The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-03-02
NEAR BEER GONE.
After July First It's Sale is Barred in
State.

A bill to be entitled, can Act to
Prohibit the Sale OF Near-Beer,
Beerine, and other Drinks"
The General Assembly Of North
Carolina do Enact:
Section THAT it shall be unlaw
full for any person or persons, firm
or corporation to sell or dispose of
for gain, near-beer, beerine, or
other spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors or mixtures of any kind, and
under whatever name called, that
shall contain acohol, or cocaine, or
morphine or other opium derivative,
except as herein provided.
Sec. 2.-That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, firm or
corporation, who is engaged in the
sale of any kind of drinks, to refuse
to allow any person to carry away
from the place where said drinks
are being sold or offered for sale,
any package or quantity of any size
of said drink which has been bought
and paid for; and if any person firm
or corporation shall refuse to allow
said package or quantity Of said drink
to be carried away from the place
Of sale, it shall be prima facia evil
dence of the violation of this act.
Sec. 3.-That any person or per-
sons, firm or corporation in any
county in this State violating the
provisions Of this act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and fined or i'm
prisioned, or both, for each end
every offence, in the discretion of
the courts; Provided that this act
shall not be construed to forbid the
sale of spurious, vinous, fermented
or malt liquors or Intoxicating bit
ters by legalized medical deposi-
tory, or by any licensed and regis
tered pharmacist, for sickness, up
on the written prescription or a reg
ularly licensed and actively practi-
cling physician or surgeon having
the person for whom said prescrip-
ton is made under his charge, which
said prescription shall specify the
amount Of spirits required; and that
this act shall not be construed to
prevent the sale Of any alcoholic
LIQUOR to any lsgali.ct. medical de-
pository or to any licensed and reg
istered pharmacist, or any cocaine
or morphine or other opium derive
tive to any registered pharmacist;
, and this act shall not be construed
to forbid the sale of cocaine, NOR
phine, or other opium derivative by
. licensed pharmacist upon written
prescription by q regular licensed
5 physician or surgeon; Provided fur
t ther, that this act shall not apply to
! the sale of domestic wines when
7 sold in quantity of not less than two
and half gallons in scaled packages
: or Grated, on the premises where
manufactured or to the sale of cider
: in any quantity by the manufacturer
: from fruits grown on his land In the
State of North Carolina, or to the
] sale Of wine to any minister OF re
t ligion or other officer Of churcf
!. when said wine is bought for reli
t gious or sacramento purposes, or tt
Y the sale of favoring extracts or es
! sences when sold as such, or to tn
k sale of medical preparations manu-
o featured in accordance with formu
e las prescribed by the United State
e Pharmacopeoia and National For
It mulary which contain no more al
l. cohol than is necessary to eXtrac
e the medical properties of the dru,
d in such preparations. and no NOR
n alcohol than is necessary to hold tn
k medical agents in solution, ali
al which are manufactured and sol
l. as medicines and not as beverage
m or the sale of any medical prepars
lion which is manufactured, sol
IF and used as medicine and not as
ct beverage, or to the sale of carbona
as ed drinks that contain no more tha
as one-tenth of one per cent OF alcoho
IN and in which drinks a f1avorin
as agent is used, in the manufactul
t. of which favoring agent alcohol
u used to dissolve and hold in solutio
Df or to extract from the crude mate
or ial said favoring agent.
ty Sec. 4.-That this act shall be
force and effect after the first ds
vo of July, one thousand nine hundre
ft and eleven.