The Portland daily press., 1895-01-22
LEGALIzED LIQUOR SELLING.
A Bill Proposed, to Make the Gov
ern0r Chief Agent.
And Do Away With the State Agency--The
Text of the Bill Regarding the Handling
and Selling by Town Agencies-Other
Legislative Doings Yesterday.
(Special to the PRESS. }

NE9p0Cldl W uAC 1eICSIJ
Augusta, January 1.-There was one im-
portant measure presented at the brief
session OF the legislature this afternoon. 1t
is bill which is designed to abolish the
present state liquor agency and place the
purchase and sale of liquor for town
agencies directly under the control of the
governor and council, who are authorized
to hire an agent and to maintain store
house for the purpose. The bill was pre-
sented by Mr.. Williams of Augusta, who has
been largely instrumental in framing 1t. 1t
was drawn, however by State Librarian
Carver. 1t is as follows:
Section 1.-For the purposes of lawful
sale, the state shall furnish the municipal
Office of its towns with liquors at the cost Of
actual procuring. keeping and dispensing
the same. The governor and council from
time to time shall procure in the name of
the state, pure unadulterated Intoxicating
liquors in convenient receptacles, and of
such kinds and quantities as may be lie
quired. and shall furnish municipal officers
of towns witk the same in the original un-
broken packages, to be kept and sold by
said towns for medicinal. mechanical and
manufacturing purposes only.
Section 2.-The governor and council
shall designate the place where said liquors
shall be kept and stored, and shall cause all
such liquors to be placed and kept therein
in the original, unbroken packages. They
shall fix the price as to which such liquors
shall be sold in con formity with the pro-
visions of this act. They may employ
store keeper, who shall give bonds approved
by them, and shall receive wages for his
services at the rate of $1,000 year, and may
bo removed at the pleasure OF the governor.
Section 3.-Said store keeper shall have
charge .all such liquors in the place where
they are stored and shall dispense the same
to the municipal officers of towns. where
town liquor agencies are established. He
shall ship liquors TO such municipal officers
of such kinds and in such quantities., as
they may in writing order. Such liquors
shall be sold and delivered to the municipal
officers aforesaid iii the original. unbroken
packages and not otherwise. Said store
keeper shall keep an accurate account of
the kinds ard quantities of liquors sold the
dates of shipment to each town, the name
of each purchaser and the prices thereof;
and on the tenth day of each month be shall
file with the governor and council a true
conx of such account for the month next
nreceding. and shall verify the same under
oath. All money received by him or any
other person from the sales of such liquors
TO municipal officers shall be turned into
the state treasury at the end of each mouth.
All liquors purchased under the authority
of tbis act shall be paid for by warrants
duIv drawn on the state treasurer.
section 4 provides that municipal officers
shall buy liq uors for town agency only at
The state dispensary, and that no other
nersons shall be allowed to buy liquors
there.
section 5.-If municipal officer buys or
nrocnres any Intoxicating liquors TO be sold
accordine to law, at any other place or any
other persons except those specified in the
nreoeding section, or if he or any person:in
his employment; or by his direction. sells
or offers for sale any such liquors that have
been decread to be forfeited or causes any