The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-12-26
hereby farthss amended. - - - xsaA - sal

SECT. IA The governor with the advice and
consent Of the council. shall appoint . COM
missioner 70 furnish municipal 0taosrs Of towns
cd. Intoxicating liquors, to b kept and sold
for medicinal. mechanical and manufacturing
purposes. Said commissioner shall reside IN
this state and shall have his place Of business
In this state, at such place a. shall b approved
BY the governor and council, and ehau hold
his of1ics for tho term Of four years, unless
Woo and consent Of tho council, and until an
other u appointed In his stead. and shell be
paid an annual salary Of fifteen hundred dok
ury. He shall BE- allowed reasonable expenses
OF ONCE, and present his account, under oath,
with vouchers therefor to the governor and
Of the preceding month, Who shall audit the
same and direct payment from the state treas
ury. He shau also be entitled to interest on
the average capital actually invested by him
n his stock OF liquors, to DO determined BY
he governor q nd council
SECT. .. Tue commissioner shall keep in
stock, at all times at his said place of business
In this state, sufficient stock OF liquors 70 sup
lily the demands Of oil duly authorized town
cad city agencies Of this state for not exceed
ing two months. and all such agencies shall pc
supplied from said stock 80 kept At his said
place OF business in this state, and nom NO
other source and in no other manner: II the
governor and council are OF opinion that said
stock than Is necessary to comply with the pro-
visions of this act, they may direct him to dis
continue purchases until said stock is reduced
cohol. whiskey. brandy. rum and gin hereafter
purchased by such commissioner, otherwise
than in bottles, as hereinafter provided. shall
business in this state by competent assayer.
appointed by the governor and council. But
the governor and council may authorize the
purchase, by the commissioner, Of any OF said
kinds Of liquors, In bottles, If deemed expedi-
emit, and in such case may cause the same To be
Inspected and tested In such manner Us they
may determine, All other Intoxicating liquors
purchased by the commissioner shall be In
spccted, tested or analysed, by competentaS-
sayer, at said place Of business, In such man
ner as the governor and council may direct.
All intoxicating liquors shall be purchased
subject to such analysis, test or inspection, to
be reshipped to the seller at the sellers e1-
pense, II found to be impure. The commits
sioner shall not sell such liquors, nor deliver
them to the authorized agencies OF cities and
towns, unless so analysed, tested or inspected
as aforesaid, at the place Of business Of said
compensation of such assayers shall be hxed
by the governor and council, and with their
reasonable expenses, shall be paid out Of the
state treasury.
SECT. 5. On the back of each invoice ofliquors
sold as aforesaid, to towns and cities, shall be
written or printed copy OF the assayers
analysis, or certificate OF inspection, certified
to by said commissioner, and it shall be the
duty Of the agents Of such cities and towns to
preserve such invoices and certidcates for
public inspection, for one year after receiving
price actually paid by the commissioner fol the
liquors. and the price at which they are sold to
the city or town.
SECT. 1. The commissioner IL prohibited
from borrowing money Of any party or parties
of whom he may purchase liquors. He shall
not sell to municipal officers Of this state any
inspected or tested and found to be pure. in the
manner aforesaid, under q penalty Of not less
than one hundred or more than i've hundred
dollars, to be recovered by Indictment He shall
10 Of IA nff3n for SnN my
ated liquors and for all malt liquors sold to
them. zen per cent above the cost thereof at the
place where they were by him purchased, and
pay the same over to the state treasurer ON or
before the first day OF January, annually.
SECT. s. The commissioner shall on or before
the last day Of each month, report to the gov
which liquors have been sold, of the persons
buying for said towns, the kind and quantity
cold to each, and the price paid for the same.
the governor and council of all liquors pur-
chased by him, enumerating the different
kinds and the quantity OF each kind. price paid
parties Of whom the liquors were purchased.
and their place Of business and date of pur-
chase.
SECT. 6. Tho commissioner shall before
entering upon the duties Of his office. give q
bond to the treasurer Of state, in the penal sum
of not less than ten thousand dollars, for the
benefit Of the state as well as for the benefit Of
such towns as may be injured by breach of
Of his duties and compliance with such regula-
lions and conditions as the governor and coun-
Gil prescribe. In case of his resignation. re-
mOval from office OF death, and the appoint
ment Of a successor, the stock of liquors
remaining on hand at the time of his resigna-
ton, removal or death, shall be taken at cost
by the new commissioner, after the same shall
have been analysed or tested by an assayer, to
be appointed by the governor and council,
and found to be pure; and he shall. before ent-
ering upon his Office, pay for the same In cash,
nr sptf a he IN nf
decess0r or his legal representatives.
SECT. Z. Hereafter whenever any town or
city agency shall have been abolished, the
commissioner shall receive back all such
liquors purchased Of the liquor commissioner
as they may have remaining on hand, after the
same shall have been analysed or tested, and
found 70 be pure and unauthorized, under such
conditions anG regulations as the governor and
SECT. 8. Tho commissioner shall keep o
sample Of all spirituOuS liquors analysed,
labelling the same, and marking them by num-
Der or otherwise, to conform with the assayer's
certificate, and shall keep such samples during
may cause the commissioners stock to be in
spected at any time by competent assayer.
committee OF the executive council shall
visit the commissioners place of business as
careful and complete examination Of the rec
ords Of the Office, including all the bills Of pur.
ohases and accounts Of sales. The governor Ia !.
any exist; and refusal on the part Of said COM
missioner to comply with their order or direo-
tons relative thereto shall be good and sufa-
cient cause for immediate removal from office.
SECT. 9. The governor and council are here
by directed to cause an inspection OF the stock
In each town or city agency, at least once In
each year In towns, and twice In each year In
cities, and for that purpose they are hereby
authorized to employ competent aSsayers and
empower them to enter at such times as they
may be directed by the governor and council,
and without notice. any city or town agency
in this state to test the purity OF all OF the In
toxicating liquors kept therein. And the gov
examination on complaint Of the municipal
officers in town and at the expense Of such
town. Any assayer making any examination
provided for by this section, shall examine tho
Invoices Of the liquors purchased, and COM
pare his analysis with that written or printed
on such invoices. He shall report Immediately
the result of his examination to the municipal
officers, and also to the governor and council
SECT. 10. Upon petition and representation,
in writing, to any single justice OF the supreme
judicial court, in term time or vacation, OF ten
or moro well known tax payers OF any city or
town in which a liquor agency is established
that said agency ts being conducted In vtola-
ton or evasion Of the law creating the eames
specifying In said petition the violation COM
planned Of such justice, after reasonable notice
| to said city or town, If, upon hearing, 1t ts
shown that said agency 70 mot being conducted
/ in accordance with tho law authorizing the
establishment of the same, may order said
agency closed, and tho liquors found therein
forfeited to the state.
SECT. II. II q municipal onicer buys any In
toxicat1ng liquors, to be sold according to law,
l 0f RnV Nfhnr noPN0n than the nmmiA6iOnAr.