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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raines law, (search)
Raines law, An act for the regulation of liquor traffic in New York State, by which all local excise boards are abolished and the traffic is placed under the supervision of the State. By this act liquor dealers were subjected to an annual license tax of $800 in New York City, $650 in Brooklyn, and smaller sums, decreasing according to the size of the city or town, from $500 to $100. Two-thirds of the proceeds of this tax are apportioned to the locality in which the same is collected, one-third to the State.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
ke in Brooklyn with much violence......Jan. 14, 1895 Lexow committee submits its report to the Senate......Jan. 18, 1895 Harlem ship-canal, New York City, opened with appropriate ceremonies......June 17, 1895 The Defender-Valkyrie yacht races for the America's cup off Sandy Hook......Sept. 7-13, 1895 Lincoln's birthday first observed as a legal holiday in New York......Feb. 12, 1896 Earl Dunraven expelled from the New York Yacht Club......Feb. 27, 1896 Governor Morton signs Raines liquor law......March 23, 1896 Statue of Gen. U. S. Grant unveiled in front of the Union League Club, Brooklyn......April 25, 1896 Governor Morton signs Greater New York bill......May 11, 1896 Chauncey M. Depew, at the New York electrical exposition, transmits a message around the world in four minutes, employing power from Niagara Falls......May 16, 1896 New York banks agree to furnish $20,000,000 to protect the treasury gold reserve......July 21, 1896 New York banks deposi