The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-07-25
THE BILL.


Tennessee. That said act be 50
amended as to read as follows:
That 1t shall not hereafter be lawful
for any person to sell, retail, or tip
pie intoxicating liquors, including
wine, ale, and beer as beverage,
within four miles of any school
house public or private, where a
school is Kept, whether the school
be then in session or not, in this
state, and that anyone violating
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be punished by a
fine for each offense of not less than
ten dollars, and imprisonment for
period of not more than six
months.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
that this act shall not apply to the
sale of such liquors within the linn
its of any ward of any Incorporated
town, provided majority of the
qualified voters of the ward in
which the saloon is proposed to be
located, exclusive of those who
may sign a counter petitions shall
petition the Clerk of the County
Court to grant license to retail liq-
ors, such license shall be granted to
applicant within the bounds of such
ward for twelve months after said
petition has been presented. All
such petitions, after being present
ed and filed with said clerk, shall
remain on fi'e one month for con-
sideration and the reception of
counter petitions before being acted
upon. Nor does this act apply to
sales by manufacturers OF such liq-
uors in wholesale packages or
quantities.
Sec. 3. Be it furthur enacted,
That any number of qualified vot-
ers in the ward may petition
against the grant Of license gener-
ally; and any name found on Pc
tition for license and also on a
counter petition shall be counted
against the granting of license, and
the voter shall not afterwards for
twelve months have the right to
withdraw from the counter Pc
tition.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
That license to retail liquors shall
not be granted unless the petition
therefor, with the full names of the
petitioners, be published plainly
and distinctly and so as to be easily
read for three weeks during the
month for which it is required to
remain on file. The publication
must be made in some newspaper
of the county, at the expense
of the applicant, if there
be not a newspaper in the county
willing to publish the same, then a
copy of the petition and names
thereto plainly written shall be
conspiciously posted for said time
in five or more public places in the
ward where it is proposed to sell
Igor. A newspaper publication in
which the names are crowded or
proper capital letters dispensed
with, or in which anything else is
done or omitted to prevent or
which prevents the publication
from being easily read, shall be in
valid.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted,
That any citizen who signs a coun-
ter petition thereto, or who made
written objection to the grant of
any license to retail liquors, may
appeal from the decision of the
Clerk of the County Court granting
such license to the Circuit Court of
county, there to be examined and
determined de novo. But such APP
peal must be demanded and bond
in the sum of two hundred dollars,
conditioned for the payment of the
costs of such, appeal, given, with
two sufficient securities within five
days from the rendition of the de-
cision. On motion in the Circuit
Court the applicant for license shall
be required to give similar bond for
costs.
(1,he Legislature shall amend
and repeal all existing laws so as to
make the whole body of laws on
the subject of retailing consistent
herewith.)
Will the friends who favor the
enactment of this law begin the
agitation at once? Don't wait on
anybody.
Get up a mass meeting in your
town or neighborhood and have
speeches by home talent. The pas