Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-14

New measures to clean and curb
the liquor traffic and to raise all
license fees were introduced and
passed upon their first and second
readings at an adjourned meeting of
the Board of Excise commissioners
last night. Saloon or retail liquor
licenses are to be raised from $40
to $500, hotel licenses from $+50 to
$500, Wholesale licenses from 5000
to 800, and bottling licenses from
$3.50 to 5000. No holder of a retail
license can obtain a permit to sell
wholesale, and vice versa. An
amendment was provided to section
IT, of the excise ordinance. making
1t unlawful to sell any kind of in
toxicating liquor to minors.
A supplement to the excise law.
passed together with the proposed
amendments on its first and second
readings, makes drastic provisions
for holders of liquor licenses and
provides that all public billiard s4-
~hfoo612ss4shau be licensed at the rate Of
$40 a year.
A form of local option is extended
to residents of all sections of the city
in the provisions of article No. 6 OF
the supplement, 1t provides that no
new place shall be licensed. or no
license transferred to any new place,
without the written consent of the
majority of the property owners
within 200 feet of the place for
which the license is asked. Hereto
fore excise boards have accepted pc
titions and circumstances which
have often been signed by people
living many blocks from the place
for which the license was asked.
The supplement provides further
that no music, dancing, singing,
vaudeville or other entertainment
shall be carried on in any room
directly connected with a barroom,
or a room in which liquors are sold
and drunk in any saloon, inn or tav-
ern or other drinking place, without
permission of the excise board.
Hotels must be conducted in a pro-
per and decent manner. A register
must be kept up to date and given up
for inspection to any person who may
demand to see it. Every person sell
ing liquors retail must label ali
bottles in which liquors are contain
ed, showing the exact KIM of drink
OH lueU thei tlH. DuiibS plphibA
tory hours no person other than the
proprietor or barkeeper shall be ad-
mitted to a barroom and then only
when they are engaged in the actual
work of cleaning the premises or at
tending to fires.
The penalty for each violation in
most instances is to be $40 and upon
every second offense the license shall
be revoked.
The clerk was instructed to notify
Mayor Ferd Garretson. Chief Of
Police Patrick ]. Burke and the
United States customs authorities
that liquor was being sold without II
license, and thereby Illegally. at
dances in this city. particularly Sat
urday nights. The four commission
ers we're unanimous in the opinion
that a government law was being
violated, but thev were divided two
to two In regard to notifying the
proper authorities.
Commissioner Boehm, who intro
duced the amendments and supple
ment TO the excise ordinance, made
a motion to have the clerk send ont
the notification. Seaman seconded
it after some discussion. Commits
sioner Gallagher and President Han
son maintained the officials must
know OF the violations. Mr.. Gala
CHER said the officials were probably
well aware of the violations and he
did not thint the board should step
;,+o tba o,,bipcf in that Way. There