The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-11-26
BRANDON, Thursday November 26, 1916.

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moral character.
Sec. IA. If the majority of the votes SO re-
turned throughout the entire State shall be
No License, the assistant judges shall have-pow-
er to grant licenses only for Medicinal, Chemi-
cal and Mechanical purposes, to such persons
only as shall have been appreciated for such
purpose or purposes, by the civil authority of
the town which appreciation shall be certified
and signed by the chairman OF the board of
civil authority so approaching.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall receive a
license + / the purpose last mentioned, shall
have power to sell Tor medicinal chemical and
mechanical purposes only, and shall pay
therefor, a sum not less than one dollar.
Sec. 16. The board of civil authority, when
convened for that purpose, may license Tor
the term Of one year any suitable person or
persons, to keep a victualIng house, shop,cel-
lar or inn, in their respective towns, to sell
therein all kinds of fruits and provisions, and
may or may not sell small beer and cider, as
the board of civil authority may determine
always under such regulations as the board of
civil authority may prescribe and such Ii
cense shall be signed by Il majority Of the
board Of civil authority, but no such license
shall authorize the person or persons to sell in
his victualling house, shop, cellar or inn, any
wine or distilled spirituous liquors, mixed or
unmiXed. And the board granting such IL
cense may, at any time, annul and vacate any
such license, by them granted, when in the
opinion Of a majority of said board the public
good requires the same.
Sec. II. The seventh section of this act
shall not be so construed, as to give power or
authority to the assistant Judges Of the coun-
ty court, to grant licenses to grocers.
Sec. IS. Every person licensed according
to the provisions OF this act, as a ~tavern.keep-
er or inn-keepcr, shall at all times, be fur
nished with suitable provisions, lodgings and
accommodations for strangers and travellers,
and with suitable stable room hay and proven
der for their horses and cattle and with a suit
able shed or covering for horses near his house,
with conveniences IN the same for feeding such
horses; and if such keeper of a tavern or inn
keeper shall neglect to be so furnished it shall
be the duty Of the Judges of the county court
to vacate or annul his license and such tav-
ern-keeper or inn-keeper shall be liable for
all the penalties of this act, if he proceed to
sell, after written notice given to him by said
Judges, that they have annulled and vacated
his license aforesaid, the same as if no license
had BEEN granted; and in like manner, the
said Judges may, at any time annul and va
cate any license by them granted, when in the
opinion Of said Judges, the public good re-
quires the same. 60
Sec. 10. All prosecutions in the Vergennes
City court for violations of this act shall be
tried by a jury of six freemen, to be drawn
and summoned in the manner prescribed by
law, for drawing and summoning jurors for
the trial of civil causes, in said court, and all
HDoc no1IontoI in cuch ,,roconItiopc cbo1l ln
paid into the treasury Of said city.
Sec 90. The Assistant Judges of the coun-
ty court shall meet on the third Thursdays in
April and October, at their respective Court
Houses, for the purpose of granting licenses
in accordance with the vote of the State, and
may adjourn from time to time, as in their
opinion may be necessary and they shall re-
ceive the sum of ten cents per mile for all
necessary travel in the discharge of the du-
ties %enjoined upon them by this act, and to-
gether with the county clerk shall receive the
sum of one dollar each, per day, during the
continuance of their session.
Sec. 81. The present county commissioners
of the several counties, shall meet at the of
flee of the several county clerks in their re-
s~pective counties, on the fourth Tuesday of
january, A. ID. 1847, and shall have power to
grant licenses, to continue in force until the
first day of May, 1847, and no longer the as
sessments to be in proportion TO the time for
which they are granted, under the act of
1914.
Sec. %. Nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to affect any license heretofore granted
or penalty incurred.
Sec. 23 All former acts in relation to this
subject are hereby repealed.
Sec. "a. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. 3, 1916.