To Rev Sir We Have The Honor To Address You On Behalf Of The Board Of Managers Of The Pennsylvania Society For Discouraging The Use Of Ardent Spirits

Author : Pennsylvania State Temperance Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396129230
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Memorial of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, to the Convention for Revising the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) written by Pennsylvania State Temperance Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorial of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, to the Convention for Revising the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania The subject to which we beg leave to ask your attention is that of the laws of this state respecting the licensing of houses for the retail of ardent spirits and we desire respectfully to suggest some reasons to your honourable body which have led our minds to the conviction, that it would be desirable that a provision should be introduced into the new constitution which Would prohibit hereafter such licenses throughout the Commonwealth. The existing laws in this state on the' subject, are in the following words. N 0 person shall be licensed by any court of Quarter Sessions, or Mayor' s court, within this commonwealth to keep an inn or tavern, . Unless recommended by at least twelve reputable citizens of the ward, borough, or township in which the said mm is proposed to be kept, who shall certify that the person so recommended, is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room, and conveniences for the lodging and accommodation of strangers and travellers. It shall be the duty of the said courts, and it is hereby enjoined upon them, to license no more inns or taverns within their respective jurisdictions than shall 1n their opinion he necessary to accommodate the public, and entertain strangers and travellers. Of the form and structure of the law, on the supposition that laws of this description are proper, we do not know that there is any rea son to complain. Similar statutes, so far as we know, occur in all, or in nearly all the States of the Union. We do not complain that the statute is not carefully guarded in its, phraseology; we do not complain that the framers of the law Were not anxious to secure it from abuse; nor do we complain that it does not make ample provi sions, so far as can perhaps be made, to secure the end which the framers of the law had in View: The statute evidently contemplates a restriction on the amount of ardent spirits which should be consu med' in the State; and looks with a careful eye. To the comfort and convenience of the Traveller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.