Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-02-26
Interesting LalOs
Regarding Minors
Information for Dealers In Tobacco,
Guns and Ammunition add to Pool
Hall Proprietors.


Because of the many inquiries he
has received County Attorney r
w. Henry has had the following bull
letin published and posted with al
tobacco, gun and ammunition deal
ers and also proprietors of pool, bill
Hard and card rooms i'm the county:
Sale of Tobacco to Minors.
Chapter $50, Session Laws of Ida
no, 1913. Section /.
To prohibit the use of cigarettes
cigars or tobacco in any form 10y
minors under the age of 1S years
and declaring same to be a msde
meanor; prohibiting all persons fr1u
furnishing any cigarettes, cigars OF
tobacco in any form to minors; pro
hibiting all minors from frequentmg
any premises for the purpose of In
dulging in the use of tobacco, and
making it a misdemeanor for any
person who owns or manages such
premises to permit the same to pe
used for such purposes, and prescriO-
ing penalties.
Every minor person and every min
or pupil in any school, college or uni
yersity. who shall smoke or use Gig
arettes, cigars or tobacco in any form
or in any public road, alley, street,
park or other lands used for pubic
purposes or in any public place OF
business shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction there
of, shall be punished for each offerse
py a fine of not more than ten dol
lars $4,000, and every person VINO
shall furnish any cigarettes, cigars
or tobacco in any form, to such min
or persons, or who shall permit such
minor persons to frequent any prem
ises owned, held or managed by him,
for the purpose of indulgtng In the
use of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco
i'm any form, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction there
of, shall be punished by fine OF not
loss than twenty-five dollars ($25.OO)
nor more than one hundred dollars
| ($10000) for each offense.
(Note-Because of the apparent
conflict between the title and the
body of the above bill the word min
or" in the above bill has been con-
strued to mean a person IL years
of age or under.)
Allowing Minors in Pool or Billiard
| Rooms
Chapter 1913, Session Laws Of Ida
no, 1913. Section 1.
1t shall be unlawful for any minor
under the age of twenty years to
frequent or loiter in or about table
pool or billiard rooms or halls CON
Quoted for profit in the state of Ida
no. Every proprietor, keeper, manag-
er, conductor, clerk or person, hay
ing control of any table-pool or bill
lard room or hall conducted for pro
lit in the state of Idaho, who allows
any minor under the age of twenty
years to frequent or loiter in or about
such table-pool or billiard room or
hall is deemed guilty of a misdemean'
or. Every minor under the age oil
Twenty years who frequents or lott
ers i'm or about any table-pool or bill
Hard room or hall conducted for prof
it in the state of Idaho is deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Note-Attention is called to the
fact that some cities, by local ordi-
nance, have raised the age limit of
minors.)
Screens in Card or Billiard Rooms
Chapter "a, Session Laws of Idaho,
1911. Sections 1 and 2.
AIN owners of property now used
as soft drink establishments, card
rooms, pool or billiard halls, must
remove all blinds or screens or 9TH
er Instructions which would interfere
with the free inspection of such es-
tablishment by the passers by.
Every person, or persons, violating
the foregoing section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and is punishable by
fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars (s25.00) nor more than one humid
red dollars ($100.00) or by impr.son-
ment in the county jail for period
of not less than twelve (12) days
nor more than fifty (50) days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Sale of Explosives or Ammunition
to Minors
Chapter 1T, Session Laws of Ida |
no, 1913. Sections 1 and 2.
No person, firm, association or cor
poration shall sell or give to any
minor under the age of sixteen 16)
years any powder, commonly called
of any description, or
any dynamite or other explosives, or
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