Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1909 — JERSEY'S LIQUOR BILL [ARTICLE]

JERSEY'S LIQUOR BILL

One License to 500 Inhabitants—Ban tenders Must Register. Trenton, N. j., Jan. 19. —The excise commission has submitted a draft of the proposed law to regulate saloons. The bill limits the number of licenses to 011 c for every five hundred inhabitants, but ihis is not to operate •gainst the renewal of existing licenses. The selling of liquor on Sunday is absolutely prohibited and retail places may only sell between midnight and 6 a. in., where they have a special license for that purpose. The special feature is that bartenders shall he registered. The power to revoke licenses is vested in the county courts. The bill prohibits brewers and wholesale liquor dealers being directly or indirectly interested in any licenses.