The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-04-20
An Act to Repeal the Tavern License.

SECTION /. BE II enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
OF PennSy Ivania in General Assembly met and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That from and after the first day OF Oc-
tober next ii shall be unlaWiu iu TO keep or main
tain any house, room, or place, where vinons,
spirjtuouS, malt or brcWed liquors, or any ad-
mixtures thereof, are sold and drank, except as
hereinafter provided and all laws or parts Of
laws inconsistent with the provisions fthiS, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION :. That if any person or persons
within the Commonwealth shall keep for sale,
ana sell, or in connection with any other business
or profitable employment give, receiving there
for any price, profit, or advantage, by any mea-
sure whatever, and al the same time voluntarily
afford place or any other convenience or IN
ducempnt BY which the same may be used as a
beverage, any vinous, spurious, malt, or brew
ed iquor or any admiXure thereof, he, she or
they, and any one aiding, abetting, or assisting
therein, shall be doomed guilty of mlSdemeaR-
or, and upon conviction, shall be- sentenced TO
pay fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and under
90 Imprisonment not exceeding one month and
for second or any subsequent offence, shall
pay fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and undergo Imprisonment not exceeding three
months.
SECTION 8. That if any two or more persons
conspire or act together by which one may sell
and the other provide place or other convent
rnce for drinking, with intent to evade the
provisions Of this act, each one 50 offending up
on conviction shall be punished as provided in
the second section OF this act.
SucrloN 4. That it shall be unlawful for any
person 10 sell or keep for safe any vinous, spiri-
fuouS, malt, or brrwed, liquors, or any adtnix-
lures therof in caspS not hrFenbeiore prohibited,
in less quantity than one quart. nor without
license granted by the court of quarter sessions
of the peace OF the proper county, on petition
presented for that purpose, TO be advertised &C
cordiDg to the first section of the act of the
twpntv-ninh of March, one thousand eight hun
drrd and torty-one, supplementary to the va
riouS acts relating to tavern licences but no
such license shall be granted 10 other than citi-
zens Of the United States, OF temperate habits
and good repute for honesty: Pronded, That
no certificate shall BE- required or published as
mentioned in the act herein referred to- Pro
rided, That no license for the sale Of liquors as
aforesaid shall br granted to the keeper of any
hotel, inn, tavern, restaurant, eating house, oys-
fer house or cellar, theatre, or other places OF
/ entertainment, amusement, or refreshment.
SEcToN .. That the said court by their
rules, shall fix time at which applications for
said licenses shall be heard, at which time all
persons making objections shall be heard.
SECTION 6. That it shall not be lawful for the
clerk of said court to issue any license as afore-
said, until the applicant shall have filed the
bond hereinafter required, and the certificate ol
| the city receiver or county treasurer, that the
| license has been paid to him.
SECTION 7. That the appraisers of licenses
under this act shall be appointed as provided BY
existing laws, except in the city of Philadel-