Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-02-14
A New Liauor BiIl.

n New Liquor Bill.
We are indebted to Hon. John Reyn
olds for copy of Senate Bill No. 46, whicl
is entitled AN act to regulate and licens,
the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and 9th
er intoxicating liquors; to prohibit tn
adulieration of liquors; to repeal all form
er laws cOntravening the provisions of thi
act, and prescribing penalties for violation
thereof Il was read a first time Januar,
Il, 1867; read second time January is
by title; referred same day to Committe,
on Temperance; reported back Januar,
81, with amendments: concurred in; pas
sage recommended; made special order fo
February 6, at p. NJ, and 300 copies or
dered printed; called up on the 9th ant
made the special order for Monday last
the Ilth.
The bin is similar in all except one Ol
two respects TO the law now in force
The most important exception consists in
dividing liquor sellers into two classes
to-wit: Such as shall sell ale, beer, wine or
other malt or vinous liquors, the product
of fermentation, as coniradistinguished
from distillaIion, and which are not mixed
with distilled liquors, shall be denominated
reIliiers of the frs: class; and second: such
as in addition TO the liquors Of the said
first class, shall sell whisky, brandy, gin.
rum. or any other liquors which are pro
duced by distil.ation, in whole or in part.
shall be denominated retailers of the Sc
cond class. The Coanty Boards arc au-
iho-ised to grant licenses to applicants for
the sale of Intoxicating liquors, as hereto
fore, which license shall specify the name
of the applicant the place of sale, the class
Of retailers to which the applicant shall be
long. as.first or second, upon his present
ing to the Board. a petition sisncd b; at
! 'ast twenty respectable frechOlders Of this
Ste, residing in the township, town or
warIl where The premises are located on
which the liquor is to be sold, which pcii-
ton shall clearly set forth that the appli-
cant is person of good character, and fiji
10 be trusted with such license. and such
p .ii;ion shall be duly verified by the oath
q: subscribing witness rs to- t.Ic fact that
each of the Siid petitioners is a frceholder
of this State, residing in the township,
town or ward in which the premises are
located on which the liquor is TO be sold,
and not more than one license shall be
granted on the memorial of The same peti-
.ioners or any of them. But no license
shall issue to any applicant until he shall
have given bis bond TO TIE State of Indi-
ana, with a; least two freehold sureties.
residents of said township. town or ward.
10 be approved by the County commission
ers,-the retailers OF the first class. in the
SIM of five hundred dollars. and tie re-
I Hers of the second class in the sum of
one thousand dollars. conditioned that the
p rson to whom such license shall be
granted shall suiIer no disOrderly conduct
on his premises, nor suffer any gambling.
n )r keep any gambling instrument of any
description thereon. in any clubhouse. ward
Dr garden thereto, and further conditioned.
Iaat bc VIII pay All iiIIrs aiIo Cv>ss tn;sI may
be adjudged against him for any violation
Of any of the provisions of this act.
Tie applicant for a license as Il retailer
oiihc first class is required to pay forty
Il ,!lars. and for license a. retailer OF the
second class one hundred dollars.
We believe we have specified all the new
provisions Of any importance in the pend
ing bill II is not such 4 bill as we had ho
ped the Legislature would give Us, but it
is undoubtedly an Improvement upon the
present law The division of the retailers
into two classes strikes Us f,vorably. II
the sale of distilled or spiriCous liquors
at retail was prohibited entirely. many
men would not seriously OBJ
ject To /. licensing of ale, beer, cider and
wine houses, provided drunkenness and
selling liquor to drunken men were made
misdemeanors. If the sale of ale, beer and
wine can be carried ON without injury 10
society. without increasing our taxes TO
punish crime and support pau?crs. with
out diminishing The number Of the nation ;
defenders. or wringing fond mothers
heart over the fall and degradation Of Il be
loved son, TO one, we presume. will claim
the right To interfere with the traffic But
ii it incommodes society by promoting dis
order. and increases our taxes. then no
citizen should be allowed to engage in the
traffic. The retailing of distilled spirits
in licensed drinking holes we know has
the effect not only to promote disorder, but
poverty, crime. misery and an increase OF
our pubic burdens, and the only question
now to be determined is, can retailers oi
the first class be licensed without de.ri
ment to society: Shall the question, before
il is decided, be submitted to a practical
test for the next two years:
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