Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-05-01
Shepherdstown, JEFF. Co., w. Va.
April -, 1880. II
Mayors Proclamation.
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
SECTION !. That no person shall, with
in the corporate limits of ShcphcrdStown
| or within half mile of said limits, with
out a corporation license, therefor, keep
hotel or tavern, or sell, offer, or expose
for sale, spirituous liquors, wines, porter,
ale or beer, or any drink of Il like nature.
CHAPTER III.
SECTION |. If any druggist shall, with
III the corporate limits of this town, sell
alcohol, spirituous liquors or wines, un-
less for medicinal purposes, he shall, for
each and every offence, be fined not less
I han five nor more than fifty dollars; and
in any prosecution against a druggist for
selling alcohol, spirituous liquors or
wines, without license therefor, il the
sale be proved, it shall be presumed that
the sale was unlawful, in the absence Of
satisfactory proof TO the contrary. No
sale of alcohol, spirtuous liquors or wine
shall be made by any druggist, within
the corporate limits of this town, except
upon the written prescription OF prac-
ticing physician in good standing in his
profession aud not of Incorporate habits,
specifying the name of the person ana
the kind and quality of such liquors to be
furnished him, and stating that such
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necessary as Il medicine, and not as bev-
crage, for such person, and the pi oduc-
ton of such prescription by the defendant
at the trial OF any prosecution against
him for the sale of alcohol, spirituOus
liquors or wines, mentioned therein shall
be sufficient to rebut the presumption
arising from the proof OF such sale as
herein before prescribed for, If the Mayor
believes from all the evidence in the case
that the sale was made in good faith under
the beliefthat such prescription and state
ment were true.
SECTION ,. If any physician shall, for
the purpose Of aiding druggist or other
person in the violation of any of the pro-
visions Of this chapter or otherwise, give
such prescription and make such state
ment falsely, he shall be fined not less
than five nor more than fifty dollars;
every such prescription and statement
shall be filed and preserved by the drug
gist selling such liquors thereon, and the
same shall be open and subject TO the In
spcctiOn Of the Mayor, or any relative OF
the person to whom such liquors were
sold ;and any druggist or person in charge
of such prescriptions and statements, who
shall wiIfully fail or refuse to produce the
same when demanded for inspection by
any of the persons aforesaid, shall be fined
not less than five nor more than fifty dol
lars, and that one-half of any fine inn
posed under the provisions OF this chapter
shall be paid tO the informer.
CHAPTER V.
THE SABBATH DAY.
That all drug-stOrcs, bar-rOOms, restau-
rants, saloons, barber-shOps, and all other
places of business, within the corporate
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of said limits shall be closed, and kept
closed during the entire Sabbath day;
and any person violating this chapter
shall be fined not less than five nor more
than twenty dollars, one half of the fine
imposed TO be paid the informer, and in
addition to said fine, any such offender
may, at the discretion Of the Mayor, be
imprisoned for from one TO thirty days.
CHAPTER TX.
SECTION :. That no person shall bathe
in the Potomac River within one hun
dred yards either above or below the
bridge crossing said stream from this
town, from sunrise until one hour after
sunset and every person offending here
in shall be fined not less than one nor
more than three dollars.
That if any person shall wantonly mo-
lest or insult any person whatsoever, when
going to or returning from religious
meeting, and within one hundred yards
of holding the same, or If any one shall
be found idly lettering at or near the door
Of any church or meeting house or other
place Of religious meeting, and when re-
quested go to do, shall not peaceably and
quietly depart from thence or If any per-
son shall behave rudely, disorderly or
insultingIy in any church, meeting house
or other place for public worship, every
such person, upon conviction thereof,
shall forfeit and pay fine of not less than
three nor more than fifteen dollars; and
the Mayor may If he deems it necessary or
proper, require such person so convicted
10 enter into a recognizance in any penal
~ not exceeding two hundred dollars
payable To the said corporation, with one
or more sufficient sureties, conditioned
for his or her good behavior for any term
not exceeding one year.
IT any person shall permit In his or her
cellar, clubhouse, yard or garden within
the corporate limits Of this town, any
manure, dirt or filth Of any kind that pro-
duccs an unpleasant odor, or taints the
air, the person offending herein, upon
the complaint Of any citizen or che infor-
nation of the town Sergeant, shall upon
conviction be fined not less than one nor
more than five dollars; and the Mayor or
town Sergeant may cause the said manure.
dirt or filth TO be removed at the cost and
expense Of the offender in addition TO the
said fine.
That any person permitting his or her
hog-pen or pig-stye to become foul at any
time from the first day of April to the |
first day Of November in any year, so as 1
TO be nuisance, shall be fined not less
than one nor more than five dollars; and |
any person on being notified by the May
or or Sergeant 70 clean such hog pen or
pig-stye, and refusing or failing 10 do 40,
shall be liable TO an additional fine Of not /
less than one nor more than ten dollars
for every twenty-four hours the same I,
ehail remain uncleaned.
JOSEPH BYERs, Mayor.
April -, 1880. 3w