American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-06-05
The New Liauor Law.

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The following is the text of the new liquor
law approved by Governor Geary on the 18th
Of April:
SECTION |: That persons licensed to keep
tayerns or eating houses, shall, as far as in
them lie, prevent all disorderly conduct in
and about their premises, and, in cases of
any disturbance Of the Leace shall immcdi.
atily give notice to the nearest sheriff. cons
stable. officer or member of police, of such
disturbance, and call upon said officers to
interpose; whereupon it shall be the duty OF
such offirerto remove such dis0rderly per-
sons, and if need be, to close up the place
and keep it closed until order and quiet arc
entirely restored. .a
SEC. 2 No person shall SELL give away
or dispose of any strong or spritous liquors,
wines, ale beer or any Intoxicating drinks
to any apprentice or any ohe under twenty
one years Of age, without consent given IN
wiring. in the casef any apprentice Of his
master or mistress in case of any other mi :
nor, of his father, mother or guardian.
SEC. 3. No person shall sell or dispose OF,
and no licensed person shall suffer any per-
son in his, her or their employment to sell,
give away, or dispose of any strong or spifit>
uous liquors, wine, ale, beer, or any mix
lures ofsuch liquors. tonny habitual drunk
ard, or to any intoxicated person then being
under the influence of any such liquors, un'
der 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 dispose
of any strong or spirituous wines, ales, or
beer, to the husband of any such wife, the
wife of any 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. 5. All 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 open the same until sunrise the next
| day, and on Sundays shall not open them
at all but keep them shut until Monday ut
sunrise this is not designed TO prevent the
reception and lodging of persons travelling
without violation of the law.
| SEC. 6. Any conviction for the violation
Of any provision of this act by person IL
censed under it, or at any place licensed,
shall work forfeiture and annul such Ii
cense, and no license fee shall be returned.
SEC. T. 1t shall be- the duty of every sher.
! III, constable, policeman and officer of police
violation of this act and in the discharge Of
such duty if need be, he shall have power
to closs up, and to keep closed, any place or
| places where snch violations become known
| to him, whether by his own pers nal obser-
vation 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 alleged to be acting in violation
of law, and to bring them before any mag,
lstrate of the vicinity, to be dealt with ac
cording to the provisions Of this act and it
shall be the duty of such magistrates to ems
tertain complaints for tho violation of this
act, when made under oath by any citizen
of the vicinity.
SEC 8. 1t shall be the duty of every sher>
ff, constable, member and officer of police,
to arrest any and every person who shall be
highway, or in any public place or places
where strong or spirituous liquors, wines,
ale, or beer are sold, publicly kept or dis
posed Of and take him or her before any
magistrate, who, after due inquiry, if ne
! deem him or her too much intoxicated to be
fully examined, or to answer on oath cor
rectly the magistrate shall cause him or her
| to be confined until he or she becomes sober,
and then to be brought before him and in,
terrogated under oath or affirmation as to
| the cause of such intoxicaton. and thus as
certain from whom he or she obtained the
| liquor which caused the drunkenness but
such examination shall not be used in evi>
dence against such intoxicated person in
any prosecution, civil or criminal.
SEC. 0. 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 liable for all damages
which may be sustained in consequence of
such sale and the parties so offending may
be sued IN any court of competent jurisd c>
ton in the State, by any individual, or the
next friend of such individual, as has sus
tanned damage; the nett sum recovered shall
inure to the party injured.
SEC. 10. Every person who may, and shall
violate any or shall violate any of the pro
visions of this act, shall for each offense be
guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished with fine of not
more than twenty dollars, and in default of
payment, with Imprisonment of not more
than five days,