Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
City Ordinance.
! City Ordinance.
An Ordinance Regulating the Sale OF
Intoxicating Liquors by Dramshop
Keepers, Wine and Beer Saloon
Keepers and Druggists.
Be 1t enacted by the City Council of
the Citu of Megic0-

the City of Mesico-
SECTION l. No person or persons
shall, directly or Indirectly. sell in
rate limits of the City Of Mexico, in
without first taking out a license rs
a dramshop keeper.
SEC. 2. Every application for a
license to keep a dramshOp shall be
made in writing to the council, and
shall specify the block of the city in
which the dramshop is to be kept,
and signed by a majority of the tax
paying citizens of such block asking
for said license to keep a dramshop
therein, aud until said conditions are
fully complied with by the applicant,
it shall not be lawful for the council
10 grant such dramshop license.
SEC. 3. Upon every license to Il
dramshop keeper there shall be paid
the sum of eight hundred dollars, for
city purposes. for every period of
six motnhs, said amount to be paid
in every instance at the time said IL
cense is issued.
i SEC. 4. No dramshop keeper, drug
| gist, or other person shall, within
the corporate limits Of the City of
Mexico, sell, or suffer the same to be
done about his premises, any intoxi-
eating liquors, in any quantity, to
any minor, without first obtaining
the written permission of the parent,
master or guardian of such minor so
to do.
SEC.5. No dramshop keeper, druggist
or other person shall within the cOrpO
rate limits of the City of Mexico, sell,
Or suffer the same to be done about his
I.premises, any intoxicating liquors to
any habitual drunkard. after such
dramshop keeper, druggist or other
person, shall have been notified by
the wife, father, mother, brother,
sister or guardian of such person not
to sell to such person any inIOxicat-
ing liquors.
SEC. 6. Any sale of Intoxicating
liquors made to any minor, without
the permission or consent herein re-
quired, OF to any habitual drunkard.
after being notified as aforesaid not
so to do. bv any clerk or agent acting
for any dramshop keeper, druggist
or other person, shall be deemed
and taken to be for all the purposes
of this ordinance as the act of such
dramshop keeper, druggist or other
person.
SEC. Z. Amy person violating the
provisions of any of the foregoing
sections shall, for every such viola
ton, be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine in any sum
not less than seventy-tive nor more
than one hundred and fifty dollars,
and one-half OF said fine, when col
lected, to be paid to the informer.
SEC. 8. Nothing in any Of the fore
going sections shall be construed SO
as to affect the right of a wine and
beer saloon keeper to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors according to the subse-
quent provisions of this ordinance
regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquors by wine and beer saloon
keepers.
SEC. 9. No person., not having a
license rs a dramshop keeper shall,
directly or indirectly, sell beer,
cider and native wine-the latter the
growth and manufacture of this
State-in less quantity than one gal
Ion. without taking out q license as
a wine and beer saloon keeper.
SEC. 10. No wine or beer saloon
keeper shall sell, Or offer for sale,
either directly or indirectly, any
spirituous or distilled liquors, or
compositions of which distilled
liquors form a part, Or any other,
except beer, cider and native wine,
the latter being the growth and pro-
duet of this State.
SEC. IL. Every person violating
the provisions of either of the two
next preceding sections shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction, punished by fine
in like manner as provided by section
of said fine, when collected, to be
paid to the mformer.
SEC. II. Every application for wine
and beer license shall be made ac-
cOrding to the provisions of section
two of this ordinance concerning
applications for drampshop license !;
but no wine and beer license shall
be granted by the council until the
conditions of said section aye fully
complied with by the applicant.
SEC. Is. Upon every license for a
wine and beer saloon keeper, there
shall be paid the sum of four. hun
dred dollars, for city purposes, for
every period of six months, said
amount to Ls paid in every instance
at the time said liGepse il issued.
SEC. IA. This ordinance shall not
be construed so as to affect the right
of druggist to sell wines for sacra.
mental purposes. or Intoxicating
liquors Of any kind, when the same
are prescribed by a regularly regis
tered physician, or a used solely
in tho admixture of necessary RENE
dial compounds, the preparation Of
tinctures, and the compromising of a
written prescription, made end
signed by some regular practicing
physician, who shall have stated in
such prescription that the liquor
therein prescribed 10 q necessary in
gredient; provided, that such pre-
scriptlon shall in no case authorize
such sale morethan one time.
SEC. Is. ANY person violating the
provisions Of the preceding section
shall be deemed guilty Of 9 INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine in like
manner as provided by section even
OF this ordinance, and One-half of
said fine, when collected, to be paid
to the informer. ..ai1 AN
GNC. Is. All ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed, and
this ordinance shall take effect and
be in forcefrom and after its Eubli-
cation. ~'A"5 2St7T
Approved this nth day Of July,
1881. ~ aE1a fat{.a f4tI !.
Fl pa &c. BAeSFORD, Mayor.
Attest: JAS. f. GILLIAN, Clerk.