People ex rel. Van Demark v. Commissioners of Excise
New York Supreme Court
Application for a mandamus. The petitioner applied for a peremptory mandamus, to be directed to the Commissioners of Excise of Saratoga county, directing them to grant unto Gerardus C. Yan Demark a license to sell strong and spirituous liquors and wines, to be drank on his premises,—or, for a like writ to the said commissioners, directing them to entertain the application of the said Gerardus O. Yan Demark for a license; and, if he is entitled thereto, to grant the same.
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
—The statute entitled “ An act to suppress intemperance, and to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors,” passed April 16th, 1857, provides, section one, for the appointment of a board of county officers, who shall be known as the “ Board of Commissioners of Excise.” The second section requires that this board shall meet in their respective counties, at the place where the county courts are required to be held, on the 3d Tuesday of May in each year, and on such other days as a majority of the commissioners shall appoint, not exceeding ten days in any one year (except in the city of New…
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