The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-01-06
TAKE NOTICE!
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS AND
PUPILS IN o. Approved February Is, 1901
COUNCIL BILL NO. /.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly OF the Territory OF
New Mexico: =,
SECTION THAT it shall be unlawful for any person to sell
or give to any MINOR under the age OF EIGHTEEN YEARS.
or to any PUPIL of any SCHOOL or educational institution
within this Territory any Intoxicating liquor or any cigars cigar
cites, or tobacco in any form, except upon the written consent o
the parent or guardian of such minor or pupil.
SEC. 2-It shall be unlawful for any merchant, apothecarN,
saloon keeper, or the proprietor n manager OF any other estaIlsh
ment in which Intoxicating liquors or tobacco IN any form are kept
or offered for sale. to permit any minor under the age OF eighteen
years or pupil in any school or educational institution to engage
in any play or game of chance with cards, dice, wheels, or by the
manipulation of any device by means of which money or any com
modty or property may be hazarded, won or lost.
SEC. sit shall be unlawful for any proprietor, keeper or
manager of any saloon where intoxicating liquor is kept or offered
for sale, or where gambling in any form is carried on or permitted
to permit any minor under the age of WENTY-ONE YEARS or
any pupil in any school or educational institution, to loitcr upon
or frequent the premises belonging to such saloon, or to engage
in any games or amusemcnts OF any kind thereon.
SEC. 4.-Evcry person maintaining an establishment where
Intoxicating liquor or tobacco are kept or offered for sale is re-
quired to keep POSTED IN \ CONSPICUOU SPLACE within
his place of business a printed copy Of this law, and it shall be
unlawful for any such person to carry on his business without
having such copy at all times posted as aforesaid.
SEC. 5.-Anyp person violating the provisions of the foregoing
sections of this act, or any of them, shall upon conviction be
punished for each ofense by a fine not less than twenty-five nor
more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less than
thirty days nor more than three months, or both, at the discretion
of the court trying the case,
SEC. 6.-Any person who shall have bccu convicted OF VIC
latng the fourth section of this act, or who shall have been twice
convicted of violating any other section of this act, shall, in ad-
dition to the penalties otherwise in this act prescribed, forfeit his
license and right to do business OF the nature hcrcinhcforc men
toned within the county in which the ohcnsc was committed for
the period of one year, and the doing of such business by such
person within such county during said period after such convic-
ton, shall be punishable as prescribed in section five OF this act.
SEC. The word person, y as used in this act, shall be
| deemed to mean firm or corporation, as we'll as natural persons,
and the person managing the business OF snch firm or corporation
shall be liable to the penalties prescribed by this act.
SEC. S.-An acts and parts of acts in conflict with the pro
visions of this act are repealed, and this act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
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