The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-16

not be lawful for the corporate authorities
OF any city, town or village in this State to
grant license tor the keeping OF dram
shop except upon the payment IN advance
| into the treasury of the city, town or VII
| lage granting the license such sum as may
| be determined by the respective auihor
| ties of such city, town or village, not less
than at the rate of $500 per annum; pro
vided, that IN all cases where license foi
the sale Of malt liquors Is granted, the CITY
town or village granting such license may
| grant the same on the payment In advance
OF the sum of not less than at the rate OF
| $50 per annum; and provided, further
that the city council In cities, the board OF
trustees in towns, and the President and
| board of trustees in villages may grant
permits to pharmacists for the sale OF
| liquors for medical, mechanical, sacramen
tai aud chemical purposes only, under
such restrictions and regulations as may
be provided by ordinance,
Sec. 9 The county boards OF each
county may grant licenses 10 keep as many
dramshops III their county rs they may
think the public good requires upon the
application by petition of majority OF
the legal voters OF the town, if the county
is under township organization, and II not
under township organization then OF ma
jority of the legal voters OF the election
precinct or district where the same Is pro
posed to be located, and upon payment In
to the county treasury Of such sum as the
board may require, not less than S5OO per
annum tor each license, and upon compli-
ance with the provisions Of an act entitled
IAN act to provide for the licensing OF and
against the evils arising from the sale OF
intoxicating liquors" approved March 80,
1874, In force July |, 1874 pr0otded that
in all cases where license is granted for
the sale of malt liquors only such board
may grant the same upon payment into
the county treasury OF sum not less than
$50 per annum for each license pr0ctded,
further, such board shall not have power
to issue any license to keep dramshop in
any incorporated city, town or village, or
within two miles Of the same, in which
the corporate authority to license, regu-I
late, restrain or prohibit the sale Of liquors
or in any place where the sale OF liquor Isl
prohibited by law.
SEC. 3. Any person having license to-
sell malt liquors only who shall, by him
self or another, either as principal clerk
or servant, directly or indirectly sell or
give any intoxicating liquors other than
malt liquors IN a less quantity than one
gallon, or IN any quantity, 70 De drank up.
on the premises, or in or upon any ada
cent room, building, yard or place Of pub
lie resort, shall for each oifense be fined
not less than 500 nor more than 800, or
confined in the county Jail not less than
ten nor more than thirty days, or both, in
the discretion Of the court. The penalties
provided Tor IN this section IN any court of.
jurisdiction, or the fines may
only be sued for and recovered before any
Justice Of the peace Of the proper county,
)r in case Of conviction the offender shall
stand committed to the county jail until
he fines and costs are fully paid a con
yction under this section shall forfeit the
license held by the defendant, and the
court rendering judgment upon such con
fiction shall in such judgment declare a
Orieiturc OF such license,