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I .GeoFges aiir-iiriiiiiiii' 'ii"'?""'-' 'aa an, ._.. $mlREl?1e' . '. .. F6t& i" - F3 TPP. T 'r'M.'. 'C' MB' C' F' F . . . he rat: .. a "tr . _ . m .-. rr -. _ atid"'i'tm ixgzrtfnt legislation was in 1793,! ihivinii laid the foundation of the 'gi"d/f21,',i, 'n 1thte,f',?'eid,g,it" Jr,?. impose} duty or twenty.shillitw was Provincial license system, the suc- hibited from loitering arotmd licensed the (hit on. all licenses, in addition toleetd.ing years were devoted to a grad; premises. Saloon licenses were abol- "61:11"me s, 16s, but retailers wereittal Improvement, ?f the law, as justi- lished, and the hours of sale of liquor years. 1?g.thl't 2:3} (Silly after .tu.ro hfd b3 PM??? tg',',','",',,','; It; 's"f, 03:37 were fja.ced at from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the direction of . _ ions were in p'atee res rtc ions upon. sacs y. g townships and trom 6 am. to " p.m. iittenses Th increasmg the cost ohms s,. and upon sales in vessels. It m ,ClthS, givmg commissioners power was iiihe. he 'r,rantityr.of the licenses also increased pey1ties.fyr, second and to still further limit the hours. The peace Iii Sands Of Justices oi the .third. ofter.tees, and provided for SCEU'Ch'l population limit was raised, permitting routine th-I fl, an at? was passed .pre- P,.S,"l unlicensed houses. The bill 0i, only three instead of four licenses for In 18:?) 'ler,1'l e 'Of liquor to Indians.' Jf,t8g,r:,ty,le, for the enforcement ofi the first thousand. and one license for, pomp/u, t'tli 'Jail passed with the ,ithc Dunkin act, and for paying thel each 600 additional persons, except in; {canal so! :62 Anf a.ct for the l costs thereof. _ I county towns. No new license may' . 1, pm"; 'ttl',','),",?,',""))': or ',',f,f,',!'tetert1'"ii,e,: I Rise of the Scott Act. ', be granted within 399 feet of a church' pm. t' . pe S so, Jeft. to rm-l _. . . . or school, and provismn was made that: . i., Tment and fine for accidents tol In the same year a far-reaching act a license ma be cancelled after th-ree' ylt"x",ntd persons. In the same!"35 passed by the Dominion Parlia- l . ti'on-' fin sale (lupin rohibitedi lea'r ine Important step was taken of Peni., known as the Scott act. provid- [$1011ch b' a g p l :iutnorizing municipal corporations will"! iy. local prohibition in counties ours. . i make by-laws for. governing taverns and Cities. A great wave of enthusiasm l The Public Pulse. -' nud beer houses l also placing the in-I was set,gying by the temperance peo- Since 1897 the license act amend-1 :Dt'rtors under the municipal Councils. l ple, anct the act was, in the course of ments have been side-tracked by the I j.'" 1860 the first population limit was! a lew. years, brought into force in 26 agitation for Dominion, and subse- "ixc1.rrrovitiinss for the issue of only counties and two cities in Ontario by quently for Provincial, prohibition, and, one license .lor each 250 residents in Palorutes aggregating 151,000. Its en- no progress has been made. The first! T"'ycipali.ty, and that each licenc,eilorcement in such narrow limits with prohibition plebiscite in Ontario was must be petitioned for by thirty elcc- l the power at the disposal of the Pro- in 1894 when 192489 people voted yes tors. vincial ot,ijiye was a .doubtful quantity, and 1101720 voted ho. In the Dominion The Dunkin Act in 1864. l 3:: iiiytliéfiic? [rs/obs»? sit h; resfult- plebiscite in 1:93. 1%4980Wt°§ W"? . _ . . ' . ' . . ng e ea er 111 a ew olled for robi ition in ntario an 5 ' . wii)chr'r,(1gi,,v,,h'o,1:,a:,/t'yl,1sgtid 1111:8043! years in all the places in which-it had 1:15.384 @331" it. The most practicali -,. pro'vrm: , t ' e an mar s 0: been Ill force. At present it is not issue was in 1902, when the people of; . i",',,), 'r'if,l1),i" 2ft e")l'.f,',?/licne; fl /,ysl/li , lyttyy in force. in Ontario although Ontario were asked to say whether; II'V'l'Wiiiirin 'f' {iris-1" mg I:or oc.a .2, counties and Cities are still under it "The liquor act, 1902." based on the' ".5 55mm 10:: tl,11 a?" '3in Iflll¥frng in other parts of the. Dominion, twelve iManitoba act, which had been declar-l W" "j.'" Ir, 'e 1' .5," , g U"? l C 1n Nora jic.otia, ten In New Brunswick, ed constitutional, should come into I . '5'!» 3a." Minimu'atmn Ai, accom-g three in Prince Edward Island and two force The affirmative vote was 199" 1 Ji,i,iiht"/'ligr11,i"' tlihctigs"e',t,te,'," of shop, saéoctm| in Manitoba. ' 749 and the negative vote 103.548. the! rise was assi e O' ' . . . l the Provincial Legislatures. iii." the License Law Tightened. _'g',e.u"i'c1gi"rt,1,etio,,1 't,iiiiistiiiiijiliii) l . _ . . . . f. ' ' l 3333:1111 Jvctgr/h1t1cihgtooti, ideatquesrtis Meantime the Ontario. Legislature knows, fell a few thousand votes .shert ( 3 years a'lt'e,. its ct y, t .3?'t° J. "$1: making further restrictions to the of the required number iiei,iiiiiii,.tic,iie) l gm, i C) I .ena nun-1" sud ow.n old hittnse law: ln 1881 PTOVisron was iixed by the act, and the liquor bill was; l loriiviisiglns trilizrmh are. sti1 slim; er1 It: made tor the issue of licenses for the 'not brought into force. Nothing .has i hwei o , lug severalo 1%" p al)' t.iaitt ot only Wine and beer, and further occurred to change the situation Since] , q U: ome am gone m the .e ort y Increase was made m the penalties for that date, but inasmuch as the slogan; i "'g1slati.on to .make the Province tem- second and third offences. Provision of the campaign was "Bamsh the bars," "We m //,'/lfdfs,' 1 f h li _ was also made for enforcing the Scott and the shortage of votes was small', ltrafii: Jiy,'g'tmh,Q"f,trft' out Cm'QIlégg act. the act l 188;} provided t.h.at.th? the temperance people have waited. l h P "I . W . we . " number of saloon licenses be limited. confident in the belief that the next t e rovincial Legislature passed "elf. 