Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-24

oohcr towns from Gardiner pond or an1
other source of supply. The capital stock
is nxed at $50, 900 with power t, incrsas
1t to 800, 0o0 and the town of Wis,asse,
is authorized to make contracts with tbe
company and raise the money necessary
to carry them out.
Mr. Plummer of Dexter presented a hill,
to amend section 8, chapter go Revised
Statutes, as amended by chapter 1853, laws
OF 1893, SO that notice may be given in
a newspaper in any town adjoining the
county in which premises subject to action
under the law are situated; to amend
sec. 3S, chap. CD, Revised Statutes, SO that
similar provision may apply to probate
notices under the statute: to amend sec
ton 80, chap. SO, in the same manner
and also section 33, chapter 70.
Another Liquor Agency Bill.
Senator Shaw introduced bill to
amend the State liquor agency law, sec.
l, section 159, chap. 81 of the Revised
Statutes, as amended by Sec l, chap. 40
of the Public Laws of 1887, is hereby
amended by striking out all of said sec
ton and inserting in lieu thereof, the fol-
lowing:
The Governor shall appoint three mem
bers OF the executive council, who shall
constitute and are hereby made a COM
mittec to purchase pure and unadulterated
Intoxicating liquors to be furnished
municipal officers of the towns of said
State for sale through town agencies in
the State for medicinal, mechanical and
manufacturing purposes.
The Governor and Council shall desig-
nate clerk or storehouse keeper to take
charge of and keep all Intoxicating liquors
purchased as aforesaid, and the same shall
be placed and stored in some suitable
storehOuse in this State designated by the
Governor and approved by the council, and
when sold shall be shipped therefrom to
such town agencies. Said clerk or store
house keeper, under the supervision and
direction of such committee Of the execu
tive council, shall furnish intoxicating
liquors purchased as aforesaid, to the
municipal officers of towns in this State
where agencies shall be established; said
liquor to be kept and sold by such towns
only for medicinal, mechanical and manu-
featuring purposes.
For all liquors so sold to such NUM-
cipal officers no more than--per cen
tum, above the actual cost thereof delv
cred at such stOrehousc in this State, shall
be taken from or charged to said towns
and all sums due from any town on ac-
count of such purchase shall be paid by
said town to the State treasurer within 30
days after delivery of said liquor. Said
committee shall cause such books of &C
count and records to be kept as may be
prescribed by the Governor and Council;
and such clerk or storehouse keeper shall
give bonds to the treasurer of the State
for the faithful performance of his duties,
as may be required by the Governor and
Council, said clerk or storehouse keeper
and any other necessary clerk employed by
the Governor and Council shall receive
such compensation as the Governor and
Council may fix and be removable at their
pleasure.
All intoxicating liquors, purchased, as
aforesaid, after their arrival at such store
house in this State, shall be tested by
competent assayer, and certified by him
to be pure and unauthorized, before they
shall be shipped to any town agency.
The Governor and Council are hereby
authorized to employ competent assayer
and empower him to enter, at any time
and without notice, any town agency in
this State to test the purity of the whole
or any part of any intoxicating liquors
kept therein.
All liquors purchased as aforesaid and
all the expense of assaying as herein
authorized and all incidental ex-
penses connected with the purchase,
keeping and sale of liquors to NUM-
cipal officers as herein specified shall
be paid by the State treasurer upon
warrants drawn by the Governor and
Council therefor.
Sec. 2 section Is, chapter ~. Revised
Statutes, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 49, Immediately after the desig-
nation of such 'lcrk or storehouse Keeper,
the Governor shall issue to the munlclpal
officers of towns, notice of his name and
place of business, and such officers shall
buy such intoxicating liquors as they may
keep to sell for the purposes specified mere
in of such clerk or storehousc Keeper ana
of no other person.
Sec. 8. Sec IS of chapter q, Revised
Statutes is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows;
Sec. IS. Such committee of the eXecu-
tive council shall keep a record IN SUIT
able book of the amount of Intoxicating
liquors purchased by them specifying the
kind and quality of each and the price
paid and they shall also cause to be kept
record of the towns in which liquors are
sold and of persons buying of said towns
the kind and quantity of liquor soid TO
each and the price paid for same and snail
make report thereof to the Governor ana
Council, annually in December to the last
doy of the preceding month to be laid by
them before the Legislature.
Sec. 4. Section 81 of chap. -, OF the
Revised Statutes as amended by section
II of chap 40 of the Public Laws OF
1887 is hereby amended by adding the
section following: "And all liquors SOLD
or authorized to be sold by such city or
town and percentage of profit, above the
cost of such liquors delivered at such city
or town agency, sufficient to pay actual
expense of maintaining such city OF
town agency, may be charged by SAID