The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-04-16
OBEY LAW
THE BREWERS
TELL THEM
West Virginia Brewers Asso-
citation Issues an Address
to Saloonists.
ABOUT THE SUNDAY LAW.
Strict Observance of Sunday
Closing Act is Earnestly
Advised in Address.

The West Virginia Brewers Assoc
citation has sent out the following cir
cular letter to saloonists, explaining
the new liquor laws and urging strict
observance of the Sunday closing act.
Gear Sir:-The most stringent law
passed at the extraordinary session
of the legislature of 1903 as affecting
liquor interests was the one relating
to the sale of liquors no Sunday. Its
terms are so stringent and the PEN
atty so severe that we would advise
a strict compliance with the Sunday
closing law. We give few of Its
provisions as follows.
All rooms where liquors are sold
or kept for sale, either at wholesale
or retail, shall be closed and securely
locked on Sunday, from and after
the hour of twelve o'clock Saturday
night and until five O'Clock Monday
morning. and no person shall be per-
mitted in such room for any purpose
betwene those hours; all openings of
every sort from such room Cmeanine
the bar room or other place where
liquors are sold) to any other room,
hall, vestibule, entrance or stairway
situated in the building, or from such
room to any building or room adjoin-
ing the room in which said business
Is carried on, or TO any basement or
cellar. chamber or attic. shall be kept
securely closed and locked between
said hours.
This will mean the locking up of
the bar room at 10 o'clock Saturday
night and keeping the same locked
for all purposes until Monday morn
ing at five o'clock, between those
hours nobody shall have the right
even to pass through said room, nor
to work in said room for any pur-
pose. The bar room shall be in plain
view from the street during that
time so that person on the street
may look into all parts of said bar
room. and if gas or electricity is used
for lighting purposes light shall be
kept burning on Sunday night.
To enforce said law severe penal
ties are placed on sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, marshals, constables and po-
licemen for a neglect or refusal to
make arrests for violations OF said
law. The penalties for violations
are:
First: A fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than two hundred
and fifty dollars. 4
Second: In addition to the fine,
imprisonment in the county jail not
less than six months nor more than
twelve months; both the saloon keep
ers and the bar tenders shall be plac-
ed under arrest in case OF violations
of the law.
Third: In addition to other pen-
alties the license to sell liquors shall
be Immediately revoked.
Fourth: The building for which
such license was granted shall not
again for period of one year after
be used for the sale, stor-
age or manufacture of liquors.
Fifth: This law goes into effect
May &c.
The penalties for Sunday selling
are, however. so great under the
present law that we would recon-
mend immediate compliance with
Sunday closing laws.
In addition to the above there were
stringent laws passed relative to
sales by clubs not separately llcen-
sed. These laws will prevent any
evasion.
In the event that any part OF the
law is not plain to you we shall be
pleased to have the same construed
by our attorneys and reply to any
inquiries you may make
relative to those subjects. y
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