The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

postage, stationery and travelling expenses
not to exceed in all fifty dollars i'll any year
to be allowed by the auditor of accounts.
SEC. 2. So much of section of act 80
of the Laws of 1886, as relates to compen.
satiOn of county commissioner, is hereby re.
pealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect Decem.
Der l, 1888.
Approved October 81, 1888.
THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1856.
His hereby enacted By the General assembly o.
Tho State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Number II of the Public Acts of
1886 is hereby amended by inserting after the
seventh word of the seventh line of the first
section the words, three thousand eight hundred
and hiTty-tUO
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November 27, 1888.
No. 42.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
VISED LAWS.
II is hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
The State Of Vermont;
SEC. /. Section three thousand eight hun
dred and two of the Revised Laws is hereby
amended to read as fOllOws
If person by himself, clerk, servant, or agent,
sells, furnishes, or gives away, or owns keeps;
or possesses with intent to sell, furnish or give
away intoxicating liquor or cider in violation of
law, he shall forfeit for each oifense to the state
upon the first conviction not less than live nor
more than one hundred dollars, and may also
be imprisoned, in the discretion of the court
not more than thirty days; upon the second and
reimbursement conviction, not less than ten nor
more than two hundred dollars for such otfense,
and shall also be imprisoned not less than one
month nor more than one year.
SEC. =. Section three thousand eight hun
bred and three of the Revised Laws is hereby
amended by striking out the following words;
"Such forfeiture may also be recovered in an
action of debt in the name of the state, and the
states attorney shall institute and prosecute such
action, on being informed of such otfense, and
furnished with evidence thereof, unless it is
otherwise prosecuted for"
SEC. 3. All laws inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This act shall only apply to violations
subsequent to the time it takes effect. As to all
previous violations the law as it now exists shall
be and is hereby continued in force, and the
jury by their verdict shall say what violations
were before and what after the taking effect of
this act.
SEC 3. This act shall take effect on the LIST
day of December, a. d., 1888.
Approved November 26, 1885,
No. 43.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 1863
OF THE REVISED LAWS, ENTITLED
1.-THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING
LIQUORS.
Il is hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Section 3S47 of chapter 1863 of the
Revised Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows: Cases arising under this chapter
shall take precedence of other trials in the court
in which they are pending except those in Grim
innl Nvhppa tho rpsunudauts uudpr n
rest, and the court shall neither direct nor per-
init the prosecuting officer to enter a ROlie pro-
SeqW, or grant continuance in case arising
under this chapter, either at the term when such
case is entered or at any subsequent term, eX-
cept for cause stated in open court, and where
the purposes of justice clearly require it.
SEC. 2. When a person prosecuted under
chapter 169 of the Revised Laws and amend
ments thereto, either before justice Of the peace
or in the county court, upon appeal or otherwise,
shall give bail for his appearance for trial before
such court and shall fail to appear and shall
forfeit his recOgnzance, it shall be the duty of
the states attorney for the county where such
offense was committed, forthwith to apply to the
court having jurisdiction, for a bench warrant
for the re-arrest of such respondent, wheTeupOn
trial shall be had as speedily as the ends of
justice will permit, and for each successive for
fixture of recognizance in such case, if there
shall be more than one, a like procedure shall
be had until trial of the case, and it shall like
wise be the duty of such states attorney to
prosecute every such forfeiture to final judy
ment. The states attorney failing to prosecute
as aforesaid, shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November ~, 1883.
No. Alan ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 1913 OF THE REVISED LAWS,
RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT OF
PERSONS FOUND INTOXICATED.
IL IS hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Section 1913 of the Revised Laws is
hereby so amended as to read as follows
When person is convicted of the crime of in
toxication, If the court before whom the conyic-
ton is had shall deem it advisable, he may, upon
payment of the taxable costs by the respondent,
remit the fine in whole or in part, or delay the
collection of the same for definite time not
exceeding two years, such time to be fixed in the
record. II at any time within the period fixed
upon in such record, such court shall consider
that the public good or the well being of the
respondent requires, he may issue a mittimus for
the commitment of such respondent.
Approved November 26, 1885,
No. 45.-AN ACT RELATING TO THE
TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
IL is hereby enacted by the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
EOEC. L. In all cases where now Dy any OF tine
provisions of chapter 1863 of the Revised Laws,
and the amendments thereto, an officer is author
lied to seize intoxicating liquors, the vessels
containing intoxicating liquors by virtue of a
warrant therefor, he may seize the same without
a warrant.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of any sheriff or
his deputy, or any constable, 10 search, without
warrant, any wagon, carriage, cart, sleigh, sled
or other conveyance, that is being drawn through
or along any road or street in this state also any
trunk, box, handbag satchel, bundle cloth
ing that is being conveyed, carried or worn
along any road street in this state, for ntoX-
icating liquor, if such officer shall suspect any
liquor is kept or concealed therein.
SEC. 3. When an officer seizes intoxicating |
liquors without warrant, by virtue of this act,
he shall forthwith make a written complaint I'M
der oath and subscribed by him, to a justice of |
the peace of the county in which said liquor |
was seized, and shall summon the owner or
keeper of said liquor, If known to him. to appear
forthwith before said justice and thereupOn the
same proceedings shall be had as are provided |
for in section 1919 of the Revised Laws.
SEC, 4. When the owner or keeper is UNI
known to the officer, the same proceedings shall
be had as are provided for in section $500 of the
Revised Laws.
SEC. 8. When the owner or keeper of intox-
icating liquor seized under the provisions Of this
act appears to make claim 10 such liquor, the
same proceedings shall be had as are provided
for in chapter 1863 of the Revised Laws.
SEc.6. If any person shall by himself or other
person persons haul or convey any intoxicating
liquor through or along any road or street in
this state, to be kept, furnished, distributed
sold or given away contrary to law, such person
or persons shall forfeit and pay 10 the treasurer
of the state, upon the first conviction, ten dol
lars and cost of prosecution; and upon the sec
ond conviction, twenty dollars and the cost of
and be imprisoned in the house of
correction for thirty days, and upon each subse-
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