LICENSES FOR SOFT DRINK DEALERS
Passage of an ordinance by the Chicago City Council providing for licensing retail beverage dealers is aimed at control at liquor selling in soft drink dispensaries, some of which are alleged~to ' have been violating the prohibition law. The ordinance, which fixes a fee of £10 per year and is expected to yield a revenue to the city of more than £70,000 annually, was passed by a vote of 59 to 4. The measure sontains a sweeping definition of retail beverage dealers who are held to include per Eons, firms, or corporations selling at retail either in bottles or for consumption on the premises any malted, cereal, or vinous nonintoxicating beverages, fruit juices, waters, milk, buttermilk, chocolate, tea, bouillon, or other beverages. The Mayor is given the optional power to revoke the license for the first infraction of the law on the part of the proprietor or manager. Suspension of the license or 30 days for the first violation is provided for, and 60 days for the" second^ with a ■penalty of revocation and denial of restoration for the third offence.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 8
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185LICENSES FOR SOFT DRINK DEALERS Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 8
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