Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Excise Board Adopts New
Ordinance; No LoophoIes
Now. Commissioners Feel
In Cases Where Law is Violated
Saloon Keeper Will be
Fined $40


at their regular monthly meeting last
night unanimously adopted on its first
reading a new ordinance, which will
succeed the one now in use here, and
which according to the present COM
missionerS has many loop holes"
This new ordinance, which was read
for the first time last night was in
troduced by Commissioner Emil Frey
chairman of the ordinance committee,
and met With unanimous approval
from every member of the board.
The ordinance committee has been at
work for more than a month draft
ing this new ordinance and care has
been taken to substitute stringent
measures where the loop holes" had
formerly appeared.
One of the biggest changes in the
new ordinance is that in cases where
excise laws are violated the saloon
keeper If found guilty, will be fined
$40 for the first offense, $50 for the
second and for the third violation his
license will be revoked. Formerly a
violator of the ordinance had to pay
in most cases a fine of $40 for every
violation. Every application for Ii
cense to sell intoxicating drinks, or a
transfer of a license, shall be filed
with the city clerk at least twenty
days prior to the regular meeting at
which the application is to come be-
| fore the board. Formerly fifteen days
was the time set.
The billiard parlors are effected by
| the new ordinance, which calls for a
| fee of $40 being paid for the first ta-
BILE and SIS for each additional table
in the establishment. Formerly one
| fee of $40 was charged, it mattering
not whether there was one or twenty
tables in a place. All public billiard
rooms shall close their places of bust
ness at midnight each night, under
the new rulings, and may not open
before 6 o'clock the following morn
| ing. All persons violating the pro-
visions of this act, will be fined $2C
for the first offense. $50 for the sec
ond and for the third the license vii
be revoked.
Selling of liquor to any person b,
a saloon keeper after written no.
| tice has been served on the proprietor
by any member of that persons fam.
| lily objecting to the sale of liquor to
| that particular person, will result In
a fine Of $40 for first offerse, $50 for
second and the loss of license for the
third. Sunday selling is dealt with in
the same way.
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 a radius of 200 feet of the
place, for which the licene is applied.
An application for a renewal of q
wholesale license for one year was
granted Rosa Liptak, whose place is
at 313-319 Goodwin street. Favorable
action was taken by the Board on ap-
plications for renewal of six saloon IL
censes, the following being granted:
Joseph Kwiatowski. $50 Johnstone
street, six months, Alex Petraszka,
240 Hall avenue, six monthe. Michael
months. Stephen Szebeledy. AIS Smith
street, six months. Anastasia Schultz,
220 Hall avenue. three months and
John Dervan, 673 Catherine street.
three months. Renewals of bottling
licenses were granted to Max Cast,
1874 State street, six months and Sarah
Sturm, 3S2 State street, three months.
Five billiard licenses were granted as
follows: Joseph Risnichak, 404 Am
boy avenue; Leonard Zaremba. 362
Inslee street, Wendell Hoffman,s 9S4
Amboy avenue: Steve Szebelidy. 41S
Smith street; Morris Epstein, 34S Oak
street. A new billiard license was is
sued to John Natoli, 344 New Bruns-
wick avenue.
An application by John Kutcher for
renewal of a hotel license at 377
Smith street (the Hotel Remington)
was laid over for investigation by the
investigating committee and the clerk
was instructed TO notify Mr.. Kutcher
to appear before the Board at the call
of the President.
A new form of application for sa-
loon licenses was adopted by the board.
All of the Exercise Commissioners were
present at the meeting.