Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-18

selling of intoxicating liquors other
wise than upon prescription issued IN
good faith by reputable physicians in
active practice, or for exclusively
known mechanical. pharmaceutical or
sacramental purposes, but such phrass
does not include the manufacture OF IN
toyicating liquors from the raw
material, and the sale thereof at the
mandatory. by the manufacturer OF
the samein quantities OF one gallon or
more at any one time. tSi y. 22i.
Sec. 8. That the revenues and tines
resulting under the provisions Of this
act shall be distributed as follows, to
wit: In every county three.ienths OF
the money paid as herein provided into
the county treasury on account OF any
business aforesaid carried on 10 any
city, village. hamlet or township therein
shall be passed to the credit OF the
general revenue fund OF the state and
| paid into the State treasury by the
| county treasurer as is provided 10
other cases: five tenths oil the money
| SO paid, shall. upon the warrant OF the
| county auditor, be paid on account OF
any business aforesaid carried on in
any such municipal corporation into
| the treasury of sail corporation, one-
half TO the credit OF the police fund.
| and one-half to the credit OF the
general revenue fund thereof provided,
| in corporations having no police fund
| the entire FIVE tenths shall be passed to
the credit Of the general revenue fund
thereof: and the remaining two.tentbs
part thereof. together with all other
revenues resulting hereunder in said
| county, shall be passed to the credit
of tho poor fund az said &C unity; pro
vided. that 10 all counties in which
there is no county infrDiary said re-
maining twn,tenths part thereof shall
be passed TO the credit of the intirmary
fund or the poor fund Of tue township.
village or city in which the same shall
have been collected and in such coun-
ties, when the money is paid on
account OF any business carried on in
any township outside OF any such
municipal corporation, said fivssteDths,
also, shall be passed to the credit OF
the iniirmary fund or the poor fund OF
said township; and provided, that in
counties having city of the hrs, grade
OF the first class with Il city iDtirmary
and a county intirmary, tho aoovs
two. tenths part shall he divided as fol-
lows: TIE city infrnary fund shall
1
all the money SO paid in said city Of
the first grade OF tho first class; the
county inhrmary fund shall have passed
to its credit two.tenths OF all the
money SO paid in by any village, hamlet
or township in ssid county outside OF
said city OF the first grade OF the first
class and the above five tenths part of
ali tho money SO paid in by any town
ship outside OF any municipal corpora.
tion shall he paid into the treasury OF
such township, to be distributed by
the order of the trustees Of said town
ship to the general revenue fund and
poor relief fund, IN such proportions as
said trustees may deem proper t92 Y. 81.
Sec. 10. That within 10 days after the
passage of this act, each county audi
tor in the Stata is hereby directed ia
publish, by ono insertion in some news
paper OF general circulation 10 his
county, notice informing all persons
engaged in the traffic in Intoxicating
liquors that the first assessment in
posed by this act will be due and pay
! able on or heiors the Goth day of June
! A. D., 1856. The attorney general AMI
, the prosecuting attorneys of the seyera
counties are charged With 'the duty o
: seeing that the requirements OF THU
section ARG r8bsorved, and may epfcrc
the same, il necessary by proceedings il
, maniamus. The county commissioner
2 of the respective counties may ALLOW
e their county auditor reasonable CON
e pensatiou for the discharge OF th
duties imposed upon him by this act
1873 V. lG9.l
See. IL. That the sale of intoxicatin!
. liquors. whether distilled, malt o
; vinous, on the ;irst day of the week
commonly called Sunday, except by
regular druggist on the written pre-
e scription of a REGULAR practicing ply
!, stefan for medical purposes only, i
! hereby declared to be unlawful, and
T. places where sd2b Intoxicating liquor
o are on other days sold or exposed fc
:, sai4, except regular drug stores, sha
I on that Gay be- closed ami whoeve
q makes any such sale or allows any sue
y place to be open or remain open on ths
Il day shall be fined 10 any sum not eS
IS ceeling 500 aud not less than S25 an
u be imprisoned in the county jail or cit
prison not less than 10 days and ne
II exceeding 30 days. In regular hotel
is and eating. houses the word place
|: herein nse,I shall bc helj to mean tn
" room or part OF room where sue
q liquors are usually sod or exposed fl
is sale and the kecpiug of such room :
lie part of room securely closed shall |
p held, as to such hotels and eating
10 houses, as closing of the place With
le the meaning of this act. And IAN
N municipal corporation shall have fu
Vi pnwRr TO regulate, restrain and prt
" hibit ale, beer and porter houses, ar
T. other places whnre Intoxicating liquol
~ are sold at retail for any purpose or
q any quantity other shan is provide
o. for in section OF thIH act. as amendt
to March 2lst, 1887. But il any municip
ii corporation shall prohibit ale, beer an
g. porter houses. or other places whel
S. Intoxicating liquors are sold within tt
ut limits of such corporation, ratab
g, proportion of the tax paid ny the pr
10 pfietors thereof for the unexpired pc
H. ton Of the year shall be returned
such proprietors. $50 Y. 2G0l.
ali Sec. Il. Whoever sells intoxicatir
,h liauors TO minor except on the write
d, order of his parent, guardian
ID family physician, or TO a person intoy
ld Gated or in the habit of getting intoS
a Gated, shall be find not more than 81
~ nor less than SO, and imprisoned n
lie moro than 30 nor less than five days.
t, Sec. IL Tho cbrogatiun or repeal
he any section or clause OF this act shi
be not be held to obrogate or repeal al
lie other section or clause thereof.
81 Soc II. Section 69il of tho Reyis
lr, Statutes is hereby repealed.
ho Sec. 10. This act shall take effa
H. aud he in force from and after its pa