New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . m*rK\ A COUNTRY TAVERN. 294 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. :m^mM^ THE fact that the regulation of the business of supply-ing food and liquors to the public early attractedthe attention of the Legislature. Contemporane-ous with the organization of civil government inthe province of New Jersey the Assembly of No-vember, 1668, in consideration of the inconven-iences that do arise for the want of an ordinaryin every town, ordered that Bergen, Elizabeth-town, Newark, Woodbridge, Middletown, Piscata-way, Shrewsbury, and the Delaware River
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . m*rK\ A COUNTRY TAVERN. 294 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. :m^mM^ THE fact that the regulation of the business of supply-ing food and liquors to the public early attractedthe attention of the Legislature. Contemporane-ous with the organization of civil government inthe province of New Jersey the Assembly of No-vember, 1668, in consideration of the inconven-iences that do arise for the want of an ordinaryin every town, ordered that Bergen, Elizabeth-town, Newark, Woodbridge, Middletown, Piscata-way, Shrewsbury, and the Delaware River settle-ments provide each an inn for the relief and enter-tainment of strangers. License from the provincial secretary was re-quired ere the ordinary-keeper could provide meat,drink, and lodging, and none was permitted toretail drink under the quantity of two gallons ex-;Cept such licensed need of such general and restrictive legisla-pn had become apparent, owing to the lack ofany control over those who had previously soldmalt, spirituous, and vinous liquors. In May, 1668,the Legislature had endeav
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