Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-03
THE GOVERNOR
|NAUGURATED
P. W. Clement Draws Up Very
Intelligent High Liz
cense Bill

in a town Of less than 1000 population.
The licensing board shan post the
name Of all applicants and cause the
same to be rtlnteo il local newspa-
per once at least 10 days p.evious to
the meetil OF the board at which &C
tion will b: taken II before the ex-
piration OF the 10 days following the
publication Of such notice the owner of
any. real estate within rs feet Of the
premises as described in the applica.
tlon notifies the board in writing that
he objects no license shall be grant
ed.
No spirituous or Intoxicating liquor
shall be sold between the hours OF IL
at night and in the morning or on
Sunday. Liquor sold must be Of
standard quality and free from adul.
teratior. Liquor shall not he sold to
q habltual drunkard, to an intoxicated
person, or to person who Is known to
have been intoxicated within the six
months preceding, or to a minor,
either fol his own use or that OF his
parents, or any other person, or to
person known to have been supported
by public charity at any time during
thu IL months preceding the date Of
the license. The license shall be sub
ject to forfeiture for breach OF any
OF it's conditions. Each license of the
first class shall be subject to a further
condition that the licensee shall not
sell, give away, or deliver intoxicat.
ing liquor on a legal holiday, or on
any day on which a natl ional, state,
city, 0. annual town meeting is held
IN tnat town.
The bill provides for licensing of
apothecaries and druggists and regu-
latlons. No screen or obstruction Of
any kind from the street sha be
placed in the windows. nor shall
bottle or cask containing liquor be ex
posed 81 as to interfere with view OF
the interior. NJ license OF the first
class shall be granted for dwelling
house.
The mayor o. a city and the select.
men of tJwn may in cases Of
riot or great public excitement order
places of the first class closed for
period not exceeding three days. For
violation Of this provision person
may be fined $500 ANY person VIC.
latlng the provision of this act or Of
his license snail unless otherwise ex.
pressly provided be fined $500 or i'm
prisioned one year or both.
suit may be brought against sell
ler for damages received from an
int tod IN
2l years OF aye shall be employed to
serve or sell liquors A license shall
be subject to fine OF 500 for selling
intoxicating liquor to miu.r, or
allowing a mlnur to lolter ABOUT mis-
premises for each offence, to be recov.
cred by parent Or guardian. The
bill provides for vIo.atio S OF this act
and the method OF procedure in pre-
SecutlonS.
This act is to b referred to the peo.
pie n the first Tuesday in February
next. Ii a majority vote "ye,n the
act is to take effect on the first Tues
day in March, 1908, If it is 'no luen
tie first Monday in Decem Der, 1894,
giving the Legislature Of 1904 a chance
10 Tepedl IL. Ou luc unlTQ tuesday
in February the secretary Of the state
shall canvass the ite as returned by
the town clerks and within TWO days
thereafter issne a proclamation GER
tlfying the result ot The vote
GOVERNORS RECEPTION
The recdpuiOn given last evening
i'll the executive cham Der from s to
10 o'cloUK 10y retiring Governor and
Mra. Stickney 10 Governor elect and
Mrs. Mccullough WAS Il brilliant
social success. Theyswere ass sted in
receiving by retiring Lieut. Gov.
aud Mrs Allen and Lieut. Gov.
elect and Mrs. stanton. Governor
Stlckney's Staff in charge Of Adiutant
General w II. Gilmore acted rs ush
erS. The members ofth staff present
were Col. W, ID Huntington, Gen. II
5. Peck, Col. j. II Min MS, Col. John
c. Coolidge, Col. F. E. Burgess and
Col. H. O. Carpenter.
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE.
Rule':-Brownell, Royce, Graves
Caledonia
Finance:-Russel, Cnit:enden, Wei
ling, Bennington, Wilcox, Orange.
judiciary :-Aun]s, Browaell, Emery