Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-02-27
The Temperance Law.

ollce uhuer the provisions OF the tnlru
artlcle OF said constitutional amendment.
The Temperance law.
As some curiosity has been expressed
to see the provisions of the law for which
petitions have been extensively signed in
this county, we republish it below. We
believe the intention is to add a clause
prohibiting the sale of all liquors on elec-
ton days.
Prohibiting the licensing of any person to
sell vfnous, spirituous, malt or brewed
liquors, or any of them, or any admix-
lures thereof, in the counties of West
mOreland, Blair and Indiana, except to
the keepers of hotels, inns, or taverns,
and regulating the granting of licenses
to the keepers of such in the said coun-
ties.
SECTION l. BE it enacted Jy the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the Conl-
| naOnlceGith Of Pennsylvania ife General
| assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
| the authority Of the same, That it shall
not be lawful, from and after the passage
of this act, to grant license TO any per-
son, to sell vinous, spirituous, malt, or
| brewed liquors, or any of them, or any
admixture thereof, in the counties of
| Westmoreland, Blair and Indiana, except
it be to the keepers of hotels inns, or tav-
erns PrOUided hOUeuer, That nothing
in this act shall be construed to prevent
the manufacturers of the aforesaid liquors,
from selling the products of their manu-
factory by the cask or barrel.
SECTION ,. That no license shall here
after be granted to any person, as the
keeper Of hotel, inn, or tavern, to sell
| VInOus, spirituous, malt, or breWed liquors,
| in the said counties of Westmoreland,
Blair and Indiana, until the person, or
| persons, desiring such license, shall file
with the clerk of the court of quarter ses-
sions of the proper county, his, her, or
| their petitions, accompanied by the affi-
| daVits Of twelve citizens, of the borough,
or township, in which the applicant pro-
poses to keep a hotel, inn or tavern, set
ting forth, that they are personally ac-
| quainted with him, and know him to be
| a citizen of the United States, and man
| of good moral character, and temperate in
| his habits; that he has at least four bed
rooms, containing eight beds, for the ex-
elusive use of travellers, and that the ho-
| tel, inn or tavern, is necessary for the ac-
cOmmOdatiOn of the travelling public; the
| petition and certificate shall be filed in the
office of the clerk Of the court aforesaid,
at least three weeks before presenting the
| same in court; the applicant, or petition
| er, shall, at the time Of filing his petition,
pay to the clerk of the said court, fifty
cents for publishing notice thereof and
said clerk shall cause to be published, three
times, in two newspapers, of the proper
county, having the largest circulation
therein q list containing the names of all
persons, applying for license under this
act, and their respective residences.
SECTION 3. Whenever any person, or
persons, comply with the provisions of
! this act, it shall be lawful for the court of
| quarter sessions, of the proper county, to
] grant licenses to such person, or persons,
! for one year, i'll accordance with the Ii
cense laws of this commonwealth: Pro-
| Vjded hOaCeUer, Ifit be satisfactorily shown
to the said court, by remonstrances, affi-
davits, or otherwise that false statements
| have been made by the petitioner, or those
| making affidavits, in regard to the moral
character of the person applying for Ii
cense, or his accommodation, for the trav-
lingpublic, then, and in that case, the said
court shall refuse to grant such license,
and shall impose Il fine upon each of the
persons, having made affidavit to such
false statement, of not less than ten, or
exceeding, one hundred dollars; which
fine shall be collected as other fines and
forfeitures are now by law collectable.
| SECTION 4. Should any person in either
of the counties aforesaid, SELL give, or fur
nish, any of the aforementioned liquors
and beverages, to any person, or persons,
| in violation of the provisions of this act,
he shall be guilty of misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction thereof, in addition to
the fine provided for above, shall pay a
fine of not less than twenty, nor more
than one hundred, dollars, with the costs
of prosecution; and upon second, orr any
I subsequent, conviction, he shall be sem
fenced to undergo an imprisonment, in
county JAIL not less than three, nor more
than nine months, at the discretion of the
court.
SECTION ). All laws, or parts of laws,
now in force in said counties, inconsistent
with this act, are hereby repealed: Pro-
Uided, That the act of assent bly, now in
force, regulating the sale of liquors by
druggists and apothecaries, shall contin-
| lie in force in said counties: A7ed prOVi-
CIed further, it shall not be lawful for the
treasurer of said counties to grant licenses,
! for the keeping of restaurants and eating
houses, for the year commencing the first
of April, one thousand eight hundred and
| sixty-six; on applications for such licenses
| already made, and where licenses on such
| applications have been already granted,
| the money paid for the same shall be re-
! funded, and the said license recalled by
the treasurer having granted the same
JAMES r. KELLEY,
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROvED-The twenty-seyenth day
of March, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and siXty-six.