The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-08
cALDwELL's VIEW.
Attorney General Explains the
Adams Law as He Sees it.
THE Comu ercial:

The Comu ercial:
In answer TO frequent inquiries
nave from parties at Covington ane
other places in my circuit, l viii
give in brief my opinion of the eff
feet and result of the Adams bill.
The first law enacted by the
Legislature, which composes part
of what is now commonly called the
-Four Mile Law is Chapter % ot
the Acts of 1877, the full text OF
which is as follows:
Section l. Be enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, that it shall not here
after be lawful for any person to
sell or tipple any intoxicating bev-
erage within four miles of an incor-
porated institution of learning IN
this state, and that any ne vi )lat-
ing the provisions of this act shall
be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished
by fine of not less than one hun
dred dollars nor more than two
hundred and fifty dollars, and i'm
prisoned for a period not less than
one or more than six months.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted,
that this act shall not apply to the
sale of such liquor within the limits
of any incorporated town, nor to
sales made by persons having Ii
cense to make the same at the date
of the passage of this act during
the time for which such license was
granted, nor to sales by manufac-
turers of such liquor in wholesale
packages or quantities.
Passed March 19, 1877.
By Chapter 123 of the Acts 1885
this act was amended so as to in
clude certain bitters.
The next and most important act
was Chapter 167 of the Acts of 1887,
the full text OF which is as follows:
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennesse, That it shall not here
after be lawful for any person to
sell or tlpple any intoxicating liq-
uor, including wine, ale and beer,
as beverage within four miles of
any schoolhouse, public or private.
where school is kept, whether the
school be then in session or not, in
this state, and that anyone violat-
ing the provisions of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction, shall be punished
by fine for each offense of not less
than ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars and Imprisonment
for a period of not more than six
months, at the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
that this act shall not apply to the
sale of such liquor within the limits
of any Incorporated town, nor to
sales made by persons having Ii
cense to make the same at the date
of the passage of this act, during
the time for which such license was
granted, nor to sales by manufac-
turers of such liquors in wholesale
packages or quantities.
Passed March q, 1887.
And the next is Chapter 221 OF
the Acts of 1899, the full text of
which reads as follows:
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, that section 2, chapter
167, of the Acts of the General As
sembly of 1887 be amended so as to
read as follows: "That this act
shall not apply to the sale of such
liquors within the limits of any in
town, except towns
hereinafter incorporated w, tn pop
ulation of not more than two thou
sand Inhabitants by the Federal
of 1890 or any other subse-
quent Federal census, nor to sales
made by persons having license to
make the same at the date OF the
passage of this act, during the time
for which such license was granted,
nor to sales by manufacturers of
such liquors in wholesale packages
or quantities.
And next and last comes the
Adams bill, being Chapter 2 of the
Acts of 1903, the full text of which
reads as follows:
Section 1. Be i9enacted by the
State of Tennessee, that Section 1,
Of Chapter 221, of the Acts of the {
Assembly of. 1899, be {
amended by striking Out the word
''two" in line eight of said section /.
md inserting therefor the word
i'fve.'
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that