Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-04-29
THE LIQUOR LAW.

| SUrlCUlOn ana regulation Vi tue
| the Manufacture and Sale ofSpirituou $
and Intoxicating Liquors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Sttte of South Dakota:
SECTION l. That in all townships,
towns, cities and precincts of this state
there shall be annually paid the follow
| ing licenses upon the business of manu-
featuring, selling or keeping for sale,
by all persons whose business IN whole
OF in part consists in selling or keeping
| for sale or manufacturing in this state
distilled, malt or brewed liquors, as
| follows:
Upon the business of selling or offer
ing for sale any Spirituous, yinous, malt,
| brewed, fermented, or other intoXca-
| ting liquors, at retail, or any mixture
or compound except proprietary patent
medicines which in part consists of in
toxicating liquors, tour hundred dol
Iars (S4OO) per annnm; upon the busi-
| ness of selling only brewed or malt
| liquors at wholesale, six hundred dol
Il
lars ($600) per annum-said license to
ne paid in each township, precinct
| town or city in which said wholesaler
has or operates a warehouse or depoSi-
| tory; upon the business of selling spir-
ituous or intoxicating liquors at
| wholesale, one thousand dollars ($1 900,
| per annum; upon the business of manu-
featuring brewed or malt liquors for
sale, four hundred dollars ($s400 per an
mum: upon the business of manufac
uring for sale splrituous or lntoXica-
ling liquors, one thousand dollars
($l, ,00O per annum.
No person, firm or corporation pay
ing a manufacturer license in this
state on brewed or malt liquors under
this act Shall be liable to pay a whole
sale dealers license on the product OF
such manufactory. A person, firm OF
corporation shall pay the license herein
provided in us many different places as
he carries ON business.
/ Sec2. Retail dealers OF splrituous
or Intoxicating liquors and brewed
malt or fermented liquors shall be held
and deemed to include all persons who
sell any such liquors by the drink II
quantities of less than five gallons al
one time to any person or persons
deemed to mean and include all persons
who sell or offer for sale or delivery
such liquors or beverages in quanti
ties of five gallons or more atany one
time to any person or persons. No
license imposed under this act sball bt
required from any person for selling
any wine or cider made from fruit:
grown or gathered in this state unles,
such wine or cider be sold by the drink
us other beverages are, nor from any
person making Wine or cider for HI:
own use.
See. 3. Every person engaged or in
tending to engage in business men
toned in Sec. | OF this act, and requir
ng the payment of any license men
Toned in Sec ], shall OH or before tht
tirst day of july in each year make apt
file with the county auditor in tht
county where it is proposed to carry or
such business u statement in writing
and on oath showing the name anC
residence of such person, the city
ward, TOWN, township or precinct il
which it is proposed to carry on sucf
sale or manufacture, and the nature oi
the business in which such person is en-
gagged or is intending to engage in, ant
shall on or before the rfist day of Jul,
in each year pay to the county treas
urer in advance the licenses required
by said Sec. for such business for
year, commencing on tho first day o
July and ending on the thirtieth day o
June next thereafter. Every person
engaged in any business specified il
Sec. of this act after the first day o
July in each year shall, before com
mencing such business, make and file
like statement on oath as is provided IL
this section, and pay in advance to sait
county treasurer pro rata portion o
the yearly license on such business a
: provided IN Sec l for the remainder 0
the year ending on the thirtleth day 0
June next ensuing; and in computing
the time of such fractional part of
year for which license is required, th
same shall commence on the first da
OF that month in which said busines
: was commenced.
Sec. 4. On receiving the license pro
vided for in this act, the county treas
urer shall give a receipt for the none
: SO paid to the person or persons o
: whom the same shall be received, il
which receipt the name of the persol
or persons paying the license shall
stated and shall specify therein TIL
amount OF the license and the time TO
which it WAS paid. the city. ward, towI
township or precinct in which the bus
ness is to be conducted and the kind o.
business for and on account OF which
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