Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1902-11-27

and not then uhiess certified to by the
State 81 ewht anu iaoeled with the state
titv cSntained IN such package "N' yuan
sEhird Tha. intoxicating Houor sh.u
NOT no sold or delivered AT anv Stata
Stove 70 person who is KNOW 70 NC %
drunkard, to an intoxicated person nor
10 a person who IS known TO have been
intoxicated WITHIN ue las six months
pre-. ing, nor to minor, either for his
,vr 5se the use of his parents or on,
other person, nor 10 person or numher
of persons 10 be on the premisas ar
elsewhere consumed by the same or
other persons in way commonly known
as treating, -,
Fourth. That light wines and mali
LIQUORS may be sold by the glass r. he
drunk on the premises, subiect to the
nrovisions and restrictions NJ tbis A.
unless as hereinafter provided ~
voters of the town or city in which tbe
Store is situated shah otherwise direct
Fifth. That no otner business of any
or in amy room adjoining having II.
terror connection with said store. tba,
no form of amusement or entertainn,ant
shall be permitted in said store. thai the
business of the store Shall be conducted
on the first floor ana In room next the
street: that nothing of any DESCRIPTION
shall screen the business transacted fron,
THE full view of the street; that sien
state Liquor Store" NAV he nIacad
above the entrance, but that no othar
advertisements or inducements TO mr.
chase shall be allowed either without or
within, nor SHAH any bottle, key, barrel,
or other receptacle for liquor be placed
in any window or upon the wall, in FRONT
of the store; and that no state store
shall be located in the Immediate vicin
ity of any building occupied in whole or
in part by any public school or church.
Sec. II. Upon an application in writing
being presented to the selectmen of any
town or city council of anv civ hv
registered pharmacist who has been on
gagged in carrying on the drug business
in said Gown or city for at least siy
months prior to said application signed
by one fourth Of the legal voters of said
town or city as shown by the vote for
Governor at the last preceding elect;on
testifying TO the good character of tba
applicant, and their desire that the annIi-
cant shall sell liquor as hereinafter nrn-
vded, said Selectmen or citv council
shall endorse their opinion of the advisa-
blity of licensing said applicant to sell
intoxicating liquors in said town or citv,
and forward the same to the Board Of
County Liquor Commissioners. who shall
give notice of the time and place when
they will meet and act upon said amin
cation, and any person may appear and
object if he see cause.
Soec. 10. IL Sdlu tOullly commissioners
or a majority present at said meeting
deem it advisable to grant such applica
tion they shall upon the payment of the
sum of ten dollars, grant such applicant
the right to purchase liquors for can of
the State at the State Central store
hereinafter provided for, at "rodt of
ten per cent. TO the State f. lesa,e in
the original packages, each bearing the
State label and seal. Such liquors shall
be sold and delivered only on A properlv
dated application endorsed by a regu-
larly licensed physician that the LIQUOR
is to be used only for medicinal purposes
and then in no case to PERSONS to whom
sales are prohibited in Sec II of this
Act, and said application Shall be re-
tanned, Cancelled and filed by the phar-
macist, subject to the inspection of said
County Commissioners.
Sec. IA. Any licensed druggist or phar-
macist who shall open or allow to be
opened any package bearing the State
seal and label and sell or allow to be
sold liquor therefrom shall be fined for
each and every offense not more than
one hundred dollars, nor less than
twenty-five dollars, and his license shall
be revoked and he shall forever be de-
barred from being granted another,
either in his name or thai of his wife or
any employee of his, andhis license as a
pharmacist shall be rEoked or sus-
pended for not less thanone year.
Sec, Is. The actual pFprietor or les
see or any hotel may%Nbe granted a
license upon the same terms as Indicated
by Sections u. 49, and IA, as regards
method of application, fee, the time said
applicant has been carrying on the hotel
business in said town or city, the char
acter of said applicant and the sigma
lures to accompany said application
under such license he may sell to his
guests. to be served with their meals in
the regularly appointed dining rooms OF
the hotel, light wines or malt liquors to
be furnished by the State at profit OF
ten per cent.
Sec. Is. Any hotel keeper, clerk or per-
son connected with any hotel so licensed
who shall violate the provisions of this
Act or sell otherwise than herein pro-
vided, shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars nor less than twenty
five dollars for each offense.
Sec. II. Said druggists and hotel keep
ers shall furnish the aforesaid County
Commissioners a bond with all the con-
ditions and liabilities hereinafter pro-
vided as to Store keepers, each to be
approved by said Commissioners, in a
sum not less than three thousand dollars
for the faithful carrying out of the pro-
visions of this Act, and no license to
either shall be for more than one year,
and may be for a less time.
Sec. Is. The said County Liquor Com
missioners for each county shall appoint
some suitable person as Store keeper in
every town or city within such county
voting to establish or maintain a State
Store.
Sec. 10. Applications for positions of
Store keeper shall be by petition, signed
and sworn to by the applicant, and filed
with the County Liquor Commissioners
at least ten days before the meeting at
which the application is to be consid
cred, which petition shall state the APP
MIA a.,
what business engaged, and in what
business he has been engaged for two
wears next previous to filing his petition
that he is a qualified voter of this State
and a resident of the town or city in
which the said store Is located or is to
a diudred guilty of violating the law in
relation to intoxicating liquors, and is
not a keeper of a restaurant or place OF
public amusement, and that he is not
addicted to the use Of Intoxicating
liquors as beverage. The appointment
shall be made only on condition that the
applicant shall execute 10 the County
Commissioner a bond in the penal sum
of three thousand dollars with good and
sufficient sureties conditioned that he
will well and truly obey the laws of the
State of Vermont, now or hereafter in
force. in relation to the sale of intoxi-
eating Uouors; that he will pay all fines,
PENALTIES. damages and costs that may
be assessed or recorded against him for
violations of such laws during the term
for which said appointment is made, and
will not sell intoxicating liquors at a
nrice other than that fixed by the
County Liquor Commissioners. Said
bond shall be for the use of the State
and county or any person or persons
who may be damaged or injured by rea-
son, of any violation, on the part of the
obIigor. of the law relating to intoxicat-
ing liouors purchased or sold during the
term for which said appointment is
made. The said bond shall be deposited