'in Cities, and be refused altogether in:, bill introduced in the Legislature 'i, amendments providing tor the towns of less than 6.coo. Privileges wercs would contain provisions much in ad- 'mspection .of the premises . arld _alsp.grat1teri to electors to oppose by! vance of those already on the statute accommodation offered by licen- petition the granting of licenses, the' book secs. Other slight cha.nge.s were made majority of electors havinrr. power to! . m 1874 bur}an weaves-t1? madsathti prevent the issue of e, a license l -------------" same year snowed t at "tie mumCipa Strin . o'.-; . . . I iyspcctors.ha.d been ipelticiertt., and that gardifignstalggciblliigbiiiua'llcdfunliharges rich l , the mUSICIPP-l (EOUEEQIS: hid 53110;"? "it: censes to ferryboats prohibited, 'one! l. many cases than were.requir:Sp for the erm and penalties were imposed for re- (wants of the community. There had ifusing lodging been a great amount of lapathy iiiiii,ir," a1 P ci',' in i!ference on the part o t ose o ies arti ro i ition. -whose duties It should have been to' The. sale of liquor to minors under see that the "(ligaments of the Jay EI6 years oi age was prohibited, there w.ere earned out. Although all limit (was a further increase of fees for li- 't one. hag: "113""? 250 930131 'd,',',', [censes imposed, and the purchasers of I 'tnhxeetl; It" l 8'68t 15d"? on": it trogn (liquor during prohibited hours or on e at 0 I . an t wa.s. e o e lunlicensed premises were made liable fixed by tho local authorities. Few": to penalty. By the act of 1886 a Pro- howeyer, were bold enough to pmaelivincial inspector was appointed, more any limit. "stringent regulations made for Satur- ' Mr. Crooks Steps In. " day night and Sunday selling, and fre- i The time seemed ripe, therefore. for?! oucnters of barrooms on Saturday :the large step undertaken in 1876.3i night and Sunday "were made when Hon. Adam Crooks introduced) liable to arrest. [he amend- and carried through the measure which; m.epts f" 1888 . made further pro- bore his name, and which provided for}. \'l:3-')ll$ tor enioiring the {Scott act. in entrusting the granting of licenses toil '59."ew applicants si?,.i..f,.ii.iii:sa.ci),ac,.l,i:,fisi a board of responsible men vii/sri',))'.,',?,,".,", required .tf),?rf"l).'cf, certmcatc: signed' by the Government for each riding.} by a majority ot,t,1,1f electors: "353.1. "There can be no reason why," said: licenses were prohi.hited, the penalties Mr. Crooks in introducing the bill, 'C',iji,ijie punishments for selling without such an important matter as this, the, licenses were increas.ed, the prohibited Government should not assume thei age of minors was raised to 18, and no same responsibilty to the House and l rxispeiur. were allowed in the cases or the country as it did i." many other', cormcti'on of.u.nlieertted persons. I.m- important matters affecting the welfarel portant .proviswn was als.o made tor of the people, such as the administra-l tht. introduction and passmg of .1o.cal . tion of justice. the public. health and] option/lp-lat"., The latter provrsmn kindred matters." The failure to Inuit: was widely embraced, and at th.e pre-. the number of licenses led him to add: sent. tune thirty-one townships tn On- "h appears to me that upon the ttttm- lam are under its operation. It may ber of licenses largely ,c'lepends thcl here be mentioned that there are also , question of in-temperance. . That View ") new 115 municipalities in which, for has found ample warrant since in the various reasons, no licenses are issued, . great reduction of licenses in Ontario. making 1.5? municipalities in which lo- . in additioln "l: 'it,tlt,raa"eitngr, trifgcxpgl a,1 g1fohtblthp-15 at presenti in forge. ' ol, the roe S ae T Ti ur er provision was ma e in I l 1c,t,',',hrfe') of licenses to be gr.anted in; and tthte for the enforcement of the lo- every municipality. and authorized each cal option 1ry-1.asy. In the latter year rCouncil and b'i,.r,f,itoithfo',',tgtt',set'"re. increased provrsron was also made re- 'to still further limit t e num r: re- gar'ding the sale of liquor.?! habitual i quired all taver.ns to be well-appointed drunkards. Further restrictions were I l GtimHtottfe5 irpposef.a nnny?y'm fee imposed regarding druggists,aTtd brew- for each of the three kinds of licenses, ere restricted to sale to holders of li- _ wholesale. tavern ago??? t,',dgerogrrifir, censes only. 7 r res ric . , . it,0o,rc'rtsl"i,r,,ieer', this act the reduction: Last Big Changes. hill"! number of licenses was 2,165, or, , .lastchanges of importance were "e'". f' - L " - -s.i.,,----ii--g-r-_-s-- . it _ i T--,----" '