The Monticellonian., 1903-01-01
Measure to Be Introduced at the Coming Session of the Gen
 eral Assembly.
PREPARED BY SENATOR W. H. COLLINS
Sale of Liquors to Be Under Municipal Control = Dispsnsaries Be Kept Closed at Night anu Only One Sale Per Day 10 Be Made to Same Person-PublIc Schools to share in Profits

bill providing for dispensaries for the
 sale of liquor.
 Senator Collins of DeQueen is the
 author of the bill, which we publish
 in full, that the public may become
 thoroughly acquainted with its pro
 visions
 The proposed measure is as follows
 To authorize municipal corporations of the state of Arkansas to buy and sell spirituous. VinOus and malt liquors and compounds and preparations there of and to further regulate and control the sale of such liquors within their limits
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly
 of the State of Arkansas.
 Section l. That each incorporated town or city in the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of liquor is not pro hibited by law. shall have and they are hereby given authority to conduct and carry on in its corporate name and capacity and through its council, or leg islativc body. the business of buying and selling spirituous, vineus and malt 1 liquors and compounds and prepara-
 tions thereof. subject to the restric- 1 tions and conditions hereinafter men, tioned. The place where such business 1 shall be carried on shall be called q | dispensary, and each town or city hay ing a population of ten thousand or 1 less shall have one dispensary and no more. Cities having more than ten thousand population may establish and | operate one dispensary for each ten thousand of it's population or fraction of ten thousand over five hundred, but no more. The populations of cities and towns for the purpose of this act shall be determined by the past preceding United States census. These dispen- saries shall be established and operated only within the limits Of incorporated towns and cities Each city or town which may establish dispensary,
 under this act, shall invest in said bus | mess, in excess of the license paid, sum of money not less than three hun dred dollars nor more than three thous
 and dollars for each dispensary 1t may
 establish and operate. The liquors i bought and sold by dispensaries
 shall be of the purest and best
 quality. and in any and all cases
 where the liquors sold to such dispensary shall be found to contain impurities, or shall fail to be as represented by the ] parties selling the same. or their agent. then and in that case the person, firm
 or corporation selling such liquor shall i forfeit all claim to pay for same and shall not be entitled to prosecute any suit for such claims in the courts of this state and, furthermore. the liquor so sold shall be destroyed by the town, or city authorities of the town where same is sold.
 Sec. 2. The office of dispenser is hereby created. and there shall be one dispenser for each dispensary operated under this act The first dispenser shall be elected by the council of the city or town where the dispensary is i to be established. on or before the first day of January, 1904 and the person | oh 10 term of one year from and after the | first day of January. 1904. unless re- moved for cause. or until his successor is elected and qualified.
 Sec. 3. For the purpose of aiding. as hereinafter set forth in the selec- ton of dispensers. it is hereby made the duty of the judge Of the county court of afry county in which it is sought 10 establish q diSpenSary al some date between the first day of Octo- Der 1903. and the fifteenth day of De
 cember, 1905 and every year thereafter between the same dates. to make and l furnish to the council of any such mu- nicipal corporation as may establish | dispensarY. the names of three times the number of men as there are to be dispensaries in their respective cities and towns, from which list of names so 1 furnished the council shall choose a dispenser or dispensers. as the case may require. No dispenser so chosen shall be less than twenty-five years of | age; and shall be a resident of the town or city for which he is dispenser, for more than one year before he is so chos- i eu. They shall be men who bear the reputation of being honest. lawabiding l citizens and shall be possessed of the l necessary educational qualification to i conduct such business and keep and make correct statements thereof. At some | regular or called meeting of the city or town council after the furnishing of the names as aforesaid, by the judge l of the county court. and before the 1 first day of January following. the said 1 council. from the names so furnished. shall elect d dispenser or dispensers, for 1 their cities and towns. as the case may require The said dispenser under the 1 direction and control of the council of 1 the city or town. in which he is dis penser shall buy and sell of such kinds 1 of liquor as may be deemed best by the | council and shall operate the dispen- l sary for the term of one year from and l after the first day of January next after | his election unless sooner removed for 1 cause until his successor is elected 1 and qualified Each town or city oper- | ating under this act shall provide it's dispenser with whatever amount of money it may determine to invest in l said business within the limits afore- i said. Before entering on his duties l each dispenser shall take and subscribe l an oath. before the mayor of the town. or some other officer authorized to ad | minister oaths. that he will obey and | support the laws of the United States. the laws of the state of Arkansas, and all the laws of the city or town in which his dispensary is situated. and l further that he will not. during his con 1 tinuance in office. accept from any
 wholesale liquor dealer. or from any other crrson for them. anything of value whatever as q gift or otherwise. and | that he will faithfully discharge the 1 duties of the office of dispenser on which he is about to enter. to the best | of his ability, and further that during 1 his continuance that he will not Vio- | late any law of the state of Arkansas | relative to the sale and giving away of l liquor, and of the city town on the same subject. and especially that he will not knowingly sell or give liquor. to any minor Indian or person ksawn az a habitual drunkard. or to any per- l son for them. The dispenser shall l also. before entering upon his duties such. enter into bond to the stsle Of | s ' as