Free lunch newspaper's estimate that the saloon keepers fed 60,000 people a day and that this represented a contribution of about $18,000 a week toward the relief of the destitute in Chicago. In 1896, the New York State legislature passed the Raines law which was intended to regulate liquor traffic. Among its many provisions, one forbade the sale of liquor unless accompanied by food; another outlawed the free lunch. In 1897, however, it was amended to allow free lunches again. Free lunch A free lunch is the providing of a meal at no cost, usually as a sales enticement to attract customers
Law of New York (state) found in the "New York Reports 3d" (cited as N.Y.3d), the "Appellate Division Reports 3d" (cited as A.D.3d) and the "Miscellaneous Reports 3d" (cited as Misc. 3d). Select opinions of the lower courts in the first and second departments are also published in the "New York Law Journal". New York is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, which are all municipal corporations with their own government. New York City contains no county, town or village governments other than the government of New York City. The Constitution of New York enumerates the powers of local governments, such as the power