PERMIS VISM IN AMERICA.

Evening Star, Issue 4051, 19 February 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

PERMIS VISM IN AMERICA.

United States of the utter failure of the** stive enactments in Michigan; * Stag* mfl>cj le a population about equal tq that of^iotgj. 5l Bt ATaw was passed declaring the wholJW". i i, ne» of selling liquors' tod-tor? '. fullest and the fairest trial .WMigiTea*)***!. The results are set forth in a report prfej *nted to the United States Revenue depart* it. by its own oflicer*, winch stated that L> were ascertained to be *£L ** in which liquor was; being«to-* SUV "old, and that the receipted the*: that St* w^ e unl&wftt i traffic were «•£" destinelyi. sterling t>er aaxam A* engaged in muo rofthe atttff fcbtt* mated at L7,b. rf >£ ,&>& pernicious a matter of cou. B drunkenness wa* secretly retailed v >» were poißOtted a* character, so that, . ca »laW'Btbod «elfi> not diminished, tippk. sealed in favori* well as demoralised. Su «4 license fe«i condemned, and it was persons dis* an enactment imposing amu : or mall ranging from LS to L6O, upon ' vfrres oK tilling or brewing or retailing spin ' •»' mb* liquors. One of the prominent feu not the new law is the requiring of ever) •'•"' l Nf lican or liquor dealer to give bonds ot ■' . ** less than L2OO each, to be approved of c the local authorities in writing, for "'thV'' proper and respectable conduct of his hbuafc > This is properly borrowed from the Engliffl ' - Act in relation to the keepers of beershopjL '- who are not only called upon to ehte* into* ' bond of this kind but must obtain* certifi- l cate of good character from six respectable ratepayers before the Board of Inland Re- •'' venue will grant them a license. It is stated that the new law in Michigan's* working ex- v l tremely well. It is practicable, »ndFxt% thorbughly enforced. There ii'teu neas, and the total number of arrests J<ttT 5 crimes is much smaller than dttringthetfcfci ''•''' responding months of previooß years. Th» * trade is in the hands of reputable men, -wno > ire under no temptation to retail adulterated kquors; and whilst most of the vilef "jfcfik I boles" are being closed, no new ones ar* f jpened. —«Anras.' '<'<■■ '■■* ■-"■■•" v • i: