Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-04-22
The New Temperance
Law.

The following is the purport of a
bill amending an act of 1860, and re-
pealing chapter 154 of the 10Th gen.
eral Assembly which was passed dur
ing the recent session of the Legisla-
ture:
SEC. /. Provides that it shall be
unlawful for any person to sell, by
| himself, his clerk, steward, or agent,
malt liquors, or beer of any kind, ex-
cept as provided in section 1860, and
article 2, of chapter Ga of the Revi-
sion of 1860, and acts amendatory
thereto; and the keeping of ale,
wine, malt liquors, or beer of any
kind, with intent on the owner
thereof, or any other person acting
under his authority, or by his per-
mission, to sell the same within this
State, contrary to the provisions of
this act, is hereby prohibited, and
the ale, wine. malt liquors, or beer of
any kind, 80 kept, together with the
vessels in which it is contained, are
declared NUISANCE, and shall be for
feited and dealt with as hereinafter
provided. .....
SEC. 2. The penalties for any vio-
lation of this act, and the mode of
procedure against any person or per-
sons for the violation of any of the
provisions thereof, shall be the same
i'm all cases, as is, now provided for in
case of the sale Of Intoxicating liq-
uors in chapter "a of the Revision of
1860; and she selling or keeping for
sale, contrary to the provisions of
this act, any Of the liquors prohibit
ed by the first section of this act, in
any house or place, shall constitute
said house or place nuisance, and
the building, as well as the person so
offending against the provisions of
this act, shall be subject 20 the same
penalties, and may be proceeded
against ia the same manner, rs is
provided in the case of Intoxicating
LIQUORS i'm section 1864 of the Revi-
sion 1860, and for the purposes herein
set forth, ale, malt liquors, or beer of
any kind, or wine, shall be consider
ed intoxicating liquors.
SEC. /. At their regular session In
June of each year the Board SuperVi-
sors i'm each organized county IN TINS
State shall determine whether the
adoption of the provisions OF THIS
act shall be submitted to the legal
voters of the county at the ensuing
general election, and if the supervis-
ors SO declare by resolution to be
spread upon the records of said board,
also to he published for four consec-
utive weeks next proceeding SAID
election, i'm one or more newspapers
| i'm said county, if one there be. and II
not, then by posting the same in
three public places in each township
of said county. There may be writ
ten or printed on each ballot cast at
said election either of the sentences
! following, to- wit "FOr Prohibition"
and if majority of all the votes cast
Mt such election he "For Prohibited, "
then and not otherwise shall the pro-
visions of this act be in full force in
said county from and after the first
| Monday i'm January next following
such election, and the Board OF Su-
peryisors shall so declare by resoiu-
ton to be spread upon the records
And if majority of the votes cast
shall he against Prohibition" then
i'm that case chapter GA of the Revi-
sion of 1860 shall remain and be full
I'm force such county. and this amend
atory act shall be null and void in
ouch county.
This plan of local prohibition is
endorsed by many of the leading
Temperance advocates Of the country
and is without doubt, the true policy
to be pursued. Whenever by a ma
jority vote, the people. declare in fa-
vor of shutting up the rum holes OF
the county, the authority is given,
and the State is OF their back. This
is our platform, and on it, we propose
to stand Let this question be sub
mitted to the people at the coming
fall election.