Laird's License

Citations

• 57 Pa. Super. 208
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 178

Syllabus

<p>Liquor law — Application for license — Certificate of twelve citizens— Residence — Ward of borough — Payment of taxes within two years — Act of May IS, 1887, P. L. 108.</p> <p>1. Persons who reside in a borough but not in the ward of the borough for which a liquor license is asked, are not electors of the ward qualified to sign a certificate for the applicant within the meaning of the Act of May 13, 1887, sec. 6, P. L. 108. The word “ward” as used in the act applies to wards of boroughs as well as to wards of cities.</p> <p>2. A certifier to an application for a liquor license who has not actually paid a county or state tax within two years of the time he signed the certificate is not qualified, although he may have been a qualified voter at the next preceding election by reason of his having paid a tax prior to the period of two years.</p>