The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-11

maintaining a puDliC Huio"ii'o' anu
shall be persecuted by indictment
on information, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than eighty
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, and in default OF payment
of such fine and costs shall work
ont the same on the public roads
IF the Parish of Caddo at the rate
If 100 per day, OF shall suffer I'M
nrisonment not less than ten and
not more than thirty days, or both,
at the discretion of the court and
for each twenty-four hours that
said nuisance is maintained, 1t shall
be deemed a separate otfense.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, etc,
That whenever any reputable per-
son or persons shall make oath be-
fore any judge or justice of the
peace, setting forth that he has rea-
sons TO believe, OF does believe, that
intoxicating liquors are being illicit
ly kept in any house, store, room or
any other place within the Parish Of
Caddo for the purpose sof illicitly
disposing of same, or in any place
where near beer is displayed or kept
for sale or not, whether kept for
sale or not, or in any place where
gambling is permitted, whether kept
for sale or not, and describing said
place or naming or pointing out the
keeper, owner or lessee thereof, it
shall be the duty of the said judge
or Justice of the peace to at once
issue warrant directing the sher-
if or constable to go into such place
or places and ascertain the truth,
and if the said officer shall find evil
dence of such illicit business. he
shall arrest all persons found in
charge of said house or place, and
the owner, keeper, clerk or lessee
of said premises and the owners of
said liquors, and carry them before
competent court, where they shall
be prosecuted by indictment or in
formation, and if said person or per-
sons are found guilty of maintaining
a public nuisance as aforesaid, they
shall be fined in the sum of not less
than eighty dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, and in default
of payment shall be ordered to
work out said fine at the rate of one
dollar per day on the public roads
of the parish, or be imprisoned not
less than ten nor more than thirty
days, or suffer both fine and i'm
prisonment at the discretion of the
judge, and shall be ordered to abate
such nuisance, 4 !: ~
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That it shall be the duty of the Of
ficer making such search to seize
all intoxicating liquors
found in such place OF places, and
take them before the judge and hold
them as evidence until the trial, and
if the party is convicted, the judge
shall order their destruction andf
they shall be destroyed Wy such Off
flcer.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc, !.
That when intoxicating liquors are
found in the searched premises, or
In possession of any person with in
from the quantity found
and the surrounding circumstances
that the place is being kept as a
grog or tipping shop, or for retail
ing intoxicating liquors, it shall be
the duty of the officer making the
arrest to make charge against the
person or persons found in charge
pf said place and against the own
ers, clerks and porters, doorkeepers
and watchers, for violating the pro-
law as we'll as charge for
running blind tiger.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That if the court shall find at the
trial that the parties charged are
not guilty of violating the law, or
this ordinance, the liquors so seized
shall be returned to the party from
whom they were seized except such
as may have been used in determin-
IEg whether or not they were intox-
iratine.
sec. 6. Be it further ordained. ETC.,
That his ordinance shall take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
On motion the above ordinance to
lay over under the rules until next
meeting.
Z. +. Perroncel, parish treasurer,
hen made his report, presenting his
vouchers, which were checked, can
;elled and filed, and said treasurer
accorded a full and complete ac-
lulttance to May 6, 1913.
Statement of C. E. Perroncel, par
sh treasurer, in account with Cad
10 Parish, La, from April 6, to May
J, 1913: