Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-07-05
CHANGE RULES
OF EXCISE BID.
BY ORDINANCE
One New Rule Calls for In
creased Fee for the Trans
fer of Licenses.
SOME OTHER CHANGES
MikIos May Lose His License
Is Outlook at Excise
Board Meeting.
SOME OTHER CHANGES

An entire new set of rules, with a
number of important changes, were
adopted ON first reading at the meet
ing of the Board of Excise Commits
sioners held on Tuesday night. The
new ordinance was drawn up by the
chairman of the ordinance commit
tee, James J. Flynn, and calls for an
increased fee for the transfer of
licenses; for advertisement in one or
more officials newspapers; for the
appearance in person before the
board of each and every applicant for
a license, and for the approval OF q
majority of the board before per-
NIT shall be issued for running
dance hall or entertainment in con-
nection with q saloon or hotel.
The most important change was the
increase of the fee for the transfer of
a license either from place to place
or from man to man. The fee has
been $50 for each transfer granted,
and 1t was understood when the sub
Ject of a new ordinance was first
brought up that 1t was to be raised to
$50 at least. The amount, however,
was raised but fifty dollars.
The new set of rules call for the ap-
pearance at the meeting of the board
of every applicant for q license re-
newal or transfer. This step Is taken,
II is said, to prevent the ownership
of number OF saloons by breweries,
run under the name Of the manager,
or proprietor.
In view of recent difficulties in re-
gard to the proper advertisement of
applications, the new rules call for the
advertisement In one or more officially
designated newspapers, instead of In
two papers as was the old rule.
For a permit to run dance In a
hotel or any place connected with a
saloon, under the new rules. 1t will
be necessary for the majority of the
board to sgrant permission. Under
the old rules, the president of the
board held the power to grant these
permits.
The Introduction of an entirely
new set of rules was q surprise to a
majority of the members of the
board. They had expected to have a
short ordinance which eliminated
ever, call for every precaution in
granting any license or transfer.
The ordinance was adopted on the
first reading, and will be taken up on
second reading at the next meeting
of the board on August when, 1t is
expected, several changes will be
asked for by certain members of the
board.
Renewals of the saloon licenses of
mously: John Resko, John Dovnar,
Antoni Kuran, Charles A. Hackman.
Paul Turek, Joseph Balint, Jacob
Damitzr Joseph Gersten. Martin Uli-
meyer Leonard Zaremba, Stanislaw
Brodzinsly Ralph A. Bulls. Elias
Beer John A. Peterson, Joseph Herr
and Martin Parzygnat.
Renewals of hotel licenses were
granted to Dennis f. Donovan and
Floyd r. Brown. Billiard licenses
were granted to Michael Zalutko and
A. Arilxos.
The members present were Presi-
dent James M. Mullen, Thomas Lucas,
James J. Flynn and Adolph G. Koyen.
Commissioner Bird was absent.
MiklOs May Lose License.
Stephen Miklos, the proprietor of
the saloon at SAT Kennedy street.
whose testimony 1t was that caused
Indictments to be found against Com
ff1issioners Mullen and Koyen, and
Louis Splitter, on charges of conspir-
acy, malfeasance In office, and who is
now at a sanitariun, may lose his
license. The renewal Of the license
should have come before the board
at the meeting. but owing to insult
fcfent advertising was not brought up.
Miklos' license expires on July 12,
and he will have to close at that time
and until he can bring the matter be-
fore the board properly at the next
meeting. According to one member of
the board, he had asked for the kind
ly action of the body on the Miklos re-
newal owing to the mans present con-
dition, but that he had been denied.
He said that he believed the license
would be rejected when 1t Is brought
before the board again.