Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27

on account OF Sucn Irafnc, and the money,
when collected, shall be paid over for the
use of herself and children.
Sec II. On the trial of any suit under
the provisions hereof, the cause or founda-
ton of which shall be the acts done or in
juries inflicted by person under the infiu-
ence of liquor, it shall only be necessary
to sustain the action to prove that the de-
PENDANT or defendants sold or gave liquor
to the person so intoxicated or under the
influence Of liquor whose acts or injuries
are complained of, on that day or about
that time when said acts were committed
or said injuries received, and in an action
for damages brought by married woman
or other person whose support legally de-
wolves upon a person disqualified by in
temperance from earning the same, it shall
only be necessary to prove that the defend
ant has given or sold intoxicating drinks
to such person during the period of such
disqualification.
Sec. 10. All suits for damages or ex-
penses arising under this act may be COM
menced and prosecuted by justice of the
peace when the damages claimed DO not
exceed the jurisdiction of said justice, al
though the penalty in the bond may exceed
that amount, and the Judgment shall be for
the damages proved.
Sec. 16. The county commissioners. IN
der the restrictions contained il section
1 of this act, may grant permits
to druggists to sell liquors for medicinal,
mechanical and chemical purposes upon a
compliance with all the provisions herein
before contained and subject to all the
penalties and requirements contained in
this act except the cost of issuing said per-
nit.
Sec. II. The corporate authorities of all
the cities and villages shall have power to
license, regulate and prohibit the selling
or giving away of any intoxicating malt,
spirituous and vinous, mixed or fermented
liquors, within the limit of such city or
village, the license not to extend beyond
the municipal year in which it shall be
granted, and to determine the amount to
be paid for such license, not less than S400
in villages and cities having not more than
10000 population, nor less than
$500 in cities of the first class and cities
having over 10000 population, Provided,
that the city council in cities, or board
OF trustees in villages, may grant permits
to druggists for the sale of liquors for
medicinal, mechanical and chemical pur-
poses only, subject to forfeiture, and under
such restrictions and regulations as may
be provided by ordinance and subject to
the provisions of section 10 of this act.
Provided further, that in granting Ii
censes or permits such corporate
authorities shall comply with
and be governed by
all the provisions of This act IN regard to
granting of licenses, and all the provisions
and penalties contained in this act shall
be applicable to such licenses and the per-
sons to whom they are granted. Provided
further, that in granting any license the
petition therefor shall be sufficient, if
signed by thirty resident freeholders, or if
there are less than sixty, a majority of the
freeholders in the ward or village where
the sale of such liquors is to take place.
Sec. IS. Any druggist to whom per-
nit may be granted shall keep book pro-
vided by him for that purpose, register
of all the liquor sold or given away by him,
which register shall show the date, kind,
quantity, for what purpose, and to whom
such liquor was sold or given away, which
book shall at all times be open for the in
spection of the public. Any druggist fail
ing to comply with the provisions of this
act shall be guilty. of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, for each and every
offense, shall be fined in a sum not less
than $50, nor more than $50, or imprisoned
in the county Jail not less than ten days,
nor more than thirty days, in the discre-
ton of the court.
Sec. 10. If any person shall be found in
a state Of intoxication he shall be
deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and any peace officer
may, without warrant, and it is hereby
made his duty to take such person into
custody and to detain him in some suitable
place till an information can be made be-
fore magistrate and warrant issued in
due form, upon which he may be arrested
and tried, and, if found guilty, he shall
pay a fine of So and the cost of prOsecu-
ton, or shall be imprisoned in the county
jail not to exceed thirty days; but the mag
istrate before whom such person is tried
and convicted may remit any portion of
said penalty and order the prisoner to be
discharged, upon his giving information
under oath, stating when, where and of
whom he purchased or received the liquor
which produced the intoXicatiOn and the
name and character of the liquor obtained.
In cases arising under this section appeals
may be allowed as in cases of ordinary
misdemeanor within the jurisdiction of the
Justice of the peace.
Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of all
vendors of all malt, spirituous or vinous
liquors under the provisions of this act to
keep the windows and doors of their re-
spective places of business unobstructed
by screens, blinds or other articles. Any
person offending against the provision of
this section shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined in a sum not
less than $40, or be imprisoned in the
county jail not less than ten days or both
at the discretion of the court,
Sec. 81. All acts or parts of acts incOn-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. %. This act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage.
Hop Bitters are the Purest and Best BitterS
Eyer Made.
They ara compounded FRONT Hops, Malt, Bu-
chu, Mandrake and Dandelion-the oldest and
best, ,and most valuable medicines in the world
and contain all the best and most curative prop
erties of all other remedios hoinp the greatest