Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-21
ORDINANCE NO 1888.

AN ORDINANCE to regulate thu
seizure and destruction of intOXi
eating liquors, kept or offered TO
sale in violation Of law, and sci
Zure and sale of vessels and ap
planes connected Herewith.
Sec. 1. BE it ordained by tn
mayor and board of aldermen of tn
city of Hattiesburg, that there shall
be no property In any intoxicatin;
liquors kept or offered for sale, ii
violation Of law, or in the vessels o
appliances connected Herewith.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that
on the affidavit of any creditable per-
son, that he has reason to believe,
and does believe, that Intoxicating
liquors are being kept and offered for
sale, or to give away or are being
given away, or sold in violation o:
law, in any room or building, desig-
mated IN the affidavit, it shall be the
| duty of the mayor or police justice to
| issue a search warrant directed to
| the marshall or to any policeman,
| commanding him to enter the place
| designated, by breaking if necessary,
! and search for and seize such liquors
and such vessels and appliances, and
| hold the same until disposed of by
law. The writ shall be returnable at
a time to be stated therein, not earl
Ter than five days.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained that
if any person shall claim the liquor
thus seized, he shall oil or before the
return day, make affidavit of his
ownership thereof, and that the
liquors were not kept for sale, or To
fbe given away, in violation Of law.
and file the same with the officer who
issued the writ, and if the liquor be
not over $4,000 in value he shall try
the claim; but if the value thereof
exceeds that sum, he shall send the
same to the circuit court for trial ;
and in either case, the person who
made the affidavit may be admitted
to prosecute the suit.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained.
that If no claim be interposed on oil
before the return day, the mayor VI
police Justice shall order that the
; liquor seized be destroyed, and the
officer having charge thereof shall
forth with execute the order. If &
] claim be interposed the facts shall be
fully investigated and if the affidavit
be sustained an order for the destruc
/ ton of the liquors shall be entered a:
above, and If the affidavit be not sus
tanned the liquors shall be delivered
: ND TO the claimant. In case the aft
dayit be sustained against the claim
. ant cost shall be taxed as in Othe
h cases and Judgment for the costs t.
the amount of one dollar for th'
mayor or police justice and one dol
It lar for the officer executing the writ
and ten dollars tor the affiant shall
be entered up against the claimant
i and in case of the destruction of th
: LIQUORS seized the vessels and appli
. ances may be sold and the proceed
l. turned into the city treasury; an
proper process shall issue to enforc
- the Judgment.
re- Section 8. Be 1t further ordained
that this ordinance take effect froi
and after its passage for the reaso
E. that liquors are reported to be kel
for sale and sold in violation of la
y within the city.
,n Adopted and approved this lit
= day of Augustl 1903.
o. J. w. MONTAGUE,
re Attest: Mayor pro tenn.
~ A. FARLEY, Clerk of Hattiesbur
I. clerk of the city of Hattiesbur
no Miss, certify that the foregoing is
let true copy of ordinance No. 1873
adopted and approved by the may
no and board of aldermen in regul
no session Aug. II, 1908, as appears I
pages 157-l5S-l59 of the municip
ne minutes, book 3D.
N. Given under my hand and seal
office this 18th day of August, 1903.
es, A. FARLEY,
as augl2 Clerk of Hattiesburg