The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-12-21
LAWS OF VERMONT.


AN All to amend 'an act to rre'cht
the tla'hc IN intoxicating liquors Tor
the p'rpoSe of drinking approved
NovcmIcr - iS'2.
II IS h''c.y c"@c|e" W T@ C'"c'"'
-lsS'"'1fy NJ INC 'o'afe @ 'e'"'0''f, as
Joflo"S
SEC. |. The words ''sire aJc1y.''
wherever they occur in the cct 10 which
this is an amcndmet shall not be con
struca to apply to the giving of intoXi-
eating liquors at private dwellings, or
their dependencies. unless given to an
habitual drunkard, or unless such dwell
ling or its dependencies. as tie case may
be. Shall become place Of public resort.
SEC. , In all cases of appeals arising
under this act. or the act to which this
is an amendment, the bond required 10
be given by the appellant shall be in
such sum and with such surctics rs
shall in the opinion Of the court before
whom the case shall lie tried. be good
and sufficient, Instead Of The specific sam
now required. And so much Of sad
act as requires Il bond to be "yccutcd
by party appealing from the decision
OF Il justice. conditioned that during the
pcndency of the appeal he shall not VIC
late the provisions Of said act, Is hereby
repealed.
SEC. >. No agent, appo'ntcd in rursu-
ancc of the provisions If section three
Of said act, shall lave power to bind the
town for which he is appointed such a
gent. in any sum whatever. for lhe rur
chase of Intoxicating liquor to Le ,oi,,
by him for the purposes therein named.
unless by direction or permission Of the
sciectmen of such town, or unless he
shall deposit with said sclectmen good
and sufficient bond in the sum Of five
hundred dollars, conditioned that be
will faithfully execute tie duties Of his
agency. beyond which sum he shall
have 40 power to bind tie town.
SEC. 4. So much OF section twelve Of
the act to which this Is an amendment
as provides that il the oaher or keeper
of liquor, seized under said section.
'IaH Ia oJ1'car. or IL Shoir Jy SatiSfoc-
ioyn crdlcncc Mat s0id H4aor IS MT i"-
fcn,ioi lor sale c0nfldIY To Me pfCris-
i0Rs of ihiS act and the clause next
following the same is hereby amended
50 AS to read as follows "lf lie fail
" to appear. or tit be shown by satls-
" factory evidence that SAID liquor was
q" intended for sale contrary to the pro-
" visions Of this act, unless such liquor
'' is of foreign production and has been
= imported under the laws of the United
d" States, aud in accordance herewith,
" and is contained in the original pack
ages in which it Was imported, in guam
titles not less than tie laws OF the l.
nitod States prescribe, such liquor
&c
SEC. , So much of section twelve
aforesaid as gives authority to the court
under the circumstances therein named,
to impose a fine upon the owner or keep
cr of liquor seized under the provisions
of said section, if such owner or keeper
fail to appear. is hereby repealed
SIC. g. So much Of section fourteen
Of the act to which this is an amend
ment, as provides for adjudgmg per-
son n common selle. under the eircum'
stances named in that section. and so
much of section fifteen as provides for
imposing an ADDITIONAL fine of ten dollars
in case of convection on appeal under
that section and also the whole of sec
tions twenty three and twenty-five OF