The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-01-29
The Maine Temperance Law.


The Maine Temperance Law.
There is a very general inquiry with
respect to the provisions and terms Of the
new Law which is doing 80 much TO Danish
In,emperancc, Idleness, Vice, Pauperism
and Crime from the State Of Maine, md
which other Staies are about TO initiate.
We have therefore procured and now pub
l.sh The Law, as follows:
An ACT
Foa THE SUPPRESSION or DaISKISG iIersEs AND
TIrrLiSo SmorS.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
reseDtatves in Legislature assembled, MS iol
lows.
ssrriox 1. No person shall be allowed al
anY tine, TO manufacture or sell, by himself. his
clerk. servant agent. directly Or indirectly,
aas spiriinous or intoxicating liquors or any mix
cd iluors par, ofwhic ssPiiituous or intexi-
cstiag. except as hereafter provided.
sec. y The Srlec,men OF any town. and
Mayor and Alderman OF any city, 10 sell at some
cenirst and convenient place within SAID town
or city, spirits, wines or other Intoxicating If-
aors, TO be used for medicinal and mechanical
purposes and no other: and said agent shall re-
cese such compensation for his services as the
board appointing bin shall prescribe; and shall
~ the sale ofsuch liquors, conform 10 snch rules
tni regulations, as the Selectmen, or Mayor and
Al terman, as aforesaid, shall prescribe tor that
purpose. And such agent, appointed 40 atore-
siid, shall hold his situation Tor one var unless
sooner removed hy The Board from which he re-
celved his appointment, as he may bs ut any
time, al the pleasure Of said Board.
Sec. J. Such agent shall receive certificate
from such Mayor and Alderman or Selec.mtn BY
whom he has been appointed, authorizing h.'n
as The agent OF such town or city, TO eel intoxi-
eating liquors fo medicinal and mechanical pnr-
poses; hut such certificates shall not be deliver
ed to the person appointed, until he shall have
executed and delivered to said Board bond
with two good and sufficient sureiies, in the sum
ofsir hundred dollars, in substance as follows:
Know all men that we, - as principal, and
- and - as sureties are holden and stand
hfmlv bound to the anhabitants OF tho town OF
- Tor city, sthe case NAV be,) in tho sum OF
SIX hundred dollars 10 be paid them, to which
payment we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, firmly by these presents
Sealed tn our seals, and dated this - day
Oh, A. ID. -
The condition of the obligation is such, that
appointed ag Mt for the town Cor city, OF 80
sell within, or Tor and on account Of said town,
tor city, intoxicating liquors for medicinal ana
mechanical purposes and no other, untii the
- dav OF -, A. ID. unless sooner removed
from said agency.
Now if the said shall n all respects con-
form 10 the provs OF the law relating to the
business for which he is appointed, and 10 such
rules and regulations as now are or shall be
from time to time esta blished by the board max
ing the appointment, then this obligation TO be
rold, otherwise 10 remain in full force,
Sec. 4. II any person, by himself, or clerk,
servant or agent, shall at any time sell any spri-
l'uous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed
liquors, part of which is intoxicating, in viola
ton OF the provisions oil this act, he shall forfeit
and pay on the first conviction, ten dollars and
the costs Of prosecution, and shall stand COM
ml'ted until the same be paid on the second con-
vlcsion he shall pay twenty dollars and the costs
oi prosecution, and shall stand committed unth
Tue same be paid; on the third and every subse-
qush' conviction, he shall pay twenty dollars
una the costs Of prosecution, and shall be i'm
P'lsoned IN the common Jail, no less than three
t,., mph'hs, nor more than Six months, and m de-
'aau ot payment Of tho fines and costs prescrib.
ou ny 'hs section, for the first and second con-
,ie'iohs, The convict shall not be entitled to the
venent o. chapter lis Of the revised statutes,
u',n ne snail have been imprisoned two months ?;
a'a 10 default Of payment offines and costs pro-
uued ior the third and every subsequent con-
sieon, he shall not he entitled "a The benefit OF
said chnpter l75 OF the revised statutes until he
saali have been imprisoned four months. And
any clerk, servant, agent or other person in
me employment or on the premises OF another
saal violate the provisions Of this section, he
saal be held equally guilty with the principal,
aha on conviction shall suffer the same penalty.
eec. D. Any forfeiture or penalty arising nn-
.ef 'he above section, may be recovered by an
'euoh Tor debt. or by complaint before any jns-
'ee OF the peace, or Judge Of any municipal or
Pohce court in the county where the offence was
eonml.ed And the forfeiture so recovered
'ahi go 10 the town whele the convicted party
ts'des, for the use Of the poor; and the prose-
eu'or or complainant shaft be admitted as a wit
ness on the trial. And il any one of the Select
'neh Of board Of Mayor and Aldermen shall ap-
p'ose OF the commencement Of any such suit,
~ 9y endorsing his name upon the writ, the deicn-
sa' So AL IN no event recover any costs: and in
m m deiions OF debt arising under this section, the
""eS aud fofteitures suffered BY the defendant,
s"al De The same as il the action had been by
mtPa'n' Aud il shall be the duty Of the
nasor and Aldermen of any city, aud the Sc
linen oil any town. TO commences an action in
s"al' ' Q, said town or city, against any person
s"hly OF violation Of any Of the provisions Of
ans act, on being informed Of the same, and be-
'e furnished with proof of the fact
sec sec .. il any person shall claim an appeal
;h anh Judgment rendered against him by any
huge or Justice, on the trial OF such action OF
evV".p'a,n', he shall, before the appeal shall be
N''"e'' recognize N the sum Of one hundred