The Detroit times., 1911-11-18

And Whereas the said principal hath
covenanted and agreed. ana doth here
by covenant and agree as follows to-
wit: That he viii not directly or in
d9ectly. by himself his clerk, agent or
servant. at any time sell. furnish. give
or deliver any spirituous malt brew
ed. fermented or vinous liquor any
mixed liquor. or any mixture or COM
pound, part of which is spirituous.
malt, brewed fermented or vinous Ii
quor 10 minor, nor 10 any adult per
son whatever. who Ia at the time in
toNicated. nor 10 any person in the
habit OF getting intoxicated. nor to
any Indian, or TO any person of In
dian descent, nor To any person when
forbidden In writing so to do by the
husband wife parent child. guardian.
or employer OF such person. or BY The
supervisor OF the township. mayor of
the city, or director Of the poor. or
president. or trustee or any village, or
tho superintendent of the poor of any
county In which such person snail re-
side or temporarily remain; that he
Will pay all damages, actual and eN
enplary, that may be adjudged 70 any
person or persons for injuries inflicted
upon him or them, either In person or
property. or means Of support or 9TH
erwise, by reason Of his selling, fur
nishing, giving or delivering any such
liquors Now. the condition or this
obligation Is such that IL said princi-
pal shall well and truly keep and per-
form all and singular the foregoing
covenants and agreements and shall
pay any Judgment for actual or ex-
Cmplary damages, which may be re-
covered against him in any court OF
competent Jurisdiction, and all fines
and costs that may be imposed upon
him. for violations OF Act No. 3l3,
Laws OF 1887. as amended by Act. No.
2gI, Laws of 1909, then this obligation
hp
wise the same shall be In full force
and effect
ABOVE is the form or the $4,000
bond which every saloonkeeper in De-
troit has to file with his application
before he is given license to sell
liquor In the city, and Prosecutor
Hugh Shepherd is now looking up the
legal features of the bond, to see just
how far 1t is enforceibl.
No one In the prosecutors Office, or
the police department. is able to re-
call single instance where the city
or county has received cash from a
forfeiture of such bond
II appears that fair solution or
the whole saloon problem lies right
In the bonds, themselves.
why, | have several cases OF sell
ing liquors to minors" says Prosecu-
tor Shepherd, and If this bond is
forfeitable for that, we will see what
can be done.
81 won't give an offhand opinion on
the legal aspects of IL, but | will look
il up thoroughly, and will give de-
cision very soon, il | have TO work
nights on the proposition
To the lay mind, the bond seems to-
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the faithful observance OF certain sec
tons of the liquor law by the saloon
keeper, or principal There is no ap-
parent forfeiture for keeping open
Sundays, or after legal hours, but as
regards selling liquors TO minors, to
intoxicated men, Indians, or other'per-
sons to sell to whom the saloonkeeper
has been forbidden, the bond seems
10 be very plain.
Police Commissioner Croul declares
that the irresponsible saloonkeeper.
with only a few dollars invested In
his place. and with no responsibility
whatever, except TO pay the brewery
for his beer, Is the man who causes
all of the trouble to the police. and
gets the law-abiding saloonkeeper in
bad"
II the bonding company can be held
responsible for violations OF the law
by this class, and can be made to pay
down a few $4,000 rolls, 1t will not
take long to put the undesirable sa-
loonkeepers out Of business for failure
TO provide BOND.
This is the aspect of the case which
will be looked into by the prosecutor.
Police Commissioner Croul is also in
terested in the bond matter.
All but about 100 of the saloon
ronds OF Detroit, have the Michigan
q,nding e. Surety Co, as surety, and
bonding company is so closely al
with the Detroit Brewers asso-
alton MS to be a sort of auxiliary
rornoratiOn.