The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-02-13


which the wine is purchased, and
shall certify that IT is purchased IN
good faith to be used only for sac.
ramental purposes.
Sec. s. That all statements or
prescriptions required by this act
shall be delivered at the end of
month in which they were given,
or within FIVE days thereafter, to
the circuit clerk of the county In
which the sale was made and shall
be filed and preserved by the cir
cult clerk in his Office for a period
of not less than two years,
and shall, moreover, be promptly
listed and indexed in a book kept
for that purpose, which shall con-
tain the name of the druggist maxi
ing the sale, the name of the
purchaser, the date of the state
ment or prescription and the guam
tity of alcohol purchased. The
original statement or prescription,
with the certificate of the circuit
court clerk indorsed thereon, show
ing that it has been registered, or
a certified copy of such record
shall be prima facie evidence in
any prosecution, suit or proceed
ing of the facts recited therein;
the circuit clerk for filing and reg
istering each statement or pre-
scription shall be entitled to a fee
of ten cents which shall be paid
by the druggist filling the same.
Sec. e. That any person who
violates any provision of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
any physician who signs or issues
any prescription containing any
false statement, any druggist who
shall sell any alcohol or shall fill
any prescription for alcohol in any
wise other than herein allowed, or
who shall refill any prescription
for alcohol, or who shall fail to
file a prescription filled by him in
the Office of the circuit clerk with
in the time prescribed; any person
who shall obtain alcohol or wine
for any purpose authorized herein,
and who shall convert the same to
any other use, shall be guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and shall, on con-
viction, be fined not less than $50
nor more than $500, or be imPri-
soned in the county jail not less
than one week, or more than three.
months, or both. But in case
of a conviction of any person for
an offense under this section COM
mitted after conviction and pun
ishment for a former offense here
under, shall the punishment be
less than fine of 500, nor more
than provided in this section, or
Imprisonment in the county jail for
not less than sixty days, nor more
than six months, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. On and after the date
when this act goes into effect all
licenses and privileges to sell in
toxicating liquors issued by the
State of Mississippi, or any
municipality, or Levee Board
thereof, shall cease and be void,
and that all such licenses hereafter
issued shall not be issued or valid
for a period beyond the 3Ist of
December, A. D. 1908.
Sec. 8. That the repeal or
amendment by this act or any ex-
isting statutory provisions shall
not affect any act done or any
cause of action, or any right ac-
cruing or accrued or established,
or any suit or proceeding had or
commenced in any civil case, or
any plea or defense, or bar thereto,
previous to the time when this act
takes effect. And any offense COM
mitted or penalty or forfeiture in
Cured previous to the time when
this act shall take effect, and any
indictment or prosecution for any
ofense, or for the recovery of any
penalty or forfeiture, pending at
the time when this act shall take
effect, shall not be affected by its
adoption; but all such offenses,
penalties and forfeitures, shall re-
main subject to the laws in force
before this act shall take effect.
Sec. 9. This act shall go into
effect and be in force on and after