The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-15

IN information, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than eighty
dollars nor more than one hundrce
dollars, and in default of paymen
Of such fine and costs shall wOrk
out the same on the public road
of the Parish of Caddo at the rate
of $i.OO per day, or shall suffer i'm
prisonment not less than ten and
not more than thirty days, or both,
at the discretion of the court, anG
for each twenty-four hours that
said nuisance is maintained, it shall
be deemed separate offense.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That whenever any three reputa-
BILE persons shall make oath BE-
fore any judge or justice of the
peace, setting forth that he has rea-
sons to believe, or does believe, tina
intoxicating liquors are being illicit
ly kept in any house, store, room or
any other place within the Parish OF
Caddo for the purpose of illicitly
diSpOsing of same, or in any place
where near beer is displayed OF 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, II
shall be the duty of the said judge
or justice of the peace to at once
issue a warrant directing the sher-
if or constable to 60 into such place
OF 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
a competent court, where they shall!
be prosecuted by indictment OF 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, OF 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
lsuch nuisance.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc.
That it shall be the duty of the Of
ficer making such search to seize
instantly all intoxicating liquors
found in such place or places, ane
take them before the judge and hole
them as evidence until the trial, ant
if the party is convicted, the judge
shall order their destruction, ant
they shall be destroyed by such Of
ficer.
Sec. 1. Be it further ordained, etc.
That when intoxicating liquors ar
found in the searched premises, O
!. in possession of any person with in
: dications from the quantity foun!
and the surrounding circumstance
, that the place is being kept as i
!. grog or tipping shop, or for retail
1 .ag intoxicating liquors, it shall b
the duty of the officer making tn
arrest to make charge against tn
.iperson or persons found in charg
? of said place and against the own
ers, clerks and porters, doorkeeper
and watchers, for violating the pro
hibition law as we'll as a charge TO
: running a blind tiger.
e Sec. S. Be it further ordained, etc
t That if the court shall find at tn
e trial that the parties charged ar
not guilty of violating the law, o
this ordinance, the liquors SO seize
e shall be returned to the party from
whom they were seized, except sucl
7 as may have been used in determin
(. iEg whether or not they were intox
irating.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, etc
: That Ibis ordinance shall take eflec
5 from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
S On motion the above ordinance t
2 lag over under the rules until NIX
) meeting.
: Approved and adopted June 4:
: 1913. WILLIAM WINTER,
President Pro Ten
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
. June Is, 1913.
Sheriff's Sale.
No. 17,134-In the First judicial Dis