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Improvement ~ofsasfRlgs

Improvement OfSaaG RRgefa7
At a public meeting held ct Tlofida. M
on the 81 of May, 1861, for the purpose Il
|devising means for opening Salt River-th.
meeting was calledto orderbyMsi WINK
Vanarsdall. Whereupon, d.. T.. ] Cbo-.
ming was called to the Chair, and 4. 3.
Sears appointed Secretary. A motion va
made requesting the Chairs to appoint some
one to address the meeting. H''tsga4oE
The Chair invited Maj VsuarsdaIl Who
addressed the meeting on said subject.
On motion of MI. VarnsdaI, the yoies
of the netting was taken whether mean.
should be raised by voluntary c~ontYibutiocs
to defray the expenses necessary Of ths
of opening Salt River. Lost.
1t was the agreed that a regular organ
|~ization be formed for said purpose, aha our.
pose, the parent Society to.be locaiedsln
Florida. -,L+.d.ig F., ~ k.I-a
A Constitution ives thea read fos-lbe
government of the Association, which, s1n
motion, was adopted. a1,a a9sqyyt
A motion was then made and adopted the
100 copies Of said Constitution be print.
ed. 81 Hi5"'s@a"7fs 10 'esa1e3 AT
On motion the meeting then proceeded
to the election Of officers Of tie Association,
which resulted as follows b. o:4ai ..3sl
Presidential U Oh A.. Hickman. Vice
observation-disclosures j. Crawford, ITbos.
Poage and Robert B. Goodwin. Directors
-George B. Leschman, John A. Quarles,
James w. Herndon, Milton Wilkerson. C.
w. Dye, joseph Hagan, r. G. Price, Willis
Samuel and James STREET.. -s@i1 5ie'h
Oordered that the proceedings of tEis
meeting be signed byithe President aad
Secretary, and published in the Paris M.r-
curry. 15Ia7G .sJo sge52 st; q 5r:4iseJ OIL
The meeting then adjourned.
TT. CHOWNING, CHINA.
A. E. SEARS, Sec'y. ,r,, -. q
AN ACT TO amend ".an act to regulate
GrOceraes and Dram &0ps,n approved
March 25th, lS45.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State Of Missouri, as follows:
Sec. L. Whenever a majority Of the tax
able inhabitants of any city, incorporated
town, or municipal township, shall remon-
strats with the County Court against Che
granting of any license to keep a dram shop
within such city, town, or municipal town.
ship, it shall not be lawful for such County
Courtto grant any dram shop license with
IN such city, town or mucicipsl township,
within the year next succeeding the pres
entiDg ofsnch remonstrsnce. "
Sec. 2. Before any grocery or dram shop
shall be granted, the County Court
shall require ofthe person applying for such
license, a bond to the county in the sum of
five hundred dollars, with two or more Sc.
curities, to be approved by the Court. con-
ditioned, that the person obtaining such H.
cense will not keep a disorderly house, and
that he, she, or they, will not sell, give a.
way, or otherwise dispose Of, or suffer the
to be done about his, her, or their
premises, any spirituous liquors or wines,
IN any quantity, to any slave, without a
written consent Of the master or mistress,
or other person having lawful control of
such slave. Three.fourths Of all penalties
consequence of q violation of this act,
shall 60 TO the county for the use Of Com
mon Schools, and the remaining fourth to
the infOrmers.
Sec. 3. All fermented drinks and, wines
Of every kind, shall be considered ''intoxi-
.ating," under the provisions Of this act,
and ths act to which this is amendatory.
Sec. 4. All acts inconsistent with The
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
THIS act shall not be in force until the first
day o fJune, 1851.
Approved, March l, 1851.
ToBAcco Factory BUkNED.-On last
Wednesday night, about s O'Clock, the ex-
tobacco factory Dr. Mr.. Georoa r,