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

set forth the sources of information ana
the facts and grounds OF belief IN the
affidavit upon which a warrant OF arrest
shall issue, but 1t shall only be necessary
in case of search warrants.
Sec. IS A Board consisting or three
members, TO be known as the state Ii
quor Commissioners. Is hereby estab-
lshed whose duties and powers shali pe
hereinafter defined, The members OF
said Board shall be men OF good moral
character, not addicted to the use or IN
toxicating liquors as a beverage, and
shall be elected by the General Assembly
In joint session as follows: The Char
man of the Board shall be first elected,
aud then shall be elected the two remain
Ing members The term of office of the
members of said Board shall be Tor TWO
years. unless sooner removed by the Gov
ernor; they shall qualify and be com
missioned in the same manner as other
State officers. In the event of vacancy on
said Board by death, resignation or
otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the Governor, until the
next session of the General Assembly,
and until new commissioners are quail
fled, Each member of the said Board
shall receive for his services the sum OF
ten dollars per diem and mileage al
lowed to members of the General AS
sembly: Provided, That no member of
said Board shall receive pay for more
than one hundred days in any fiscal
year The said Board shall devise such
a system of bookkeeping and account
ing it may deem advisable. The
said Board shall prescribe all rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with law,
for the government of the Central State
Store and the several State Stores, Ii
censed hotels and pharmacists in the
different towns and cities. The General
Assembly shall at the present session,
upon the approval of this Act, elect the
members of said Board as provided for
in this section, whose term of office shall
commence at such time as this Act be-
comes in force, and continue for two
years, or until their successors are duly
qualified.
Sec. A. State Liquor Superintendent
shall be elected by the General Assembly,
who shall hold his office from the time
that this Act becomes in force until his
successor shall be elected by the next
General Assembly and duly qualified and
who shall receive an annual salary of
two thousand dollars to be paid as now
provided by law in the case of other
State officers. Said Superintendent shall
thereafter be elected by the General As
sembly for term of two years and shall
hold office until his successor shall be
elected and qualified. The Governor shall
have the right at any time to suspend or
remove the said Superintendent with
the consent of majority of the Board
of State Liquor Commissioners, for any
cause which he shall consider sufficient,
and appoint some suitable person to fill
such vacancy. In case of resignation
DEATH or other disability of the Superin-
tendent, the Governor shall have the
d
vacancy. The State Liquor Commission
ers shall within thirty days after the ap-
prevail of this Act by the Governor, and
the same coming in force, and thereafter
quarterly, advertise in two or more daily
newspapers of This State, and one or
more daily newspapers without this
State. for bids to be made by parties
desiring to furnish liquor to the State
for said quarter Said bids shall be
placed in envelope, securely sealed
with the seal Of the company, firm or
corporation and having been so sealed,
shall be placed in the Express Office,
directed TO the Stat Treasurer Mont
pelier, VT; and only one bid shall be
made by any one, which shall state the
quality, price and chemical analysis
thereof, and accompanying said bids there
shall be a sample of each kind of liquor
offered for sale, containing not more than
one-half pint each, which sample shall,
on is arrival. be delivered to the State
Liquor Superintendent, to be retained by
him until after it has been ascertaine@
that the wines or liquors purchased cor
respond in all respects with the samples
furnished; said samples to be the prop
erty of the State. Said bids shall be kept
by the State Treasurer in his office, and
he shall not himself inspect. or allow any
one to inspect said bids, or the envelopes
containing said bids. but shall deliver
said bids to the State Liquor Commits
sioners. al a meeting of the same, who
shall open said bids in public, and record
all said bids in book, Kept for that
purpose Said Commissioners may reject
any and all bids, and readvertise for
other bids. Said Superintendent shall
purchase all alcoholic liquors fer lawful
use in this State, under the direction of
the State Board of Liquor Commits
sioners, and shall have the same tested
and declared to be chemically pure, and
If the wines and liquors purchased fail
to correspond in any respect with the
samples furnished, the seller thereof
shall forfeit to the State a sum not ex-
ceeding the value of said liquor, to be
recovered in an action brought by the
State against such seller on said sellers
bond filed with the State Treasurer: and
said contract shall be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder for such
quantities and kinds of liquors as may
be deemed necessary to the State for
the quarter and said contracts shall
further provide that said Superintendent
may order additional quantities of liquors
sufficient to supply the Central Store,
should there be need of more, from the
same persons corporations at the same
price, for that quar,er. Said Commits
sioners shall require from the successful
bidder or bidders such bond, in such
sum as they may deem necessary, to in
sure the compliance of said bidder or
bidders with the terms of said contract:
Provided That the said State Liquor
Commissioners shall not purchase any
liquor of any person, firm or corporation,
who shall solicit any orders, either by
drummers, agents, samples or otherwise.
| except as hereinbefore provided. The
hScal year or the transactions OF the
State Central Store shall end on the Both
| day of November each year. The Gov
! ernor of the State shall appoint not
| later than the 10Th day of December in
| each year, two expert accountants, of
| good character and of high standing in
| their profession, who shall make a
| thorough examination of the books of
! account, trial balances and balance
| sheets of the Central Store for the year
! ending November Goth, together with all
| bills, vouchers and evidences of receipt
| and expenditures whatsoever, and they
| shall certify to the Governor, in writing,
| on or before the first day of January of
each year, the result of such examina-
| ton. This certificate to be in addition to
! the annual report of the State Liquor
| Commissioners. The accountants so
named by the Governor of the State
each shall receive for his service four
i dollars per day, for not exceeding thirty
| days in any one year, to be paid from the
| earnings of the State Stores. The State
Liquor Superintendent and the members
of the Board of State Liquor Commits
sioners are hereby directed and COM
| manded to give to the accountants APP
pointed by the Governor free and full
access to all books of accounts, trial
balances, balance sheets, and every and
all books, invoices, receipts, bank books,
and every and all papers connected with
the financial operations of the State
Stores.