The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
Fuller Bill Most Drastic EVer
 Drd1V1 If1 Any State I11 Union

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 disposition of any of said prohibited
 liquors or beverages, or the maintaining
 of any unlawful drinking place or liquor
 nuisance, and it shall not be necessary
 to first specifically interrogate the wit
 nesses as to any particular offenses, but
 witness must not be prosecuted for
 any offense as to which he testifies be-
 fore the grand jury; and the solicitor or
 any member of the grand jury may be
 witness to prove that fact
 Sec IS. The judges of all courts em-
 panelling grand juries shall give in charge
 to said grand jury the liquor laws of the
 state, and those enacted for the purpose
 of promoting temperance and suppressing
 the evils of intemperance, and he shall
 instruct them to investigate and return
 indictments against all persons guilty of
 violating said laws, or any provision of
 them.
 Sec IA. That grand juries shall have no
 discretion as to the finding of indict-
 ments for violations of the provisions of
 this act, or for violations of the provision
 of any law of the state for the promotion
 of temperance and the suppression of in- temperance. and it shall be their duty. if the evidence justifies 1t, to find and
 present indictments for every such viola tion
 Sec. 15 That no clerk, servant, agent , or employe of any person accused of the violation of the laws to promote tenn perance and to suppress intemperance, or
 prohibiting the sale. manufacture or other disposition of liquors or beverages shall be excused from testifying against hls
 principal for the reason that he may thereby incriminate himself, nor shall any principal be excused for the same
 reason from testifying against any clerk,
  but no testimony so given by any of
 said parties shall in any manner in any prosecution be used as evidence directly or indirectly against him, nor shall the party testifying be hereafter prosecuted for any offense so disclosed by him. Sec. Is. That it shall be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation engaged l in the business of selling beverages to keep or store on the premises where said | beverage business is conducted any pro- | hibited liquors, beverages, the sale, offer | ing for sale, or other disposition of which | is prohibited by the law of Alabama, and | any person so violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and this sec- l tion Is enacted to prevent evasions of | the law and to remove opportunity of | evading the law by selling prohibited beverages under cover of the legitimate | beverage business
 | Sec. IT. That any person who within l this state solicits or receives any order | for sprituous. vinous or malt liquors or any other liquors or beverages prohibited | by the law of the state to be sold or | offered for sale, or otherwise disposed of | in this state, in any quantity to be I shipped into this state, or to be shipped l from one point in this state to another | point in this state, shall be guilty of a l misdemeanor, and if such order be in writing parol evidence thereof Is admis- A1.1< x.rtkl | for the absence of, the original; and the l taking or soliciting of such orders Is | within the inhibition of this section, all 1 though the orders are subject to approval | by some other person and no part of | the price Is paid, nor any part of the l goods delivered when the orders are | taken.
 Sec. IS. That the sheriffs of the various
 counties shall at least once every month, l between the first and tenth days of the ! month, procure from the office of the l United States internal revenue collector ! for this state the name of each person, | firm or corporation to whom a United
 States internal revenue license or tax 1 stamps, has been issued as a wholesale or retail liquor dealer, or a wholesale | dealer or retail dealer in malt liquors, or | a brewer or rectifer of spirits, and the | name of each person, firm or corporation
 that has compiled with the laws of the l United States to become or carry on the business of a distiller in this county. and ! such sheriff shall immediately thereafter | cause to be published for two successive | weeks in some newspaper in his county l In heavy black face 10-point type the | name of said parties, together with the | location of their places of business, giv- l ing street number when obtainable. For | such services the sheriffs shall each re- | ceive the sum of s25 per annum and .,6 r>Pr h1icb &l.. same to be paid out of the general fund l of his county. Any sheriff who shall | fail, neglect or refuse to comply with | the provisions of this section shall be | guilty of misdemeanor and shall be l punished, upon conviction, by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, and may be sentenced to hard labor for the | county for not exceeding six months. 1 Sec. 19- That the following are hereby | declared to be common nusances. and may be designated as liquor nuisances. 1 d). All rooms or structures used for the | unlawful manufacture, sale, furnishing, | distilling, rectifying, brewing or keeping
 of liquors or beverages that are prohib- | ited by the laws of Alabama to be man
 ufactured, sold or otherwise disposed of
 in this state; @. All houses. shops or l places where such prohibited liquors and l beverages, or any of them. are sold, | bartered, exchanged or otherwise dis 1 posed of to be drunk on or near the | premises. or where such prohibited | liquors, liquids or beverages are kept for | the purpose of sale or other disposition | thereof in violation of law; (3). All places | of resort where persons are permitted to | resort for the purpose of drinking such | liquors or beverages on or about the
 premises; (D. Any unlawful drinking place that Is kept or maintained in viola
 ton of the law of the state; (5). All res- | taurants, hotels and public eating places | where the prohibited liquors and bev- 1 erages, or any of them, are sold, or | served for beverage purposes; (6). All | places where business Is carried on by | a wholesale or retail dealer in liquors, or 1 by a wholesale or retail dealer in malt | liquors, or by brewer or distiller or ! rectifier of spirits in violation of the law | of the state; CD. All warehouses or stor- | age places where the prohibited liquors
 and beverages or any of them are kept l or stored or received on consignment or | for distribution or delivery contrary to l the law of this state. The bill to be filed | to abate such nuisances may be filed against any person, firm, or corporati ton | who maintains or aids in maintaining l such nuisances. including agents, servants | and employees as well as officers of cor | poratols
 Sec 20 That the nuisances named in 1! the preceding section may be abated by
 proceeding in equity in court of compe- | tent jurisdiction and the state attorney | general, or the circuit or other solicitors, ] or deputy solicitor or any prosecuting l officer within county where his official | 1,,ttaS rao,,fro him n proSec,1to oriypipaJ