The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-26

one thousand three hundred and fifty dob
lars, the amount paid by the said Mckee
into the state treasury on account of the
principal and interest on certain bonds of
this state, delivered by mistake to Holigar-
ter &. Co.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted. That said
warrant shall be paid by the state treasurer
out of any funds in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Approved February ed, 1899.
eOficial) ROBERT P. M'DAvID,
Secretary of State.
NO. $780, AN ACT. s. 176.
To authorize municipal and other subdivi-
sions Of the state to buy and sell spirit
uous, vlnous and malt liquors and to fur
Their regulate or prohibit the sale of such
liquors.
Section /. Each incorporated town or city
in which the sale of liquor is not prohibited
by law, shall have authority to conduct
and carry on in its corporate name. in Its
corporate capacity, and through Its legls-
lative body, the business of buying and
selling spirituous, vinous and malt liquors,
subject to the conditions and restrictions
hereinafter mentioned. The place at which
said business is carried on shall be called
a d.spensary. In each of said towns or
cities which has population of ten thous-
and or less, there shall be one dspensary.
and only one. In towns or cities having
population greater than ten thousand and
not exceeding twenty thousand, there may
be two dispensaries. In general. there may
be in each city dispensary for every ten
thousand of its population. Cities whose
population is over twenty thousand, and
between multiples of ten thousand, may
have a dispensary for every ten thousand
of it's population, and an additional dis
pensary for the excess of its population
over the lower one of the said multipies
The population of towns and cities shall be
determined by the last preceding census.
These dispensaries shall be carried on
only within the corporate limits of such
towns or cities. Each of said municipal
tiles shall invest in said business sum of
money not less than three hundred dollars,
nor more than twenty-five hundred dol
lars, for each dispensary it may carry on.
The liquors bought and sold as herein pro-
vided shall be of the purest and best quail
ity.
Sec 2. The office of dispenser is hereby
created and there shall be dispenser for
each dispensary that may be established.
The first dispensers shall be elected within
three months after the approval or this
act, and their terms of office shall begin
on the first day of January, 1900, and Shall
continue until January /, 1902. The. terms
of their successors in office shall be two
years. Each dispenser shall hold Office
until his successor is elected and qualified.
Sec g. For the purpose OF aiding as here
matter prescribed, in the selection of dis
pensers, meetings of the court of county
commissioners or board of public revenue,
of each county in which town or city dis
pensaries are authorized to be established
shall be called when necessary at any reg
ular or called meeting of said court of
county commissioners, or board of public
revenue, that may be held within two
months after the approval of this act; and
at any regular or called meeting of said
court or board that may be held between
the last day of September, 1901, and the
sixteenth day Of December of that year;
and at any regular or called meeting of
said court or board that may be held be-
tween the last day of September and the
10th day of December, every two years
thereafter; said court of county commits
sioners or board of public revenue shall
furnish to the mayor or other chief execu-
tive of their towns and cities, the names
of three times as many men as the num-
Der of dspensaries to which their several
towns and cities are entitled, specifying the
men who are furnished or apportioned to
each town or city In their county. These
men shall be residents of the county by
whose court of county commissioners, or
board of public revenue, they may be Sc
lected, shall be twenty-one years of age,
and shall be esteemed as honest temper
dispensary in said towns or cities. Be-
fore the first day of the first term of office,
and before the first day of each succeed
ing term of office herein provided for, the
legislative body of each of said towns
and cities shall from the names so fur
nished elect a dispenser for their town CT
city Said dispenser, under the direction
his dspensary is situated, shall buy and
sell liquors and carry on the dspensary
for the term of two years, and until his
successor Is elected and qualified. Each
town or city having dispensary shall pro-
vide its dispenser with whatever money.
within the aforesaid limits that it wishes
him to use in conducting the business. Be-
fore entering upon the duties of his office
each dispenser shall make affirmation be-
fore an officer authorized to administer
oaths, that he will obey all laws of the