Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-09
Nehs of Vermont
FIFTH CLASS LICENSES
OF BROADER SCOPE WANTED BY YER
MONT DRUGGISTS
Text of Bill Introduced Under Auspices Of
State Board of Pharmacy--Applicants Must
Have Certificate of Fitness in Order to
Secure Such Licenses

Following is the text OF a bill recently in
troduced as an amendment TO the present
liquor law as far as fifth class licenses are
concerned. 1t follows closely the Massachu
sets law covering this form of license and
its passage is being urged by many druggists
throughout the state.
Section IA fifth class license shall be
issued to retail druggists and apothecaries to
sell intoxicating liquors of any kind for sac
ramental, medicinal, mechanical or chemical
purposes only, and to such persons only as
shall certify in writing for what use they
want the same. and for such license a fee of
not less than $40 shall be paid by the appli-
cant. But in no case shall sale be made to
minor.
Sec. 2-No license for the sale Of intoxi.
eating liquors, except of the fifth class, shall
be issued to retail druggists or apothecaries.
One or more licenses of the fifth class shall
be issued annually by the board Of license
commissioners Of town voting to license the
sdie of intoxicating liquor, and by the Sc
lectmen OF a town that does not vote to
license the sale of such liquor. Such Ii.
censes shall be granted only to registered
pharmacists who are residents of this state
and who have resided in the town in which
they are applicants for licenses at least one
year, and shall be issued only to a registered
own account on premises owned or leased by
him, and with a stock Of goods owned by him
or by firm of which he is partner, or if it
be a corporation, of which he is a holder of
at least one-fourth of the capital stock
Sec. 3--No fifth class license shall be is.
sued to a registered pharmacist unless he pre-
sent to the licensing board certificate of fit
ness as prescribed in the following section,
issued to him by the board of pharmacy of
this state. and unless it appears that the
applicant is proper person to receive such
license and is not disqualified to receive it
under any of the provisions of No. lis OF
the acts of 1904.
Sec. 1.-The board of pharmacy may, upon
the payment by an applicant for a license
of the fifth class Of fee of not more than
$40, issue to him certificate, which shall
not be valid after one year from its date,
stating that in the judgment of said board he
is a proper person to be entrusted with such
license and that the public good will be pro-
NOTED by the granting thereof. A registered
pharmacist against whom no complaints have
been made to said board, and who has not
been convicted of violation of the provi-
sions of No. lis of the acts of 1904, may be
considered proper person to receive such
certificate. The fees received by the board of
pharmacy under this section shall by said
board be pald TO the state treasurer,
Sec. "a fifth class license shall be is.
sued only after the notice, advertising and
hearing prayided for other licenses granted
under the provisions OF No. lis of the acts of
1904, the payment of the fee hereinbefore
specified and the furnishing of bond of
$1,000, signed by two good and sufficient |
suretes, approved by the board issuing the
same, in the form and with the conditions,
except the amount of penalty, which shall be
$1,000, as prescribed in No. lis Of the acts
of 1904, for bonds to be given by other
licensees.
Sec. Ga license of the fifth class shall be-
come null and void, without any process or
decree, ii the registered pharmacist to whom
it has been issued ceases to conduct his bust
ness in person and on his own account or
upon the revocation of his certificate of reg
strstion as a pharmacist, unless such lcensee
has become unable to so conduct his business