The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-16

sale of SPiritnou ana lntoAacoing Ls:
!. s"orei repeai % aii ierner Act. ineon.i.;sn'
tempe rance.
SECTION l. b. IL enacted by Tie General As
sena5ly of The State ot' Indiana. That no person
shall manufacture, keep for sale, or sell. by him
self or agent, directly or indirectly, any spiritu-
GUS or intoxicating liquors, except as IS herelnaf-
ter provided. Ale, porter, beer, lager beer, CT
der, all wines, and fermented liquor which shall
produce intoxicaton, and all mixed liquor, oi
which part is spirituous or intoxicating liquor,
are included in the term Intoxicating liquor, and
are within the meaning Of this act
SEC. 9 No provision of this act shall be con-
strued to forbid the making Of cider from apples
or wine from grapes. currants. or other fruit,
grown and gathered in this State by the manu-
facturer, or the sale thereof by him (; but such
manufacturer. or other person on his behalf,
shall not sell less than three gallons at any one
sale or to any person and all sold at any
one sale shall be taken away at the same time.
ANY other manufacture sale of cider or wine
shall be deemed to be unlawful. except as here
in provided 49,.
SEC. g. No provision Of this act shall be con
srued 10 forbid the sale by any importer thereof
Of any foreign spirituous or intoxicating liquor,
imported under the laws of the United States,
and in accordance herewith; Provided, that such
liquor at the time Of the sale. remains in, and is
sold in the original casks or packages IN which
il was imported, and in the same quantities; but
the custom house certificates of Importation, and
proofs Of marks on the casks packages cores
bonding thereto, shall not be received sufi-
cient evidence that the liquors contained in said
casks or packages those actually imported
therein. All other sales of sprituous or intox-
icating liquor made by any importer as such,
shall be deemed to be unlawful.
SEC a. The county commissioners of each
10 w hn annV
in writing therefor. authority to manufacture
spirtuous and intoxicating liquor at such places
within the county, the commissioners may
designate, and to sell the same at such places on
", in any quantity to the duly authorized agents
Of the several counties of this State. Such
thority shall not continue more than one year
from the date thereof, and may at any time be
revoked by the commissioners. But all persons
engaged in the manufacture of such liquors at
the time OF the passage of this act, shall be ent
tied matter Of right to such authority, from
the county commissioners. to manufacture upon
the terms in this section provided. which shall be
renewed from year to year, SO long as such man
ufacturer shall not violate any provision of this
act; but in case such manufacturer shall be con
yicted of any such violation, his authority shall
cease and shall not be renewed. Before the
commissioners grant such authority. the appli-
cant shall file his bond with the Auditor of the
county, with two good and sufficient sur;ti - -
be approved by the commissioners. on p.Eaisy
of not less than one thousand dollars, nor lie
than SIX thousand dollars payable to the Stats OF
Indiana. conditioned that the applicant will not
at any time during the next year following, in
any manner or degree violate the provisions of
any law of this State touching the manufacture
or sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquor. The
auditor of said county shall cause said bond to
be put in suit upon breach of the condition there
of in tho tfrsrit or Court of Common
Pleas of the county and if upon the trial, the
finding of The Court or verdict of the Jury, shall
be that the condition of the bond has been bro
ken as charged the Court shall render judgment
for the penalty of the bond, and declare the au-
thority of the applicant to manufacture and sell
sprituous and intoxicating liquor to be void from
and after the first violation Of said condition
And every act of the applicant in selling any
sprituous or intoxicating liquor to any person
other than duly authorized agent, shall subject
the applicant TO prosecution in the same manner
as if he had no authority from the commissioners
to manufacture or sell. The county commission
ers shall not grant any person authority to manu-
facture or sell any spirituous intoxicating IL
quor, who has been found guilty of violating any
provisions of this act. or any act touching the
sale or manufacture of spirituous or intoxicating
liquors.
BOND or MANUFACTURERS.
Know all men, that we, --, prnclpal, ana
we. - surities, are held and firmly bound un-
10 the State of Indiana. in the penal sum Of
dollars, for the payment whereof, we'll and truly
TO be made and done, we bind ourselves jointly
and severaly. firmly by these presents, dated
this-dav of-A D..
Whereas the above bound principal. has
been authorized by the county of-:o manu-
facture spurious and intoxicating liquors in -
township, in = county. for the period of one
year from this date. Now. therefore. the above
obligation is conditioned that the said-will
not at any time during the year next following,
IN any manner or degree, violate the provisions
OF any law of this State. touching the nlanufac-
ture sale Of spirituous or intoxicating liquor
Upon the observance of the foregoing conditions,
this obligation shah be void, else to remain in full
force
Approved. &c. .-
SEC. .. The county commissioners, at any
meeting OF their board, may appoint some suita-
Ole person or persons. as agent or agents OF the
county, for the purchase Of pure and unadulters
tel splrtuoas and intoxicating liquor. and for the
sale thereof within such county for medicinal
chemical aud mechanical uses onlv and pure
wine for sacramental uses ; and the commission
ers may remove any such agent at pleasure and
If necessary. appoint another in his stead No
more than two such agents shall be appointed ir
aay one township. unless the township contain
over ten thousand inhabitants; Ia which case the
commissioners may appoint two agents for every
ten thousand inhabitants. and one for each nv,
thousand over such ten thousand inhabitants
No inn keeper. or keeper Of public eating house
boarding house, grocery, oyster-shop. fruit store
Inc entertainment; or the keeper of, or interes.et
ftory, of ny,