The weekly clarion., 1882-05-24

county before license are issued, TO defray th
expenses Of said election.
SEC g. Be IL further enacted, That all act
or parts Of aefs in conflict with this ae. be an
act take effect and be in force from and afte
its passage.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act tc
regulate aad prohibit he sale Of yinoEs ana
sptrituous liquors within five miles Of th'
| town Of Benton, Yazoo county, approved
harch 5th 1880.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Ssateof Mississippi, That an actentitlee
an act to regulate and prohibit the sale o
vinoEs and spritHoas liquors within i've
miles of tie town OF Benton, Yazoo county
approved March 9TH, 1880, be and the same
/ is hereby so amended as TO read as follows
/ to-wit: If any person shall sell or give away
| any vinous, spirituous or mali liquors, or per
| nit the same 20 be sold, given away or to b.
| drunk liz any business house or on the premi-
| ses Of the same Of which he has control, within
I five miles Of the town OF Benton, in the county =
/ Of Yazoo, he shall, upon conviction, for eacl
/ Offense be fined not less than twenty-five dol
lars more than two hundred dQ1lars, or
/ he imprisoned in the county lail not less
| than Ten nor more than thirty days, at the
discretion of the court; provided, that this
| shall not prohibit the sale OF such Tin0us,
| spiriluou and matt liquors by druggists for
medicinal or sacramental purposes as herein
after provided.
SIC ,. Be it further enacted, That any
druggist may sell OF give away any of said
liquors withIa the limits aforesaid for med
icluaI purposes; provided he does so upon
the written prescription OF q prac'iclng
physician; aud said druggists shall keep a
book especially for the preservation of said
prescriptions, each Of which shall be num-
bered and pasted in said book in re yular order,
and this book shall be submitted 10 he grand
jury OF the county at their option.
SIC. 3. Be it further enacted, That no per
son shall be deemed a druggist within the
meaning Of this act, unless such person is
familiar with and regula " practices the
duties aad acJs Of an aPothecary and phGrms-
cist, and Keeps ali necessary medicines for
filing prescriptions; and no person shall be
deemed u PractIcing physician within the
meaning of ibis act unless he shall be
graduate in medicine with Il diploma from
some school OF medicine of reputable stand
ing; and he must also subscribe TO an oblIga-
ton, before some officer duly qualified to ad
minister oath, that he will give no pre-
scription for yiEous, spirituoUs malt liquors,
unless such stlmulant Is imperatively required,
and said obligation SO sworn to and subscribed,
shall be flied with the clerk Of the chancery
court OF The county, mho shall furnish GER
titled copy of the same to each druggist within
the limits of the territory aforesaid.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any
person shall give 10, or buy or procure in any
way for another, any of the aforesaid liquors,
except rs permitted by this act, within the
limits or territory aforesaid; or if any person
shall in any way aid assis in the evasion
Of this act, ne shalt, upon conviction thereof
for each oiIense be punished provided in
section one of this act.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted That this act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Approved, March 3. 1882
AN ACT to prohibit the sale Of intoxicating
liquors within five miles of the town Of
Fulton, in the county of Itawamba.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That it shall be