Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-03-31

Teunissons State Prohibition bill
which was indefinitely postponed in
the Senate by vote of IS to u:
\ BILL to be entitled an act to prohibit the sale
Of. or giving away to induce trade. alcoholic,
Spirituous vin0uS, malt or fermented liquors,
i'll any quantity. i'll any county i'll the state or
Mississippi and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Mississippi, That
hereafter it shall be unlawful for any
| to induce or to promote trade, or to
any way traffic in or dispose of for a con-
sideration, in any county in the State
of Mississippi, alcohol, or alcoholic,
spirituous or malt liquors, or intoXicat-
ing drinks, or mixtures containing al
cohol, in any quantity, except as herein
provided and any person violating any
of the provisions of this Act shall, upon
conviction, be punished by fine of not
less than one hundred dollars, or i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for not
less than one month nor more than
three months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment and shall forfeit to the
State all such stock in trade owned or
held in trust for sale by such person.
SEC = Nothing in this Act shall be
so construed as to permit any person
from manufacturing wine for his own
family use, from grapes or berries grown
in this State, nor from selling such wine
for sacramental purposes; but no alco-
hol or alcoholic spirit, in any form or
quantity shall be used in the manu-
facture of wine, or mixed or mingled
with wine, made and sold for sacrament
al purposes. If any person shall VIC
late the provisions of this section, he
shall upon conviction be punished as
provided in the first section of this
Act.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be lawful to sell
brandy, whisky, wine, and standard di-
etetic preparations containing same, for
medicinal purposes; also alcohol for
medicinal, mechanical and scientific
purposes, as restricted and provided
for in this section, and for this purpose
one regularly licensed pharmacist,
practicing pharmacy i'll the county,
may be appointed by the judge or
chancellor of that judicial district, in
each town or city, and when in county
where there is no town or city, one for
the county, to sell as this section pro-
vides, and for no other purpose. And
such pharmacist shall enter into bond
of two thousand dollars, with two or
more sureties, to be approved by the
judge or the chancellor, conditioned on
the faithful performance of such sales
as herein provided and in such places
only for the term of one year from the
date of his appointment. And such
appointee may be removed, for cause,
at the discretion of the judge or chan
cellor. Such sales shall be made only
between the hours of six o'clock a. m.
and 6 o'clock p. m. but shall not be
made on Sunday.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, that a
pharmacist selling brandy, etc, under
the provisions of section of this Act,
shall be required to keep book in
which to register such sales of brandy,
etc, with blanks properly ruled therein,
which blanks shall be filled by the
pharmacist at the time of each such
sale, as follows: Date of sale, purpose
sold for, quantity sold, number of pack
ages sold, and name of the purchaser,
to be signed by the purchaser himself
and such register of sales of brandy,
etc, shall be open and free for the in
spection and examination by any citi-
zen desiring to do so; and such regis
ter of sales shall be presented by the
pharmacist to the judge or chancellor
of the district for his inspection and
examination, at each term of his court.
Each package containing brandy, whis-
ky, dietetic preparations or alcohol, so
sold, shall be labeled, and such labels
shall show the number of the package
sold, date of sale, purpose for what it
is sold, time of such sale, and to whom
sold Such labelling shall be plainly
and legibly done, and such package, if
it should be refilled by the pharmacist,
shall be relabeled also by him, at the
time of such refilling and selling.
Sec. 5. Any person who shah violate
any of the provisions of this Act, in re-
gard to the sale of brandy, whisky, di
etc preparations and alcohol, shall
upon conviction be punished by fine
and Imprisonment as provided in the
first section of this Act, for each Of
Tense; and this act shall take effect
and be in force on and after the first
day of July, 1893