The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-22

Full Text o: the Measure Is FiaaIIy Seat
10 the GoyeruOr.

10 the Goyern0r.
The following is the Nicholson
bill as finally passed:
An act to regulate and restrict the
sale Of intoxicating, spirituous, vim
Gus and malt liquors and providing
penalties for violation OF the same.
Section /. BE it enacted by the
general assembly Of the state Of In
diana, that hereafter all persons APP
plying for license before the board
lof county commissioners, under the
existing law Of the state Of Indiana,
to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or
other intoxicating liquors, shall in
!, such application, specifically de-
scribe the room in which he desires
Ito sell such liquors, and the exact
location of the same, and if there is
more than one room in the building
lin which said liquors are intended
Ito be sold, said applicant shall spe-
officially describe and locate the
room in which he desires to sell
such liquors in such building.
Provided, that no license shall be
granted to any other than a male
person over the age Of II years, and
who shall at the time be OF good
moral character, and provided, fur
ther, that no such person shall be
deemed of good moral character il
within two years Of the time when
such application is made ne shall
have been adjudged guilty the sec
,, ond time Of violating any Of the pro
= visions of this act.
Sec.2. All persons holding license
:, ,lissued under the law Of the state o
Indiana authorizing the sale Of spir
itous, vinous, malt or other intox
icating liquors in less quantitie'
!. than a quart at time shall provid'
= for the sale Of such liquors in a room
!, separate from any other business o
any kind, and no devices for amuse
. ment, or music Of any kind or cha
! racter, or partitions Of any kind
y shall be permitted in such room
And provided, further, that if sue
! applicant for license desires to carr
T" on any other or different busines
, he shall state the same in bis appll
= cation for license, and the sam
= may be granted or refused by th
board of commissioners hearing sue
l. .application, and such permission
shall be stated in the license,
! granted.
!. I, Sec. 3. Any room where spirit
= ous, vinous, malt or other intoxl
= eating liquors are sold by virtue Q
a license under the law Of the stat
!, of Indiana, shall be SO arranged tina
:; the same shall be securely close
: = and locked, and admission theret
= prevented, and all persons exclude
!, therefrom, upon all days and hour
Z" upon which the sale of such liquor
are prohibited by law. 1t is here
by made unlawful for the proprieta
of such a place, and the bushes
y herein contemplated Of selling In
toxicating liquors, to permit an
person or persons other than him
= self and family to 60 into such roor
and place where intoxicating liquor
are sold upon such days and houl
of when the sale Of such liquors is pr
ar hibited by law. The tact that an
- person or persons are permitted
be in, or 20 in or out OF such room
- upon any day or hour when II
= sales Of such liquors are prohibite
,s by law, shall be prima facie ev
% dence Of guilt upon the trial OF
% cause charging the proprietor
3S9 D. such room with violating the law
s5 the sale Of such liquors upon sue
D. days or hours.
os Sec. 4. Any room where intox
~ eating liquors are sold by virtue
as a license issued under the laws
% % the state Of Indiana, for the sale
e. spurious, vinuous, malt or other il
toxicating liquors in less quantiti
than quart at q time, with Pc
mission to drink the same on u
premises, shall be situated upt
the ground floor or basement OF q
no building where the same are sol
fic and in a room fronting the street
in highway upon which said buildil
he is situated. and said room shall
.en so arranged, either with window
an glass door, as that the whole OF 50
room may be in view Of the str
-, or highway upon which the same
81; situated, during such days q
- hours when the the sale Of gu
CO. 80 liquors are prohibited by law. I
,ho on conviction ior the violation
,,s this, or either OF the foregoing .
80 tons Of this act, the defendant Oh
"a be fined in aLy sum not less III
as SO nor more than 500, TO VIII
g q may be added imprisonment in
a. county jail not exceeding 80 da
80 and, in case Of conviction for
second offense, either upon = p