Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-27
The Indiana Temperance Law
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Stract of the Temperance bill, which pass
ed both houses of the Legislature. The
abstract contains every provision and re
iquircment of proposed law, and stripped
Of verbiage is as follows:
Section prohibits the sale or giving
away of any intoxicating liquor by any
person, with Il view to its being drank on
: the premises, unless such vendcr shall
have first obtaineda ii license.
Section provides that any one seeking
a license must deposit with the County
Auditor, twenty days before the meeting
of the Board of Commissioners. petition
J giving his street number, ward etc, and
praying for the license or permit, which
petition must also be signed by majori-
ty OF the voters in the ward, town OF
township, as the case may be. Upon such
petition the Board may issue license.
Section 3 requires that before the license
is granted the Commissioners shall re-
quire from the l'censee Il properly execu-
ted bond in $1,000, with two good freehold
securities, conditioned upon the payment
by the licensee OF all fines, fnrteitures and
penalties assessed upon him under the
provisions OF the law. Any person OF
persons may bring separate suits, and tbs
bond my be recovered upon in any court
of competent Jurisdiction; but the aggre-
gate amount recovered on the bond shall
not exceed $4,000, and in case the bond Is
exhausted by recoverieS d new one shall
be eXacted.
Section 4 fixes the manner Of deterInin-
n
making the last preceding Congressional
election the basis, and attaches u penalty
OF $50 to $100 to the act Of signing pc
tition by one not a qualified voter
Section ) requires the licensee to keep a
copy of his permit cOnspicuously posted
in bis place of business, and declares that
conviction of violation of any provision
of the law shall work forfeit of the per-
nit
Section 6 forbids the selling or giving OF
liquor to minors.
Section declares all places where liq-
quors are sold without license to be nui-
sances, coming within the provisions OF
the nuisance act.
Section declares that any person who
shall by selling or giving away liquor
cause in whole or in part the intoxication
of any person shall be liable for and COM
PEELED to pay reasonable compensation
| to any person who may take charge of and
care for such drunken person, which
charge may be recovered in any court OF
competent jurisdiction.
Section 8 declares it unlawful to become
intoxicated. Any person becoming intoxi-
Gated shall on conviction be fined five dol.
lars and be required on his trial to tell
where he procured his liquor, and on re-
fusal to do so there shall he added to his
punishment imprisonment Of one to ten
days.
Section 10 prohibits the sale of liquor
on Sunday, holidays, all election days al.
so between the hours of 8 P. NJ and 8 A.
NJ. of every other day, under penalty OF
from So to $50 for every sale
Section II guards against evasion OF
the law by agents, etc.
Section 12 provides that any husband
wife, child, parent, guardian, employe or
other person who shall be injured in per-
son or property. or means of support by
any intoxicated person, shall have right
of action in his or her own name, several
~ or jointly, against the person or per-
sons who shall have been instrumental in
causing such intoxication by giving ol
selling liquor. And any person owning,
renting, leasing or permitting the occupa
ton of any premises and knowing that in.
Itoxicating liquors are dispensed therein
or who, having leased the same foI other
purposes shall knowingly permit intoxi-
eating liquors to be sold therein shall be.
come equally liable with the seller of the
! fin1or for anv dan,apps nrOvifled that eE
ecution shall first be levied On the prop