The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1903-05-27

LEGISLATION.
Let Every Citizen Read.

K eHtWcRy:
l. In an indictment for viola
tion of any provision of the act ap
proved March 10th, 1894. entitled
IAN act whereby the sense of the
people of any county, city, town,
district or precinct may be taken
as to whether spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors shall be sold, bartered,
or loaned therein" or for a viola
tion of any act amendatory thereof,
1t shall not be necessary to allege
that vote was taken or an election
held, or any other step relative
thereto; but it may be simply stat
ed that the act or acts charged were
committed in territory where the
said act was in force and in said
Indictment it shall be sufficient to
designate said act as the local op
tion law.
.. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to sell, lend, give, procure
for, or furnish to another, any spi-
rituous, vinous or malt liquors, or
to have in his possession spiutuous,
vinous or malt liquors, for the pur-
pose of selling them in any terri
tory where said act is in force, and
any person so offending shall be
fined not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars, and i'm
prisoned not less than ten nor more
than fifty days.
The possession of a United States
special tax stamp Commonly called
United States license) for carrying
on the business of a retail dealer in
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors,
or the having of such tax stamp or
license stuck up at the place of bus
mess in such territory shall be pJ-i=
@ta te7c;5 evidence Of guilt under
this section.
3. On the second or any subse
quent conviction for a violation of
said act, or any Of its amendments,
the court shall require the defend
ant to execute bond in the sum of
two hundred dollars TO be of good
behavior for the period of twelve
months.
The court may, in its discretion,
increase the amount of the bond,
and if the bond is not given the de
fendant shall be committed to the
county Jail for period not exceed
ing ninety days, to be fixed by the
court.
f. All the shipments of spiritu-
Gus, vinous or malt liquors to be
paid for on delivery, commonly
called sc. o. d. shipments, " into
any county, city, town, district or
precinct where said act Is in force
shall be unlawful and shall be
deemed sales of such liquors at the
place where the money is paid or
the goods delivered ; the carrier and
his agents selling or delivering such
goods shall be liable jointly with
the vendor thereof.
5. Section four OF said act is
stricken out, and in lieu thereof the
following is inserted:
"At,er the entry of the certificate
of the canvassing board as above
provided for, in the order-book of
the county court, if the vote was
given against the sale, barter, or
loan of spirituous vinous or malt
liquors in the said county, city,
town, district or precinct, as the
case may be, to any person, except
as hereinafter provided and any
person who shall sell, barter or loan,
directly or indirectly, any such Ii
quors in said county, city, town,
district or precinct shall, upon con
viction, be fined not less than sixty
nor more than one hundred dollars,
or be confined in the county Jail
for not less than ten nor more than
forty days, or both so fined and I'M
prisoned, in the discretion of the