The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-02-24
INC New Temperance RiII.-

the New temperance R1lIs
The following is the 81 which has passed
both houses Of the legislature, for the suppress
ion Of the sale 81 spirituons and yinous liqnors.
We have no doubt thatthe good peopleo Of this
State win cheerfully submit to requirements
Of this law.
Liquor Law.
ANA CT entitled An act to regulate the grant
ing Of Licenses to retaa uinous and spurious
liquors"
SEcTIoE l. be enacted By the Legislature Of Tie
State of Mississippi, That Il shall not be lawful
for the Board Of Police Of any county, or the cor
poTate authorities Of any city or town, in this
State, to grant license to retail vinous or spirit
Gus liquors to any person or persons applying
for the same unless The person or persons apply
ing for the same shall first produce petition
for issuanre of such license, signed By j major
lily Of the legal voters residentin the Police dis
tTlct where such liquors are to be sold and If
such liquors are to be sold within the limits Of
an incorporated town, then by majority of the
legal voters resident therein.
SED 2. BE It further enacted, That Ae said
Boards Of Police. hei0Te issuin aus such license,
shall require and AXE bond from the applicant
with 8wocr more suFeties, to be approved By
said board payable TO the president thereof, and
his successors in Office, IN the penalty Of FIVE
hundred dollars conditioned that the person TO
whum such license shall be granted, shall keep
quiet, peaceoble orderly house for retailing
uous liquors in said district city, or town (as
the case may be,) and shall not permit or allow
gaming 10 be carried on In such house. or on the
premises theTeunto belonging, and shall not re-
tail Or Otherwise dispose of splrituous liquors
to slaves or Indians; and Whenever at any time
such bond shall become forfeited, the same shall
Be put in suit and prosecuted and The amount
recovered shall insure to the benefit Of the COM
mon school fund of the county; and upon vio-
lation Of the conditions OF said bond, the said
Board Of Police shall have full power, at all
times, to revoke and aunul such license so grant
ed, If said board shall be Of opinion after causing
said board, aud due investigation had thereon
that the conditions have ia any wise been for
seiied and upon such license being SO revoked,
the amount Of money for the remaiadeF Of the
lime said license has to run out from such reyo-
cation at the rate paid for said license when they
were issued, shall be returned 10 the person or
persons whose license issued has been so revek
ed And Proviled, The refsan whose license
shall be so revoked shall have right, upon givin
bond anl security, Of appealing from the deci
sion of said Board Of Police, so revoking the
"
SEC 8. Be It further enacted That ii any per-
son shall violate the provisions of this act bY
retailing yinuus or spirituous liquors without
license, granted according 10 the same, he, she OF
they, upon conviction thereof, snail be liable to
all The palms, penalties and foFfeituFes now pre-
scribed By law for retailing without license.
SEC a. BE 1t further enacted, That tlrngaisis
apothecaries and physicians shall only sch vim
GUS and spirituoas liquors 4 medicinal, saca-
mental and culinary purposes, in less qaanties
than gallon that they shall in 40 case vend
the same to any person whatever Offering q puf
chase, shall give satisfactory evidence that s0ch
liquors is for medical, sacramental or cnlinafY
purposes alone. and if said druggist or apolheca-
~ shall permit The drinking Of said liquors III bis
store or upon his premises, he shall, upon curl-
Vistion hereof ~ liable 70 all the pains and
penalties uf this law and all violations by any
pers n whatsoever, 9f The plain intentand mean
ing Of this act or the act hereby revised by any
evasion subterfuge, OF ehicanefy oil nl sort,
shall be held and deemed as serious On offence
against this, aud the act hereby revival as vio-
Iaiion of the letter hereof, and be equally pun
ishabe under the provisions Of the same
Sic. 5. Be II further enacted Tat this vet
shall apply with full force and eHet q al steam
boats aatboats store boats ans g 'ar water crafts
OF ilinerant Indoors Of spiritnons liquoFs when
within tie Limits az any dielsIct III which this
act IS binding Provided, that this section shall
not be applica to transient steamboats, pass
Ing 81 temporarily stopping q any point in this
Staie
Src s. he Il further enas any person
81 persons who may own or have any Interest in
any yinons or spifilu0o liquors which may BEL
sold CONTRARY 10 law. such person or persons So
owning or having an interest as Aforesaid, shall
Be liable to all The ins and penalties Ct this