Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-05
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED HAY SESSION, 1867

PROPOSED ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF
 INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
 [Continued to the next session of the General
 Assembly and ordered to be printed with the
 laWs.1
 An Act to regulate the sale Of Intoxicating Ii-
 quOrs.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House ofRepre sentatives ln General Assembly convened:
 See. l. That persons who are, and from time to time shall be, the county commissioners of the several counties of the sate hereby constitut- ed and created Boards Of excise in and for their respective counties and they slailr :eive the same Compensation Tor their servlccs under the pro- visions Of this as they now receive for other services performed by them as county cemmis- SlOnerS
 See. ?. The county comnissionnrs may appoint Ill their several counties clerk who shall perform such services In the enforcement of this as the several boards of excise may determine, and he shall receive salary not exceeding six hundred dollars per year.
 Sec. 3. No person or persons, from and after the
 first day or Septsmber, l867 shall within this state publicly keep or sell, give away or dispose of any strong or spiriuous iquors wlne cider ale or beer or make sales of the when such liquors are to De brought into this state subsequent to the order or sale unless such person or persons shall have applied for and obtained, under the provisions Of this act license as wholesale dealer
 Sec. 4. The said boards of excise shall meet at ruch times and places as they may deem it and proper, during the month of August 1867, and quarterly thereafter during tho months of Novem- Der, February, May and August, for the purpose of hearing and deciding upon applications for license under the provisions Of this act; and they shall give notice of the times and places of such meet lngs. by an advertisement published at least one week before the time of meeting, in some newspa per published in the same in adjoining county At such meetings the board of excise shall subject to the further provisions hereof grant licenses to any person or persons of good moral character and who shall be approved by them, permitting him or them for one year from the time the same shall be ! n aetl e nd nf at nod place within such county, spiriuous liquors wines cider. ale or beer, upon receiving license fee to be fixed at their discretion, and which shall not be leas than twenty five dollars than one hun fred and fifty dollars for retail dealers nor less than one hundred and fifty dollars more than three hundred dollars for wholesale dealers. Sec. ,. Such licenses shall be in the form of a written or printed certificate stating the names of the person persons and the place licensed: shall be signed tine said board of excise shall provide and direct shall be kept and posted by the pers on or persons licensed in conspcrous position in the room or place where his or their sales made, and shall be exhibited at all times by any persons or persons so licensed and by all persons acting under such licenses on demand, to every sheriff, constable or member of police: any omission to dis play and exhibit such certificate, shai be presump- l tive evidence that any person persons so omit ting to display and exhibit the same has and have no license.
 written application to the board of excise. signed by the applicant, specifying the place for which license is asked, aud the name of every person in- terested or to be interested in the busieess to be licensed, and the moral character of the appli- cant shall in all cases be vouched for by ten respec- table inhabitants of the town where the applicant resides. Sec. 2. Licenses granted as above shall not au- thorze any person persons to- nor shall any per- son or persons publicly keep sell Or give away or dispose of any strong or spirituous iquors wine, cider, ale or beer on Sunday.
 | Sec. 8. The said boards of excise shall keep a complete record of the names of all persons cens- ed as herein above provided, with 8 statement oi the license fee paid and the place licensed in each peblic inspection at the office of the clerk and an abstract of sueh records shall be made by the clerk