The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1886-03-20
SECS. That if the result of any cleo

| SECS. That if the result of any elec.
ton held uu1er the provisions Of this acl
shall be for or against the sale, then nc
other election shall be held 10 the same
county in less than two years thereafter,
aud then only upon new petition al
aforesaid and by otherwise conforming to
this act. ...I.. ...l..,
SEc..6. That If majority of the legal
votes cast at any election held under the
provisions of this act shall be against the
sale, it shall not be lawful for any person
within the limits Of such county to sell
or barter for valuable consideration,
either directly or indirectly, or give away
to induce trade at any place of business,
or furnish at other public places, any al
coholic, spirituous, vinous, malt Or intoxis
eating liquors or intoxicating bitters, OF
other drinks which If drunk to excess
will produce intoxicatiop under the PEN
laities hereinafter prescribed, but i a ma
jority of the votes cast at any such elec-
1 ton shall be for the sale of such liquors,
thenliccnse to sell the same maybe ordered
by the Board of Supervisors Of the couu-
ty alta regular term or by the proper
municipal authorities, to any male per-
son over the age OF twenty-onc, years,
when such applicant Is resident in the
county where such liquors are to be sold,
who 10 the opinion OF the authority
granting such license shall be of good
li,ral character and sober and suitable
person to receive such license, by the
Recommendation to that effect in wri>
li.g, signed by at least twenty-five real
estate owners in such district or town,
provided said applicant shall make appli-
cation in writing to said Board Of Super
visnrs or, municipal authorities, setting,
forth the place where said liquors are to be
s)ld, and if firm is applying, the names
of all the individual members Of said
firm, which application shall lay overthirty
days at least, before final action thereon
and license shall be granted. unless a
counter petition, signed by a majority OF
the qualified voters within such district
or incorporated town shall be filed ith,
in thirty days next after the filing OF any
such application for license. And in
case license be granted said applicant. he
shall, before commecing the sale Of such
liquors, pay the tax and give the bond as
now provided in chapter 80, Revised Code
1850. Provided further, that ii such ap'
|'pIication for license be contested, ethel
party may appeal from the decision OF the
5,ard OF Supervisors or municipal au-
tnoritles, to the Circuit Court, on giving
b,ud lor costs. And provided further,
mat no election held under the provis.
tons Of this Act, snail in any manner,
whatever the result, be SO construed as to
nj, rtefe with the license or privilege oil
amy person unt,t the expiration Vt his
| erm.
SEC. 7. That the Acts in relation to
the sale of vinous and spirituous liquors,
..s found in Revised Code of 1880, and
Acts amendatory thereof, shall govern
and controlthe granting and issuance OF IL
cense TO sell such liquors, andall private
.cts, or acts Of local application, shall be
N force until the election contemplated
in this Act shall be ordered and held.
Provided, that in no case shall this Act
be construed to repeal any laws prohibi-
Ting the sale of any Intoxicating liquors
at Oxto,d, Starkvile, Clinton, or al any
o,hcr place where there may be any ln'
.titutions of learning chartered by leegls'
lative enacment, or mandatory where
such sale is now prohibited.
SEC. s. That any person who shall Vio'
,ale the provisions of this act, shall DC
guilty of Il misdemeanor, and shall on
conviction be punished tor the first Oh
fense by fine not exceeding fifty dollars
and by Imprisonment in the county jail
not exceeding sixty days; and tor the
second offense by fine of one hundred
dollars and Imprisonment IN the county
iail for four months ;and for the third, or
o.her olIenses, by fine OF flye hundred
dollars and imprisonment in the county
iail for six months. The selling Of liquors
in violation of this Act, shall also be a
nuisance, and the same may be abated by
an appropriate proceeding at law, or en-
Joined on the application OF any ciVizeh
OF this State by Chancery Court OF the
proper county, and there shall oe no
property In any intoxicating, liquors
kept or offered for sale In violation vi
law. :,
SEC. 8. That nothing in this Act shall
be so construed as to prevent the manu-.
.acture of wine or cider for domestic or
sacramental purposes, nor shall anything
herein contained prevent licensed drug
gists from selling or furnishing pure alco'
mol Tor medicinal, art, scientific or me.
chanical purposes; and for every sale OF
wine, the seller shall be guilty OF mis-,
demeanor, and may be punished as pro-
yided by section 8 ofthis Actin reference
to violations thereof, and nothing herein
contained shall eventphysiciansof good
standing in this State, from keeping vln-
Gus, spirituous or malt liquors for use IN
their practice, and dispensing the same
for the use of their patients; Provided
however no such liquors shall be kept by
physicians at any drug store or other
public place, or disposed OF in quantities
of more than one pint, and it shall be un-
lawful for them to sell it at all.
SEC, 10, That this act shall take ei'
feet and be in force from and after Its
passage. 900, 'H
Approved March 12, 1886, r
DIR. Hunter, whom Buckle reckons among
,ho chief benefactors of mankind. speaking