The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-01
DECISION MEANS
SALOON MUST CO
Anti-SaIoOn League Believes 1t
Has Won an important
Point in Fight.
(From Saturday Advertiser)

AS result of an opinion handed
down by Attorney General Lindsay,
yesterday afternoon, regarding the
scope of the term ''property holders, -
Patrick Ryan will not be permitted to
move his saloon from it's present loca
ton in the Occidental Hotel building
to point across the street, his present
license, which expires June 80, 1913,
will not be renewed, and an effort on
the part of the anti.saloon league will
be made to keep Alakea street free
from saloons.
According to Attorney General Lind
says Interpretation of the liquor
license statute, which declares that a
majority of the signatures of property
holders within $50 feet of the proposed
| location must be obtained before a new
saloon license may be granted or a
saloon be moved from an old to new
location, the term "property holder
means the owner of the property, or
one who holds his premises under a
| lease of a year or more duration
Mere tenantsat-w those holding
premises by a month-to-month arrange
ment, are not included within the scope
of the term "property HOLDER
AS majority of the actual property
owners holding property within 25C
feet of both the present and the pro
iected location of the Occidental bar
owned by Paddy Ryan, have signed 6
petition circulated by the antisalooI
league against permitting Ryan tc
change his location to his new build
ing now under construction, the liquor
license board, under the new interpre
tatiOn of the statute, will be unable tt
grant Ryan the required permission.
Furthermore, when his present Ii
cense expires, June 80, 1913, he will b'
unable to renew his license on account
of the opposition of the property own
ers in the vicinity, although those ac
tually doing business in the neighbor
hood have signifed their willingness t.
allow Ryan to do business in the new
location.
To Eliminate Saloons
The Anti Saloon League will nov
take steps to obtain the signatures o
the property owners within the neigh
borhood of the Kentucky bar, which i
situated block makai of the 0ccident
al bar, with the intention of forcini
the saloon off Alakea street altogether
The present license held by the Ken
lucky bar does not expire until Jun
30, and if the property owners sigma
lures in the neighborhood have bee
secured by that time against the re
newal of the license, the bar will b
unable to continue in its present loca
ton.
Attorney General Lindsay's opinion
, which was mailed to the secretary o
, the liquor license board yesterda
afternoon, was handed down as the r,
suit of request made by the boar
after its meeting Wednesday afternoo
in the senate chamber.
Question Puzzled Board.
During the meeting, the question q
, granting Patrick Ryan permission
! move across the street from the Dee
dental Hotel building to the structu1
. now under course of construction ia
d Their down the street, came up. Ryan
3 attorney, f. G. Peters, presented Iii
: of names of those in favor of ii
: change, the majority of the signatur,
being those of the tenants in the neigl
4 borhoOd who hold their premises und'
IS a month'to month agreement.
q The names on the petition were MOI
than half of the tenants in the neig
. horhood and Mr.. Peters asked for Il
o required permission to move ON the
E. grounds, George w. Patty, secretary
h the Anti.Saloon League, presented
:, petition against the transfer of loc
~ tion.
v This list contained the names of
he majority of the property owners in Il
II neighborhood, all against the project,
change oil location, Mr.. Patty declar,
10 that his list contained the names
e the actual property holders, while A
re torney Peters claimed that the tenan
n of the premises We're the actual hol
ers' of property.
~ 1t was decided to submit the aut
tion to Attorney General Lindsay wi
q. the result that the opinion was hand
ne down that property holders mea
property owners" or at least tenan
. who are holding the premises und
n lease of year or more duration.