citizen of tt
II United States; no one who is not
" naturaized can receive licens
He must not at any time be COZ
victed of any crime or of any viol'
A ton of the city ordinance relati'
to the dram shop act. A testimoni
of his good character signed by rel
utable citizens must be filed wit
the application. Abond of 800
Us required, which can be forfeited II
he same as saloon license and tn
" bond must be signed by two suretie
Df The license is liable to revocation G
e. theconviction of the bartender of
e. violation of the city saloon code.
e, For the benefit of the patrons
e. the place and for the bartendir
guild this license must be posted
IN conspicuous place wherein he
to employed.
O. Wholesalers Close on Sunday.
m In the new ordinance ii Is n,
In stipulated that the saloons mu
IS close on Sunday, or does 1t, in i
e. provisions, grant them the priyile,
a OF selling on Sunday. IL, howeye
provides that wholesalers must clio
IN on Sunday, the section placing tn
as restriction in the following langua;