The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-23
LIQUOR DEALERS GIVEN WARN
ING.
All Provisions of Law Must be OBJ
seIved-NOtice Served by Sher-
iff WatsOn--ViOlators Will be
Prosecuted.


served on each liquor dealer in the
county copy of the notice published
below, which is signed by Judge
Miner, Prosecutor Hicks and him.
self No one who knows these gen.
tlemen will doubt for an instant
that this warning is given with the
full determination to enforce the
law throughout the county and that
violations will be followed by
prompt prosecution. The liquor
dealers of the county will find it to
their advantage to take careful no.
tice of what these officers have to
say and follow the advice given. II
is generally believed they will. The
notice is as follows:
To the Retail Liquor Dealers of
Shiawassee county:
Gentlemen: In consideration of
the fact that SO many Of those who
are engaged in retail liquor business
are not familiar with the provisions
OF the law which governs the bust
ness, and in view of the fact TINT
nearly all the surrounding counties
have adopted the local option law.
and in the belief that many of yuu
who naturally are law abiding citi-
zens will, be sorely tempted to vio-
late the Sunday law and others CT
its provisions, we deem it our duty
to call your attention to the pro-
visions of the law which you are ex-
pected to follow, so that you may
familiarize yourself with the same.
hoping and trusting that during the
coming year no one will have anv
reason to complain that the provi-
sions of the liquor law have not
been faithfully lived up to in Shia-
wassee county.
Persons to Whom You Cannot Sell.
To any miner. TO an intoxicated
person, nor. to any person in the hap
1T of getting intoxicated, to an Indian
or person of Indian descent, nor to
any person when forbidden in writ
ing so to do by the husband, wife,
child, guardian, or employer Of such
person or by the supervisor of the
township, mayor, or director or the
superintendent of the poor, nor any
student in attendance at any public
or private institution of learning in
this state, nor shall you allow any
minor to visit or remain in your bar
room unless accompanied by his
father or other legal guardian; nor
shall you sell, furnish, give or have
in your possession any intoxicating
liquors in any concert, variety show
or theatre or other place of amuse-
ment, or in any room in the same
building with any such place OF
amusement.
Closing.
Your bar room must be closed on
the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday, on all election days,
on all legal holidays until seven
O'Clock on the following morning and
all week day nights from nine
o'clock p. m., until seven o'clock of
the succeeding day unless the COM
mon council of the city or village In
which you are located may, by or
dinance, allow additional time not
later than eleven o'clock p. m In
interpreting the meaning of this
word closed our supreme court
have held that no person, not even
the proprietor has a right to enter
such saloon during the time when,
under the law, it must be closed.
The provisions requiring the saloon
to be closed applies not only to your
main bar room but also to all and
every ro&m or place where you haJ-
itually sell or serve liquors in con-
nection with your regular business
and these fall under the same rule as
to closing as does your main bar
room
Screens.
During all Of the time, when by
law your saloon must be closed, all
curtains, screens, partitions and 9TH
er things that obstruct the view from
the sidewalk, street, alley, or other
road in front of or at the side or end
of said building of the bar or place
in said room where said liquors are
sold or kept for sale shall be remov-
ed. This section of the statute has
been construed to mean that you
must place your bar room in such a
place in the building that view of il