The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-02-27
AN IMPORTANT LAW.

approved by the Governor. The full text
of the bill as finally passed will be read with
! interest by ALL It is as follows:
An Act to Regulate the Sale Of Spi,ituous,
Nal; and Nnous Liquors.
| Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of uhe State of Oregon:
SECTION l. That no person shall be per-
mitted to sell, spurious, malt or vinous
liquors in this state in quantities less than
one gallon without having first obtained
license from the county court of the proper
county for that purpose.
Sec. 2. Every person obtaining license
to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liquors
shall pay into the treasury of the county
granting such license the sum of three hun
dred dollars per annum, and in the same
proportion for less period; or two hundred
dollars per annum, and in the same propor-
tion for less period for a license to sell malt
liquors only; provided, that no license shall
be granted for less period than six months.
SEC, B. Every person applying for Ii
cense to sell spurious, malt and vinous
liquors, before receiving the same, shall ex-
ecute to such county a bond in the penal
sum of one thousand dollars, with two or
more sufficient sureties, to be approved by
such court, conditioned that he will keep an
orderly house, and that he will not permit
any unlawful gaming or riotous conduct
IN or about his house, and that he will not
open or permit to be opened, his place of
business for the purpose of traffic on the
first day of the week, commonly called Sun
day; that he will not give, sell or supply
spirituous, malt Or vinous liquors to minors
or habitual drunkards, nor to any person at
the time in a drunken or intoxicated con-
dition; and in case of violation of the fore.
going conditions, by any person giving such
bond, he shall be liable to pay fine Of not
less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars for any such violation, to be re-
covered in civil action as hereinafter pre-
scribed, and the bond SO given as aforesaid
by such person shall also be liable to be
prosecuted as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 4. That any person wishing to sell
spirituous, malt or vinous liquors, before
obtaining license, as hereinafter provided,
shall at his own trouble and expense obtain
the signatures of an actual majority of the
whole number of legal voters of the pre-
c:nct in which he may wish to sell such spirit
uous, malt or vinous liquors, to a petition
to said county court praying that said
license be granted; and no applicant shall
be deemed to have majority of the legal
voters of such precinct whose petition does
not contain the names of a number of legal
voters of such precinct equal to majority
of all the votes in such precinct 1T the last
preceding general election and greater than
the.whole number of names of legal voters of
such precinct which may be signed to any
remonstrance against the granting of any
such license,
Sec 5. That when the signatures of an
actual majority of the whole number of
legal voters have been obtained, to be deter
mined as provided in the proceeding Sec
tion, the applicant shall at his own expense.
cause the said petition to be published for
four consecutive weeks in any daily or
weekly newspaper published in said county,
together with notice of the day upon which
he willapply to the county court for such Ii
cense to sell spirituous, malt or vinous
Ii luors; provided, that if there be no daily
or weekly newspaper published in said
county, then the petition and notice herein
specified shall be plainly written and posted
in three of the most public places in such
precinct, and proof of such posting shall be
made by the affidavit of one of the petition
precinct.
Sec. 6. On the applicant producing to
the county court the receipt of the county
treasurer for the payment of the sum here
inbefore prescribed, aud proof of compliance
of all the preceding provisions of this act,
the county court shall give him license of
the character and for the term his receipt
may call for.
Sec. T. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the prosecuting attorney, sheriffs, consta-
bles and justices of the peace, knowing of
any violation of the provisions of this act,
to make complaint thereof to the grand jury
at the next term of the circuit court of the
cou nty in which the oHense may have been
after said violation; and the
moneys collected IN such judgment, except
taxable costs, shall be paid to the treasurer
of the proper county, for the use of the
common schools therein. 1t shall also be
duty of the county clerk to prosecute the
bond given by such applicant, under the
provisions of this act, for any violations of
it's conditions.
SEC. s. Every county clerk, shall on the
first day of the term of each circuit court,
deliver to the grand jury an accurate list of
all persons holding licenses under the pro-
visions of this act, within the county,
which list shall show the date and time of
expiration of each license s.-
SEc.>9 1t shall be the duty of the grand