Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-06-27
ORDINANCE NO. 80.


intoxicating liquors within the cor
porate limits of the City of Live
Oak, Florida, to punish false
swearing therein, and to arrest the
vendor making such illicit sale.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Live Oak.
Florida.
Section 1. Whoever within the
corporate limits of the City of Live
Oak, Florida, shall be found in any
public place in a state of intoxica-
ton or boisterous, or in any way
under the influence of intoxicating
liquor, so that he or she does not
behave in natural manner, shall be
taken in charge by the Marshal or
any policeman of the City of Live
Oak, Florida, and detained in custody
until sober, and shall then be taken
before the Mayor in order that he or
she may be required to disclose from
whom he or she purchased such in
toxicating liquor.
Section 2. When such person is
brought before the Mayor, the said
Mayor shall require him or her to
testify under oath as to where, when
and from whom he or she purchased
such intoxicating liquor and upon his
or her refusing to testify at all, or
upon his or her testifying in such q
manner as to lead the Mayor to be-
lieVe that his or her testimony is
evasive or false, the Mayor after |
warning without effect, shall ad-
Judge him or her to be in CONTEMPT |
of court, and shall punish such con-
tempt by Imprisonment in the city
Jail not exceeding twenty days or by
fine not exceeding fifty dollars (s5O),
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Section 8. If upon the examination
mentioned in Section 2, the person
brought before the Mayor shall dis
close the name of the person from
whom he or she purchased such in
toxicating liquor, and the place and
date Of such purchase and testify in
such manner as to lead the Mayor
to believe that the testimony is pro-
badly true, the Mayor shall then and
there reduce or cause to be reduced
the said testimony to writing, and
have said person sign it, and verify
1t by affidavit taken and certified by
the said Mayor. If such person shall
refuse to sign and swear to the said
testimony when reduced to writing,
the said Mayor shall attach his certi-
hcate that the said testimony was
taken before him under oath on the
date thereof.
Section 4. If the said testimony
reduced to writing shall show that
any person has illegally sold intoxi-
eating liquors in the City of Live Oak,
Florida, the said Mayor shall is =
sue his warrant for the arrest of such
VI o"Ih IL
person or persons on a charge of
selling intoxicating liquor, to be
brought before him for proceedings y
as in other cases. ~
Section 5. The person disclosing ~
ue name of the vendor shall be >,
brought before the Mayor to testify :
AZ tne trial of the party arrested, and =.
\ his or her testimony does not agree
N any material matter with his or Ii
ner previous written testimony, he IL
VI sne shall be turned over to the
a'A'e authorities for trial for per-
jury.
oecuon 8. Any testimony given
sauer THIS Ordinance by the person .
Aen In charge as provided in Sec
IVA shall not be used against him
: her On charge of drunkenness.
oeceon Z. All Ordinances in con- A.
:. herewith are hereby repealed.
0ecuon 8. This Ordinance shall =
As enect Immediately upon its pass
= Oy the Council and approval by
CHAS. H. BROWN,