American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-10-30

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tiee, or any person under twenty one
years of age, without consent given, in
writing, ia the case cf any apprentice, of
his master, or mistress. in case of any
other minor, of his father, mother, or
guardian.
SECTION 3. No person shall sell, or
dispose of, and no licensed person shall
suffer any person, in his, her, or their
employment, to sell, give away, or dis
pose Of any strong, or spurious liquors,
wine, ale, beer, or any mixtures of such
liquors, to any habitual drunkard, or to
any intoxicated person then being under
the influence of any such liquors, under
penalty OF forfeiture of license.
SEC. 4. No person, thus licensed shall,
against the request of any wife, husband,
parent, or child, sell. give away, or dis
pose of, any strong, or spirituous liquors,
wines, ale, or beer, to the husband of any
such wife, the wife ofany such husband,
parent of any such child, or child of any
such parent. under penalty of all the
fines and forfeitures OF this act.
SEC, s. ALI persons. thus licensed,
shall close, or shut up, their bar, or place
of sale, at or before, the hour of twelve
every night, and not OF en- the same until
sunrise next day, and on Sundays shall
not open them at all, but keep them shut
until Monday at sunrise this is not de,
signed to prevent the reception and lodg.
ing of persons travelling, without viola>
tion of law.
SEC 6. Any conviction for the vio>
lation of any provision of this act, by
person licensed under it, or at any place
licensed, shall work forfeiture, aud an
nul such license and no license Zee shall
he returned.
SEC T. 1t shall be the duty Of every
sheriff constable, policeman, and officer
of police, to compel the obrervance and
to prevent the violation Of the provisions
of this act and in the discharge of such
duty, ii need be, he shall have power to
close up, and to keep closed, any place,
or places where such violations become
known to him, whether by his own pers
sonal observations, or by information Of
any respectable citizen of the vicinity !;
also, it shall be the duty of the officers
aforesaid, to arrest such persons, so all
legei to be acting in violation of law
and % bring them before any magistrate
of the vicinity, to bo dealt with accord,
ing to tho provisions of this act and it
shall be the duty of such magistrate to
entertain complaints, for the violation Of
this act, when made under oath, by any
citizen Of the vicinity.
SEC. g. 1t shall be the duty of every
sheriff, constable, member and officer of
police, to arrest any and every person,
who shall be found intoxicated, in any
street, or public highway, or in Gny pub
lie place, or places, whore strong or spir.
ituous liquors, wires, ale, or beer, are
sold, publicly kept or disposed Of and to
take him, or ner, before any magistrate
OF the vicinity and if such magistrate
shall, after due inquiry, deem him, or
her, too III uch intoxicated to be fully ex-
amined, or to answer on oath correctly,
| the magistrate shall cause him, or her, to
be confined until he, or she becomes so,
Der, and then to be brought before HIM
and interrogated, under oath, or afiirma,
| ton, as to the cause of such intoxication
and thus ascertain from whom he, or she
obtained the liquor, which caused the
| drunkenness but such examination shall
not be used in evidence against such in
toxicated person, in any prosecution, civil,
or criminal.
SEC. 8. Any person who shall sell any
strong or spirituous liquors, wines, beer
or ale, to any of the individuals, to whom
it is declared by this act to be unlawful
to make such sale, shall be able for all
damages which may be sustained, in con-
sequence of such sale; and the parties
so offending, may be sued in any court OF
competent jurisdiction, in the State, BY
any individual, or the next friend of
such individual as has sustained dam.
age the net sum recovered, shall inure
to the benefit of the party injured.
SEC. 16. Every person who may, and
shall, violate any of the provisions
of this act, shall, for each offence, be
guilty of a rnisdemeanor, and on convic-
ton thereof, shall be punished with a
fine of not more than twenty dollars, and
in default OF payment, with imprison-
ment of not more than FIVE days.
JOHN p. GLASS,
| speaker of the House of Representatives
LOUIS w. HALL,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPRovED-The seventeenth day OF
April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven
JOHN w. GEARY.
Now, while we think the above law
should be considered by christian peo-
pie as credit to legislative body, that
had the honor to represent them, we still
thluk the Legislature and the Republi-
can party, acted very injudiciously in
passing any such act What we want
to be successful (without which our or
ganization is dead letter., is, that every
Republican voisr should know that this
question Of Temperance, Good Templars,
or bad Templars, Good Whiskey or Bad
Whiskey, License orAo License, Rot Gut
or no Rot Gut, has nothing to do with the