The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-09-25
AN ACT
To BETTER PREVENT ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN SPIRITUoUs
LIQUORS.


Be it Enacted By the King and the Legislature Of the
Haaoaiian Kingdom
SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful from and after the
passage of this Act for any person persons conducting
or carving on any business or trade for the carrying
of which license is required by the Government or for
any other person except druggists. physicians and IL
censed dealers in sprituous liquors, to have or keep
permit on OF about the premises where such business
any portion thereof is carried on where any portion
of the stock used or kept for such business stored any
spirituous liquors. except for the of those engaged
on the premises and which shall not exceed at any time
Onehalf gallon of wine beer quart of ardent
spirits The definition of the term spirtuOus liquor
herein shall be the is contained in Section of
Chapter LXIV. of the Laws of 1882.
SECTION 2 1t shall be unlawful for any licensed ped
der trader or storekeeper or any bookeeper clerk
employee of such pedder trader storekeeper except
such are licensed to deal in sptuous liquor to forward
to any other person any order for the forwarding sale
purchase of spirituous liquors. with intent that such
spirituous liquors shall be forwarded sold furnished
either directly indirectly by the person persons to
whom such order is sent given to for the use of
any person persons other than the person persons
who shall forward such order.
SECTION g. 1t shall be unlawful for any person, not
being licensed dealer in spirtuous liquors. com
carrier of goods to receive into, have in his pos
session. custody control at any point outside the City
of Honolulu any spirituous liquor with intent to sell,
transfer OF dispose of such piruou liquor any part
thereof to any other person or persons.
SECTION T. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
whether he be a licensed dealer in spirituous liquors
OF not to BILL ship or send by or upon, to place
or cause to be placed board of any steamer ship
or vessel engaged in the carrying trade between any of
the ports of this Kingdom any ptuous liquors with the
intent that the shall be conveyed carried by
upon such steamer ship vessel and delivered to
third person persons except such sptuOus liquor be
plainly labelled with the name and quantity thereof
which label shall be written printed in either the Ha
waan the English language, and shall contain the
of the shipper and the consgnee of such liquor
respectively.
SECTION B. 1t shall be lawful for any police officer to
seize and detan any sprituOus liquor held by any per-
in contravention of Sections l. or Of this Act,
and any liquors seized may be declared by the Court
before which such shall be brought to be forfeited
to the of the Hawaiian Government all liquors
forfeited shall be sOd and the proceeds thereof less
penses of seizure and SALE shall be returned by the Mar
shall to the Treasury a Government realization.
SECTION g. Any person who shall violate any provi-
sion of this Act SHALL upon conviction thereof before
any police district court be fined sum not less than
twenty-five dollars than two hundred dollars
SECTION l. This Act shall take effect from and after
the date of its approval.
Approved this sixth day of September, A. d. 1885
KALAKAUA REX
By THE KING
L. A. THURsToN,
Minister of the Interior