Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-05-27
THE BAN ON BO0SE.
Full Text of the New Hillery Law
Which Was Drafted to Repress
Habitual Drunkards.

HabituaI DrunkardS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of he State of New
Jersey:
l. In every municipality of this
State, the governing body thereof,
may appoint three reputable citizens,
residents in said municipality, to be
known as a board of protectors which
board shall have the power and
authority hereinafter set forth.
2. Said board shall serve without
compensation, except that their reas-
~onable expenses incurred in serving
notices herinafter prescribed, printing
and stationery, shall be paid by said
municipality as other bills are paid.
g. Said board shall investigate the
causes of drunkenness in the muni-
cipality for which they are appointed,
and whenever it satisfactorily appears
to said board that any person residing
in, or who frequents said municipal
ity, is an habitual drunkard or is like
ly to become a drunkard by the use of
Intoxicating liquors, such board shall,
by notice in writing mailed to every
person licensed to sell Intoxicating
liquors in said municipality, to desist
from either selling or giving intoxi-
eating liquors to any such person SO
determined to be an habitual drunk
ard Any person who knowingly shall
sell or give any intoxicatig liquor to
any person, so as aforesaid determined
to be an habitual drunkard or likely
to become drunkard, after notice to
desist from the sale or gift of intoxi-
eating liquors to any such person, as
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third person shall, for the first
offense, be liable to a penalty of fifty
dollars, to be recovered in an action
of debt by said board of protectors;
and for second offense shall be liable
to a penaly of one hundred dollars to
be recovered in like manner; and for
third offense, shall be liable to a
penalty of two hundred dollars, to
be recovered in like manner; and
upon third violation said board of
protectors shall report said fact to
the board, person, body or court hav
ing the right to grant license for the
sale of intoxicating liquor in said mu
nicipality, whereupon said board,
person, body or court having the right
to grant such license, may revoke the
license of the person so selling or Civ
ing Intoxicating liquor in violation of
the provisions of this act unless the
person so violating, shall first be. given
an opportunity to appear before said
board OF protectors at a time ard
place to be fixed by said board, notice
whereof shall be given in writing to
said person, either personally or left
at his dwelling house, place Of abode
or place of business at least five days
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A. 1t shall also be the duty of said
board of protectors to give notice in
writing to any person whom said
board shall determine to be an habi-
tual drunkard or likely to become
drunkard, by reason of the use of in
toxicating liquors, to cease the pur-
chase of liquor within said munici
pality, and if any such person shall
thereafter purchase any Intoxicating
liquors in said municipality, such per-
son shall be deemed disorderly per-
son and punishable as such.
s. Said board of protectors shall
hold stated meeting at least once in
each and every month, and shall give
notice in one of the newspapers print
ed and published in said municipality,
or, if there be no newspaper published
in said municipality, in a newspaper
circulating therein, for one insertion,
at least one week before the board
shall hold its first stated meeting, of
the time and place fixed for the hold
ing of such stated meetings., at any of
which meetings all persons shall be
entitled to be heard respecting auy
matters coming within the purview of
this act
6. The words Intoxicating liquor"
wherever used in this act, shall be
construed to mean and include vinous,
spirituous, malt or brewed liquors of
any kind or character, and the word
| person shall be taken to mean and
include a corporation or partnership.
T. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.