Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-03-15
SALOON LICENSE MEASURE
Full Text Of Bill Limiting Saloons to
One for Each Six Hundred
Population.

The measure which passed the State
Legislature last week, with the emer-
gency clause, fixing the number Of ss-
looms at one to each 900 population, is as
follows:
"lt shall be competent and lawful for
any township, precinct, town or city
within the county, where such bond is
filed and license paid, to prohibit, and
they shall prohibit, the party paying
such license, as we'll as all others. from
engaging in the business of selling in
toxicating liquors to be drank in, upon
or about the premises where sold with
in the corporate limits, until he shall
pay to town, township or city treasurer
such sum as may be fixed by ordinance,
to be not less than six hundred dollars
nor more than eleven hundred dollars,
and after the 30th day of June, 1918,
each town, town nship and city shall pro-
hibit from engaging in said business a
greater number of persons than one to
every 600 or major fraction thereof Of
the population of said town, township
or city as shown by the last preceding
state or national census; provided, how
ever, that where the law has been other
wiso complied with, the town board of
any incorporated town of 600 popula-
tion or less, may permit two persons to
engage in said business. No additional
bond shall be required, nor shall the
authorities of any town, township or city
receive the license provided for in this
section from one who has not filed the
bond or paid the license provided for in
Section 1884 hereof, nor shall the au-
thorities of said town. township or city
receive the license for longer period
than the first day of July next succeed
ing; and the forfeiture of the license
paid into the county treasurer under
the provisions of this article shall work
forfeiture of the license paid to the
treasurer of said town, township or city.
The intent is to allow both the county
and any incorporated town, township
or city authorities to levy and collect a
license for the sale of intoxicating
liquors as herein provided. That in all
cities or towns where no federal or state
census has been held or where the pop
ulation has, as shown by the vote at the
annual city or town election, increased
or decreased, fifteen per cent or more,
the Governor shall, upon a petition OF
ten per cent of the voters of such town
or city, appoint census enumsrstor to
take the census of such town or city, re-
turns of which census shall be made un-
der oath to the Governor and governing
board of such town or city, and which
census shall be CONCLUSIVE for the pur.
pose of determining the population up
on which to base the number of permits
to be granted for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors until the next state or federal
census is taken. Provided, further thai
in computing the increase or decrease OF
population by the vote of snch city ol
town, as herein provided for, there shal
be deemed to be in such town or city
five persons for each voter.
| "Section 2. All acts and parts of acti
in conflict with this act are hereby re
pealed.
"Section 8. Whereas, there is no ade
quate provision of law existing at the
present time whereby the number o
permits to sell intoxicating liquors that
may be granted is limited, an emer
gency is hereby declared to exist ant
this act shall take effect and be in fore,
Immediately upon its passage and ap
prevail"