The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-08
The Vermont Anti-Liquor Law.
AN ACT TO PREVENT TRAFFIC
IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF

DRINKING.
Hs hcrcJy enacted By The General
A,s,m6ly Of the State cf Vermont as
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Sec. l.. No person shall be allowed.
at any time or place within this state.
except as hereinafter provided, to manu-
Acture, sell, furnish or give away, by
himself, his clerk, servant or agent, any
spirituous or intoxicating liquor, or mix
ed liquor, of which part is spirtuous
or Intoxicating, all which is intended by
the phrase intoxicating liquor wherever
it occurs in this act Pr0riicd, that
nothing in this act shall be construed 10
prevent the manufacture, sale and use of
the fruit of the vine for the commemo-
ration of the Lords supper.
SEC. 2. There shall be chosen by bal
lot at each annual March meeting in
this state, by the legal voters in such
meeting, county commissioner for each
cou nty-each to be chosen by the legal
voters of the several towns in their re-
spcctive counties, notice of which e.
lection shall be by the selectmen insert
cd the warning for town meetings and
a certificate of the votes given for such
commissioner shall be forwarded, by the
town clerks of the several towns, to the
clerk of the county in which such towns
are situated, on or before the second
Tuesday in April next after such elec-
ton and the clerk aforesaid, shall on
the second Tuesday in April, canvass
the votes so returned, and the person
having the number of votes so returned
shall be declared elected commissioner.
and the clerk aforesaid shall issue, to the
person so elected, proper certificate of
his election. and make suitable procla-
nation Of such election i'll one or more
newspapers printed in such county, or if
there be no such paper printed in such
county, then in one or more papers print
ed in an adjoining county. And such
commissioners shall hold their rcspec-
tive offices for the term of one year, and
until others are chosen in their stead,
and shall have full power to perform all
the duties required of them by this act
and shall receive as compensation, for
services rendered as required by This act
six cents per mile for all necessary tray
cl, and two dollars per day for time ac-
tually spent in the performance of du
ties herein required, to be paid from the
treasures of the respective counties.
SEC. s. The commissioner of any
county. on the first Monday in May, an
nually, or as soon after as may be con
venient, may appoint some suitable per
son as the agent of any town or city in
the county, to purchase, at the expense
of the town or city, for which such agent
is appointed, and to sell at some central
or convenient place therein, intoxicating
liquor. to be used for medicinal, chem
cal, and mechanical purposes only and
the money received for such sales shal
be paid into the treasures of their re
spective towns or cities and such agent
shall receive such compensation for hi'
services as the select men Of. the town
or mayor and aldermen of the city
shall prescribe and shall, in the sale o
such liquor, conform to such rules anC
regulations as said commissioner shal
prescribe and shall hold his situation
for one year, unless sooner removed b,
said commissioner, or his successor il
Office. And in case such appontmen
becomes vacant by removal or otherwise
said commissioner may appoint SOM
other person to the situation for the re
mainder of the year: Prorided, that nj
: innkecper, or keeper of house of publ,
entertainment, shall be appointed sucl
agent in any town or city in the state
SEC. A. Such agent shall receive
certificate from the commissioner ap
pointing him, authorizing him, as the a
gent of the town, to sell Intoxicating Ii
quor for medicinal, chemical, and me
| chanical purposes only; but such certifi
cate shall not be delivered unto him, O.
take effect, until he shall, if ifrequired by
, the commissioner, have executed anC
f delivered a bond with two good aud suf
Gcient sureties, to said commissioner
> in the sum ofsix hundred dollars in sub
stance, as follows.
Know all men that we al
principal, and -- as sureties, are
( holden to the county f, in the
sum of six hundred dollars, for tho pay
mcnt of which, to said county, We binc
; ourselves, heirs, executors and admins
traitors firmly by these presents.
! Witness our own hands and seals here
to affixed, this -- day of -- A
d. -
Provided that if the said -- shall
so long as he is agent of the town o
for selling intoxicating liquor
conform to the provisions of the law re
, lating to the traffic in such liquor, anC
! to such rules and regulations respecting
c the same as have been or may be prescri