The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07


pose of allowing every town or borough to
determine whether or not liquor selling
shall be licensed in their locality. Whether
it will be an improvement upon the present
manner of settling the license question can
only be told by giving this method a trial {:
AN ACT
TO permit the voters of every Ward Borough and
Township in this Commonwealth to vote every
three years on the question of granting Licen-
ses to sell intoxicating liquors.
Sec. 1. Be 10 enacted, &c., That at the
next annual municipal election in every
ward borough, and township in the Com
monwealth, and ut the annual municipal
election every third year thereafter, in every
such ward, borough and township, it shall
be the duty Of the inspectors and judges of
election in said ward, boroughs, and town
ships, to receive tickets, either written or
printed from the legal voters of said ward,
borough, and township, labelled on the out
side, " license" and on the inside for Ii
cense," or "against license" and to deposit
said tickets in a box provided for that pur-
pose by said inspectors and judges, as is
required by law in case of other tickets re-
ceived at said election, and the tickets so
received shall be counted and return of
the same made to the clerk of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the county in which
such wards, boroughs, and townships are
situated, duly certified as is required by
law, which certificates shall be laid before
the judges of tho said court at the first
meeting of said court after such election
shall be held, and shall be filed with the
other records of the said court and it shall
be the duty of the mayors OF cities and of
, the constables of boroughs and townships,
or of any officer whose duty shall be to per-
form such service, to give due public notice
of such special election above provided for,
three weeks previous to holding the next
annual municipal election in every such
ward, borough, or township, and also three
weeks before the annual municipal election
every third year thereafter
SEC 2. That in reviewing and counting,
and in making returns of the votes cast,
the inspectors, judges, and clerks of said
election shall be governed by the laws of
this Commonwealth regulating general cleo
tions, and all the penalties of said election
laws are hereby extended to and shall apply
to the voters, inspectors, judges, and clerks
voting at and attending upon the election
held under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 3. Wherever by tho returns of cleo
ton in any ward, borough, or township
aforesaid, it shall appear that there is a ma
JOTlJy against license III snail not DC lawful
for any license to issue for the sale of
spirituous, vinous, malt, or other intoXica-
ting liquors in said ward, borough, or town
ship at any time thereafter, until at an cleo
tion as above provided majority shall vote
in favor of license.
SEC. 4. Any person who shall hereafter
be convicted of selling or offering for sale
in this Commonwealth any Intoxicating LID
uors, spirituous, vinous, or malt, without a
license, shall be sentenced to pay fine of
fifty dollars, and confinement in the work
house or county Jail for six months for the
first offence for the second and each subse-
quent offence a fine of one hundred dollars,
and confinement in the work-house or coun-
ty Jail one year: PrOoided, that it shall
not be unlawful for the owners of vine
yards to sell, on their own premises, wine
of tlieir own manufacture, in quantities not
less than one gallon, to be removed and not
drank on the premises.