The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-02-08

The License QUOothOms
A contributor TO the kIoRDrAx who takes In \
terest In 90 Regulating q to control - faF - po
able the traflc In liquor sends ~ the dEaN q .
bill which be thinks It adopted win prove of
great benefit He writes us While legislaking
on this subject would avoid extremes Radical
measures, wherever adopted, have proved failures
in the end. Liquor d going 70 be sold and
drank, no matter how ultra the measures adopted
to prevent either may be. / would therefore
throw as many restrictions around its sale %
would be safe and would especially hold The
trafickers in IL to such an accountability - would
make them cautious and at the same time place
the license tax 80 high a. to put Il beyond The
power of persons with little or NO character TO
engage In the business. The provisions Of . bin
l would like to see passed are embodied In what
follows, which request you to publish:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED An ACT no REGULATE
THE SALE OF sPIRITUOUs AND MALT LIQUOR.
The people Of tie Stats 9f Florida, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact a. Jollosss.:
SECTION 1. That from and after the passage Of
this act no license for the sale Of spirituo0s or
malt liquor by wholesale or RETAIL shall be grant
ed or issued unless the party or parties applying
for the same shall file with the Board Of County
Commissioners of the county In which he or
they reside and in which he or they propose 70
engage In such sale, q recommendation signed
by not less than five respectable and responsible
citizens of the vcinage avoring the issue Of such
license and setting forth therein that the appli-
cant therefor is person of good character, and
unless further the party or parties applying TOT
the same shall first enter into bond In the penal
sum of dollars payable to the Govern
or of Florida and his successors, with three or
more sureties, to be approved by the County
Commissioners, conditioned that licensee will
keep an orderly house and allow no spirituous
or malt liquor to be sold and drank In his or their
place of business on the Sabbath day or amer
twelve o'clock at night on any other day and that
no intoxicating liquor or liquors shall be sold or
given to any minor therein without the consent
of the parent or guardian of the same, and con-
ditoned further, that the license provided for by
this act shall be revoked and forfeited, without
recourse for any sum or sums previously paid
therefor, in any proceeding before Justice Of
the Peace in which proceeding it shall be proved
to the satisfaction of the jury trying the issue
that any of the conditions prescribed in such
bond have been violated and conditioned further,
to be set forth in such bond, that If the licenses,
or his or their agents or employees, shall give or
| sell any intoxicating liquor or liquors, whether
| spirituous or malt, to any person commonly
known as drunkard, he or they 90 offending shall
be liable to the forfeiture Of license Aforesaid
| for the recovery of the said penalty Of
| dollars, for the benefit Of any wife or children
| who may be injured, either by loss Of time or
| the expenditure of the money necessary tor the
support of such wife and children, by the sale to
| any husband or father of spirituous or malt
LIQUOR in such quantity or quantities as to produce
| ncapacity to labor for the support OF such wife
or children, such suit to be brought In the name
| of the Governor of the State, and judgment tc
recover such penalty shall be awarded in any
court having the proper jurisdiction, and the pro
ceeds thereof shall be paid TO the party or parties IN
whose behalf such suit was brought
SEC q That the license for the retail Of spir
ituous or malt liquor for each place OF business
in any county shall be- for the use Of the State
$500, for the use Of the county $500. and for thu
use of any municipal corporation $500.
Sec g. That the license for the eale BY whole
use of the State, $500, and one-half of sucl
amount for the use of the county and the SAM
for the use of any city or corporation. Whole
sale" is defined to mean in this section one gal
lon of spirituous liquor and upwards, and an.
person who shall obtain license for the sale Q
the same by wholesale and shall sell to any PEI
son or persons less than gallon shall be deene
retailer, and upon proof thereof shall forfeit ID
license so obtained. That license to sell b
retail shall embrace the right to sell by the glas
or quart, as well as by Wholesale.
SEC 4. That the license herein provided Sha
be issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court upo
compliance with the conditions prescribed /
Section one as to recommendation and bon
, and on payment of the license tax hereiAbefoI
mentioned; and the license for the use of an
city or corporation shall be paid TO the treasure
OF such municipality.
SEC 5. Bet further enacted, That the violatio
of the provisions Of this act as TO the sale of spi
ituous or malt liquors on the Sabbath day I
, after twelve O'Clock ct night on any other da,
or as to the sale or gift of the same 10 minors,
:PsSciifssdl e ia ar SsfIqSR QRs 96sdtS les Than
gallon as specified in Section three, Is hereby d.
clared to be a misdemeanor and that the part
or parties so offending shall, in addition to h
forfeiture of license hereinbefore provided 70
, be fined on conviction in a sum not less tia
twenty dollars for each offence or imprisone
not less than ten days, or both, in the discreto
of the court.