The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-23
MOFFETT LIQUOR LAW.
Proposed by the Senate
Ftaance Committee.

IMPORTANT CHANGES AS TO THE LoCA-
TIoN OF THE REGIsTER-THE PRINCIPAL
AGENT OR EMPLOYEE MADE LIABLE
1 TAX ON MALT LIQUOR D0UBLED-EACH
4 TAXPAYER TO REPORT UNDER OATH
!. LIQUOR PURCHASED FROM OTHERS THAN
LICENSED DEALERS IN THIS sTATE-NU
REBATE OF LICENsE-TAX.
s:ts5f 49, 1as. s.E.zfssEsf.f 1f3y 81,
The Senate Finance Committee have re-
ported bill making number Of changes
Ia the Moffett liquor law, the most import
ant Of which are noted below in italics:
s 4, Whenever the commissioner OF the
revenue Of any county, city, Or town shall
receive from the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts, the necessary registers, be shall i'm
mediately cause the same to De firmly fxed
on the counter of the bdr.roona, ,etth the
diaLs tothe. front and the crank to- the rear,
and In some conspicuous place in the room
of delivery OF the retail dealer, and achere
dealers and bar-r0ons keepers, the auditor
of: f:P,sbIic Accounts shall, Immediately after
the passage of this act, instruct The commits
Sioners of The reuenue of the counties, cities,
and toaons of the Commonwealth 10 locate
the registers aoithin their respective districts
Enceordind- 10 The requirements of This; ;qc!,
and torepeft 10 kiss a1sSs 20 courts 0f thsse
IcoantteS or corporations that the duty re-
q,tired of them has been performed. When.
the bar.room-keeper or retail dealer desires
to sell malt liquor under his license, there
shall be placed an additional register, in Like
manner as above required: Provided, That
then be moi; located nearer together. than siz
feet, and one is to be painted red and to be
marked as malt-liquor register, and the
other Is to be- painted 6tGcb and n1arted rs an
Acknowledgment register, in such forms and
characters as the said Auditor shall prescribe.
! The auditor of Public accounts shalt in
struct the commissioners. of: the reuenue Of
| the severdt counties, cities, and toluns, to
haue the registers already. an, use ,9,thia
their respective districts painted at the cost
of the dealer. The Commissioner OF the
Revenue shall, at all times, see that the in
struments are placed as above required,
firmly attached, and kept in. good working
order, and for this purpose shall, FROM time
| to time, inspect the same and il, after such
| register shall have been put in use, it be-
comes imperative or out of order, it shall be
the duty, &C., &c. ..t 81. ~, ..s. y...
5.zJIt shall be the duty Of the retail
dealer, has agent, servant, or employe, i'm.
mediatey on the sale on barter of every
half pint, fraction, or multiple thereof, ol
ardent spirits, wines, malt liquors, or any
mixture thereof, in the presence OF the pur.
chaser, or person to whom it is delivered
,chether the same be paid for at The time Oh
not, to turn the crank OF, the proper regis
ter, &C., &c. ...s~ra. .. s.
The tax is made % cents on each alcoholic
and l cent on each malt drink. rs- ....,
S 6. IL shall be the duty Of every commits
si0ner of the reUenue TO require from edct
tdr-puger q statement ander OATH Of al
liquors purchased by him for coaSunp
ton in his family from any person 0the1
than a licensed dealer aoitAtetais, State, ant
upon all such liquors there shalt be i'm
posed the same tar as .aoouId haze BEEN re
CURED 10 be paid If sold by such licensed
dealer. -. s.al '.aoaTs.. 5t
81. The specific license tax on retail
liquor-dealer or bar-room liquor-dealer shal
be paid by him in adUdrce as follows: 1r
the country or: in towns of two thousand in
habtants or less the tax shall be fifty dol
lars, and in cities and towns Of over tWt
thousand inhabitants the tax shall be on
hundred dollars, ercept that it the retail
iiquor-dealer or bar-room Hquor-dea!e
desires The privilege of selling only NAL
liouors, The taG shall be -- dollars II
the first case, and fifty dollars in the latte
case. II the dealer shall desire the priri
lege Of selling both rs q retail dealer and
bar-room dealer, he may do so upon th
payment OF seyenty-lve dollars, il in th'
country or town OF two thousand inhabit
ants or less; and in cities and towns O
more than two thousand inhabitants, upol
the payment of one hundred and fifty dol
lars. Each retail dealer and bar-room deal
er, and ordinary.keeper, shall, at the tim
the registers are fixed in his place OF busi
ness, pay to the treasurer Of his city o
county, upon the certificate OF the commits
sioner of the revenue. the sum Of ten dol
lars for the use OF each register so fixed II
his place OF business. And in addition &
the tax hereinbefore imposed each bar.roon
dealer and '6rdlnary-keeper shall pay 81
amount equal to two and one-half cents upol
each drink Of wine or alcoholic liquor, o
mixture thereof, and one cent upon eac
drink OF malt liquor sold by him.
And each retail liquor-deaier shall, il
addition to the specific license tax herein
before imposed, pay sum equal to two ant
one-half cents upon each half pint CT frac
tional part thereof OF wine or alcoholic
LIQUOR, or mixture thereof, sold by him, ant
on amounts in excess Of one-haH pint, III
to and including one pint, five cents; OIL
more than one pint, up TO ana including on
and one-half pints, seven and one.hal
cents; on more than one and one-hal
pints, up to and including two pints
ten cents; on four pints, or oae-hal
gallon, twenty cents; on. one gallon, fort.
cents; and on each gallon in excess 0
one, up to and including FIVE gallons
s,oenty cents per gallon, and. one cent TO
each half pint or fractional part thereo
of malt liquor sold by him ). which sum, s.
ascertained, shalt be paid by him at sue
time and in such manner as is prescribed il
the next succeeding section. And it sha
be the duty Of every wholesale and reta
| liquor-dealer who sells to person or person
other than licensed dealer, aud every re
tail liquor.dealer, to keep book, as pre-
scribed in the eleventh section OF this act, il
which he shall keep record of all liquor
sold by him in quantities Of more than on
:. gallon, showing the names Of the persons
I whom sold, the day OF sale, and number Q
, gallons, and so forth, as prescribed in sec
ton II Of this act.
| The specific license tax on wholesale dea
ers is 5000; by the old law $50.
, The 11th and other sections provide tha
in the case OF the retail dealer and whole
sale dealer (when selling to persons othe
than licensed dealers) it is proposed by tn