Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-04-23
THE NAM LTouoR LAW.
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IL. II three citizens, voters in the town or
city where the complaint shall be made, shall
before any justice Of the peace or justice Of any
municipal or police court, make complaint I'M
der oath or affirmation, that they have reason
TO believe aud do believe that spirituous or in-
tOxicating liquors are kept or deposited, and In.
tended for sale by any person not authorized
10 sell the same in said city or town, under the
provisions Of this act, In any store, shop, or
warehouse, or place in said city or town, said
Judge shall issue his warrant Of search to any
sheriff, city marshal, or deputy, or to any con-
stable, who shall proceed to search the premis-
es described in said warrant, and IL any spiritu-
GUS or intoxicating liquors. are found therein,
he shall seize the same and convey them to some
proper place OF security, where he shall keep
them until FINAL action Is had thereon. But no
dwelling house In which or in part Of which a
shop 10 not kept, shall be searched, unless at
least one Of said complainAnls shall testify to
some act Of sale Of Intoxicating liquors therein,
by the occupant thereof, or by hiS consent or
permission within at least one month Of the
time Of making said complaint, And the own
er or keeper Of said liquors, seized as afOre.
said if he shall be known to the officers seizing
the same, shall be summoned forthwith before
the Justice or Judge by whose warrant the Il.
quoT was seized, and il he fails to appear, or un-
less he can show by positive proof that they are
Of foreign production, that they have been i'm.
ported under the laws Of the United States, and
in accordance therewith-that they are contain.
ed in The original packages in which they were
imported, and in quantities not less than the
laws Of the United States prescribe they shall
be declared forfeited, and shall be destroyed by
authority Of the written order to that effect oil
said justice or judge and in his presence, or in
the presence Of some person appointed by him
10 witness the destruction thereof, and who
shall Join with the officer by whom they shall
have been destroyed, in Nttesting that fact
on the back Of tho order by authority OF
which il was done, and the owner or keeper
shall pay fine Of twenty dollars and cots, or
stand committed for thirty days, in default Of
payment, IL in the opinion Of the court said Ii.
quors shall have been kept or deposited Tor the
purpose Of sale. And IL the owner or possess
orof any liquors seized in pursuance Of this Sec
ton, shall set up the claim that they have been
regularly imported under the laws Of the Unit.
ed States, and they are contained in the origin
al packages, the oustom-house certificates Of
importation and proofs Of marks on the casks or
packages corresponding thereto, shall not be
received as evidence that the liquors contained
IN such packages ore those actually imported
therein,
s ~, If tho owner, keeper, or pOsssssOr Of
liquors seized under the provisions Of this act,
shall be unknown to the officers seizing the
same they shall not Do condemned or destroyed
until they shall have been advertised, with the
number and description Of the packages as
near as may be, for two weeks, by posting up a
written description Of the same in some public
place, that il such liquors are actually the pro.
perry Of any city or town in the state, and were
so at the time Of the seizure, purchased for sale
by the agent Of said city or town, for medicin.
al and mechanical purposes only, in pursuance
Of the provisions Of this act, they may not be
destroyed but upon satisfactory proof Of such
ownership within said two weeks, before the
justice or Judge by whose authority said liquors
were seized, said justice or judge shall deliver
to the agent Of said city or town an order to the
officer having said liquors in custody, where.
upon said officer shall deliver them 10 said agent
taking tho receipt therefor upon the back Of
said order which shall be returned 10 said jus.
tiee or Judge.
(To be Continued.)