Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-11
THE MOFFETT REGISTER LAW.

To provide revenues for the State from
liceL ses on occupations of dealers in.
and sellers of wines, spurious and malt
liquors by the drink and keepers Of
bar-roomS, and from Il tax on said
wines and liquors; to provide for the
asccrtainment and collection of said
tax; to prescribe the use OF the regis
ter: TO define and punish sundry Of
trnses: to prescribe the duties of the
Auditor and the tax collectors under
this act. and he disposition OF the
proceeds OF Licenses and taxes collected
hereunder, and fixing the license tax
on trades, occupations and professions
after the year 1873.
SECTION l. Belt cnac ted by the SEN
ate and House Of Representatives, Of the
State of Louisina in General Assembly
convened, That no person shall, within
the limits Of this State, sell wines, ar
dent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture
thereof by the drink without having first
obtained Il State license therefor; nor
shall such license extend to him the priv
ilcgc of selling i'll any way except in the
manner hereinafter provided. license
to sell by the drink shall he known as a
bar-room license, under which no wine,
ardent spirits, malt liquors nor any mix
turc thereof shall be sold to be taken
away from the place of delivery, but
shall BIC drunk therc,a and any dealer
Who slialLseEor give away any win ar
dent spirits, malt liquor or mixture there
of, to be kept for drinking, orssdrunk on
or about the premises of the.giver or seller
shall on conviction thereof be fined not
more than five hundred dollars Yor i'm
prisoned not exceeding six months, OF
both, ut the discretion of the court, pro-
vided, nothing in this act shall apply to
druggists who sell for medical purposes.
SEC. 2. Be it further. enacted, etc,
That any person who desires a license to
sell by the drink or to keep Lar-roonl,
shall first apply to the State tax collect
or Of the parish, or, if in New Orleans, OF
the district in which he desires to carry
on business and the said tax collector
shall, upon the execution by the appli.
(cant of bond, with good security, pay
able to the State of Louisiana, in q pen
alty of not less than one hundred ormore
than one thousand dollars, conditioned
for the faithful performance of all the
reouircments of this act, grant such Ii
cense. and thereupon the tax collector
shall issue tho same in such form as may
be prescribed by the Auditor of Public
Accounts. ,,~5f ....
| SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That il
shall be the duty OF the Auditor of Public
Accounts as soon after the passage of this
| act as practicable, to cause to be con-
structed, or purchased in sufficient num-
bers an apparatus, to be known as q bar
room register and adopted by the thir
teenth section of this act. Whenevel
he shall have the same purchased or con
structed i'll sufficient numbers he shal
notify the several tax collectors OF tho
! fact. and forward the same to them II
the safest and most economi Cal manner
taking q receipt for the same. In ordc
to fnrmiliarize the officers and dealer:
| with the use Of the instrument, 1t shal
be tho duty of tho Auditor to send print
ed copies of instructions to the said .ta1
collectors for distribution among thu
| dealers. and it shall be the duty of sucl
tax collectors to fully explain to Gael
dealer the instructions and mode OF opo
rating the register. -..,-.
SrC. a. Bo it enacted, etc, That when
ever auv tax collector shall receive from