Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-04

Grand Jury of the County or any

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Said book shall show the
amouat and kind of liquor pro
cured. the date of receipt. amount
sold and amount on hand of each
kind at the end of each month.
Sec. 10. Any dispenser OF
clerk who shall make false en~
try in any return required to be
made oy this Act or shall make
false oath touching any natter
r. quired to be sworn to under
this Act Or under the rules pres
scribed by the County Commis.
sioners, shall upon conviction be
punished by Jaw for perjury.
Sea- II. Every person who
shall directly or Indirectly
keep or maintain by him
self or by associatilig Or combin,
ing with others, or who shall in
any manner aid, assist Or abet in
keeping or maintaining any club
room or other place in which
intoxicating liquors are received
or kept for use, barter Or sale as
a beverage or for distribution or
division among its members. the
purpose being to avoid the pro
visions of this Act, shall upon
conviction be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and be punished by
a fue Of not less than one hun
dred Dollars or Imprisonment for
a term of not less than three
months,
That one half of all fines in
such cases go to the informer
and one half To the school fund
Of the County.
Sec. -. When failure of any
dispenser to make return to the
Treasurer as prescribed in the
foregoing Section, it shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to report
the same to the County Commis-
sioners and they, the County
comm ssioners, shall at once sum
mon the dispenser before them
to show cause why bis appoint>
ment should not be revoked. If
good cause cannot be given, the
County Commissioners shall
notify the Solicitor of the Judi-
cial District and he shall proceed
to enforce the penalties prescrib
ed in this Act.
Sec. 13. All phases where
alcoholic liquors are manufac-
tured if sold, bartered Or given
away in violation of this Act
those SO convicted shall be guilty
OF a misdemeanor and be fined
fifty dollars, one half to be paid
to the informer and one half into
the school fund of the county.
Sec IA That when any
Solicitor neglects or refuses to
perform any duty or to take
steps required of him by any of
the provisions of the preceding
section Or by any of the provi-
sions of this Act the Attorney
General shall cause prosecu-
ton against the Solicitor to be
instituted not only in the matter
of neglect but also a prosecution
for malfeasance or other charges
justified by facts.
Sec. Is The expense Of MAIN
taiuing said dispensaries shall
be paid out of the funds arising
from sales thereat and each ac-
count shall be kept separate and
apart, the amount expended in
establishing the same being re-
turned to the county fund as soon
as may be.
Sec. 16. That all laws or
clauses of laws in conflict with
the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed, provided this
repeating clause shall be con-
strued to apply only as the same
effects the County of Wayne.
Sec. II This Act shall be in
force from and after May 1st
1897.
AN IMPORTANT NEGRO CON
FERENCE.
On the Oath of February the
annual Tuskegee negro confer
ence will be held at Tuskegee,
Ca, and on the next day a con-
ference will be held to be COM
posed of representatives of the
various religious and other or