Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-24
eHE. BOWS SUGGESTIONS.
Which He Sends to the Conmittss
On Temperance.

Gen. Neal Dow has ee-s 70 the commit
tee on temperance Suggestions Of amend
menfs 10 the Maine law-n They are:
l. The same penslres to be impoeed
upon each Of the various violations Of the
Law, except that in cases Of Illegal ;tfsns-
portation the team employed shall be con-
fscsted in addition TO the penalties Of fine
and jail.
3. Keeping Liquors intended for unlav-
full sale; illegal transportation; selling such
liquors; tippiiag shop; common seller;
nuisance-punished By fre Of $500 and
costs and 10 addition thereto, imprisonment
for one year and If the fns is not paid one
year IN addition thereto.
Cases shall no: be continued 70. trial or
sentence bat be promptly tried and fen-
fences promptly imposed. There shall be
no mol pros except the interests Of justice
require il, never as g nsttsf of favor to the
respondent, nor without the consent Of the
court. Reasons for mol pros shall be en-
tered on the docket - matter Of record.
4. Courts shall have no jurisdiction in
the administration Of law; and shall have
no power to diminish or modify in any Way
fixed By this act.
Al ia Ibsc5 VI oppGoA VIZ PoxAs ebsAi
recognize with txo good and sufficient
sareties in the sum Of $1,000, said sureties
70 justify in unilcumbered real estate 10
$4,000. the recognizsnee to be prior lien
On the property.
6. The party to also recogEizs with two
ether good and sufficient sure,ies in the
sum Of $1,000. so that the accused party
will not violate the law during the PEN
dency Of the case. Said sureties shall JUS
tify in the sum Of $1,000 in unincumhered
real estate; the recognizance to be = prior
lien. No party shsll be received q, surety
in any case under this act who has been
covicted or indicted for the violation of
this or any other act relating to intoxicat-
ing liquors.
In every case Of seizure the shop,
saloon, restaurant, eating house o. other
place Of business, except hotels, shall be
closed and locked up By The officers making
the seizure - with q special lock-said
place to remain closed duIing the tendency
of the case.
s In every case all the costs Of what
ever kind incurred, including SIS for lock-
ing and securing premises where liquors
are seized and s25 for an attorneys fee,
shall be charged in the bill of costs.
3. Ia every case the complainant may
employ An attorney to conduc. il before q
trial justice or municipal Of police court.
and il needed before a higher court,
said attorney 10 be paid when the party
pays his bill of costs, in no case said fee to
be paid in any other way.
10. Complaints. warrants and indict-
ments may be amended as q matter of
right and without terms, rs to misnomer of
parties, error in dates. imperfect or errone-
Gus allegations, or in any other way pro-
noting the ends Of justice.
IL. Ii fluids are poured out or otherwise
destroyed by the tenant, assistant or other
persons, when premises aye about to be
searched manifestly for the purpose Of
preventing their seizure by officers author
lied to make euch search aud seizure, said
fluids shall be held to have been intoxicxt.
ing and intended for unlawful sale, and the
sentence and penalties shall be the same as
IL said liquors had been seized and found
to be Intoxicating. In all cases under this
act and all others relating to the unlawful
sale of ntoxicatipg liquors where parties
are convicted, the sentence shall be both
for fine and imprisonment, irrespective Of
any provision to the contrary to the first
section Of Chapter 225 Of the Revised
Statutes or of any other act.
~. In all cases of search and seizure
and prosecutions under this or any other
act relating to Intoxicating liquors, the
names of all parties in the business and of
clerks and ether assistants. in whatever
capacity, may be included in the COM
persons shall be held equally guilty with
the principal or employer, and shall be
lisble to conviction on the same evidence
and subjected TO the same punishment.
ID. Anyone who sells Intoxicating liquors
unlawfully in any building Of whatever
kind, keeps such liquors for unlawful
sale he keeps slso drinking house and
tippiinH chop. is also common seller and
maintains nuisance, and may be charged
with these several offences in one and the
same complaint. warrant or Indictment.
Proof ard conviction of such esle
includes conviction of the other offences
herein named, and the parties shall suffer
the penalties provided in this act for each
and sll Of them. Upon any warrant of
search and seizure, the officer charged with
the same may search the person of the
suspected party or parties and seize all
liquors found upon them. and such parties
shall be held to owner for keeping liquors
intended for unlawful sale and for the
other offences named in this section. ANY
person selling liquor or offering liquor for
sale, or keeping liquor for unlawful sale
upon his person. not in any snop or other
building, may be held to answer 70, such
offences and punished for each and oil such
offences as provided for them in this act.
Il. Officers provided with warrant to
search the premises of any person named
in SAID warrant, may arrest any other per-
son found in possession Of the premises
Temporarily or otherwise, though unknown
to the officers, his name not being in the
warrant. On arraignmens before the court
such person shall be held to disclose his
name, when he shall be proceeded against
in the same manner az if his name had
been known to the court at the first.
Is. Persons found lettering about the
places where Intoxicating liquors are be-
lieved to be sold may be arrested on sight
as Migrants ana idle persons, and shall on
conviction be imprisoned three months in
the county jsil. But they may be held to
answer as % the ownership or occupancy of
the premises where they had been loafiny
and as to the business carried on there and
by whom 1t is carried on and as TO any
other matters relating thereto. After such
examination it ehsll be at the discretion of
tie juaties or judge whether to impose
imprisonment or not ard such person may
be held for aidingl and assisting in the
violation of the law.
Is. Persons arrested for drunkenness
shall be taken before the court and held to
answer q, tn where and Of whom they had
obtained intoxicating liquor at any time
within elk mouths. It shall not be deemed
necessary to state the exact time of such
purchase or gift. Failing to answer they
shall be committed for contempt for such