The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-14

purpose. Said Commissioners may reject
any and all bids, and rreadvertise for
other bids. Said Superintendent shall
purchase all alcoholic liquors for 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
II 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 or corporations at the same
price, for that quarter. 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
fiscal year of the transactions of the
State Central Store shall end on the 30th
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
thorough examination of the books of
account trial balances and balance
sheets of the Central Store for the year
ending November 3Oth, 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 eXamiha-
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
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.
Sec. 45. The State Liquor Superintend-
ent shall before entering upon the duties
of his office, execute bond to the state
of Vermont in the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, which bond shall be
approved by the Treasurer of the State,
according to the provisions of the law
as now provided, or which may be here
matter enacted, for the faithful observ-
ance of all rules and regulations made
and adopted by the State Liquor Com
missioners during his term of office; said
| Superintendent shall be charged with the
| Management and control of the State
! Stores, subject to the rules and regula-
| ton of said State Liquor Commissioners
| and the provisions of this law; said
Superintendent shall enter into con-
| tracts, employ all assistants and help
necessary to manage the State Central
| Store, where all liquors ordered pur-
! chased by the State Liquor Commission
! ers shall be kept, tested, labeled and put
up and from which all liquors shall be
! shipped to all persons who may lawfully
| sell or distribute the same in this State,
at salaries not to exceed those fixed by
the State Liquor Commissioners; said
J Superintendent may discharge any of the
| employees at pleasure, and report his
reasons therefor in writing to the State
Liquor Commissioners: Provided. That
said Superintendent shall not employ
any person who is related to him or any
member of the State Liquor Commits
sioners by blood or marriage.
Sec, 49, 1t shall be unlawful for the
State Liquor Superintendent or any
! officer or employee of the State Central
| Store, or any State Store keeper or his
| clerk to put any false or misleading
label on any package of liquor to be sold
| under the provisions of this Act, or to
| receive any samples for personal use, or
to drink or to give away any liquors in
/ stock; and any person found guilty of
| violating amy provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction in any court of
competent Jurisdiction, be punished by a
! fine of one hundred dollars and by i'm
prisonment for not more than twelve
months.
Sec. Al. The State Liquor Superintend-
ent shall, before shipping any liquors to
any person for sale or distribution under
this Act, except malt liquors and wines,
cause the same to be put into packages
! of not less than one-half pint nor more
than five gallons, and securely label and
seal the same; and 1t shall be unlawful
for any person selling the same, includ-
! ing State Store keepers, and pharma-
| cists, to break any of such packages, or
open the same for any reason whatsO-
ever; and such seller shall sell the pack
ages only, and no persons shall open the
same on the premises, and all packages
! of malt liquors and wines so furnished
| by said Superintendent shall be tested
! and securely labeled and sealed by him,
and the same shall be received and ac-
counted for, and may be sold in quanti-
/
/ may be in the case of store keepers and
| hotel keepers consumed on the premises
! under the provisions of this Act, and not
| otherwise. And no person receiving and
disposing of intoxicating liquor under
| this Act shall sell or furnish the same to
| a person to be, on the premises or else
! where, consumed by other persons, in a
| way that is commonly known as treat
ing
Sec. As. That nothing in this Act shall
/ be construed to prevent any town or city
/ accepting the provisions of this Act from
| voting al any meeting, duly called, to
! limit the sales of the State Store in said
] town or city to sealed packages, the
/ contents thereof to be used solely for
medicinal, mechanical and chemical pur-
/ poses, or to forbid by vote the issuing
| of licenses to drug stores or hotels in
said town or city, and when any town
/ or city so votes the State Store keeper
shall so limit all sales.
Sec. 40. All Acts and parts of Acts IN
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