Milford chronicle., 1915-01-22
THE new ANTT-SHIPPING BILL.
Text Of The One Introduced In The
Legislature By Representative Hill.

Legislature by Representative hill.
Following is the text of the ship
ping bill introduced in the Legislature b
Representative Hill /:
Sestion LIT shall be unlawful for an
corporation, firm, partnership, club o
association of individuals other than Ii
censed pharmacists, to possess or to keel
or store upon their premises, any spirit
ous, vinous, fermented, malt or intoxi
eating liquors or any mixture thereof
containing alcohol for beverage purposes
IN any quantity whatever in any county
or other subdivision of the State of Della
ware where the sale of Intoxicating IL
quors is prohibited by law; but it shall
be lawful for any person or individual
over the age of twenty-one years to have
ia his possession or to keep OF to store
upon his premises in the above men
toned counties or subdivision, spurious,
vinous or fermented liquors in quantity,
not to exceed one gallon; or malt liquors
in quantity not to exceed four dozen pint
bottles or one-eighth barrel, such liquor
to be for the personal use only of such
persons and not to be sold, furnished or
given to another. Any corporation, firm,
co-partnership club or association of in
dividuals violating the provisions of the
above shall upon conviction thereof be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
shall be fined not less than ten dollars
(S10 00) or more than fifty dollars( $50. .0O)
for the first offense and for each and
every addition offense, no less than
fifty dollars (S5000) nor more than one
hundred dollars (S100.00) and be i'm
prisoned for a term not exceeding six
months.
Section 2.-It shall be unlawful for any
corporation, firm, co-partnership club or
association or individuals, or for any
person or individual under the age of
twenty-one years to have shipped or bring
into any county or other subdivision of
the State of Delaware where the sale of
Intoxicating liquors is prohibited by law,
any spurious, vinous, fermented, malt or
Intoxicating liquors or any mixture
thereof containing alcohol for beverage
purposes in any quantity whatever; but
ii shall be lawful for any person or indi
vidua1 over the age of twenty-one years
to have shipped into the counties or sub |
divisions as above mentioned, spurious |
or fermented liquors in any quantity not |
to exceed one gallon in one calendar
month or any malt liquor in quantity not |
to exceed four dozen pint bottles or one
eighth barrel in any one calendar month,
such liquor to be for the personal use
only of such person, but such persons
shall not be allowed to have shipped to
or bring into such counties or other sub
divisions as above mentioned both malt |
liquor and spEituous, viuous or fermen-
ted liquors in the same calendar month.
Any corporation, firm, partnership,
club or association or persons other than
a registered pharmacist, or any individ-
ual or person under the age of twenty
one years, receiving from any public or
private carrier or carriers or bringing
into the counties or subdivisions above
mentioned any of the above liquors in
any quantity, or any individual over
Ewenty-one years of age receiving from
any public or private carrier or carriers,
Dr. bringing into the aforementioned
-erritory more than the above mentioned
quantity of spurious, vinous, fermented
Or malt liquors in any one calendar
month or for any other purposes than
he personal use of the consignee, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than ten dollars (S10.00)nor more
han fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than
,ne hundred dollars (S10O) and be i'm
orisoned for a term not exceeding six
months.
Section Sit shall be unlawful for
my railroad company, steamboat COM
,any, express company, or any common
,r private carrier or carriers to convey,
transport or deliver to any depot; wharf /
II any point or place in any county or
'ther subdivisions of the State of Della
ware where the sale of Intoxicating IL 4
uors is prohibited by law, any spurious, /
inous, fermented, malt or Intoxicating I
liquors or any mixture thereof contain
ng alcohol for beverage purposes, to
ny firm. corporation, club or associa-
ion of individuals other than registered 4
pharmacist, or to any person or individ-
al under twenty-one years of age; pro-
ided, however, that it shall be lawful X
or the aforesaid public or private car II
ier or carriers, to carry, transport bring
1to and deliver to any individual over 4
be age of twenty-one years, spirituous, Il
inous or fermented liquors not exceed
ng in quantity one gallon in any one
alendar month, or malt liquor not ex- h
eeding in quantity four dozen pint bot L
les, or one eighth barrel in any one h
alendar month, and it shall be unlawful B
0r the aforesaid common carrier or car l
lSIS 10 uellN6i SUCH llquOI 70 any pSIsOu IN
ther than the consignee thereof, or to
ny person under the age of twenty-one L
ears, whether consigned to such minor r
r not. All such railroad companies, &
companies, express companies
7 common or private carriers doing bust X
ess within the limits of the aforesaid
ounties or other subdivision where the L
ale of Intoxicating liquor is prohibited r.
y law, are hereby required to keep book Is
/ which shall be entered Immediately r
pom receipt thereof, the name and adj Il
ress of every person to whom such liquors Is
re shipped, the amount and kind re- II
lived, the date when delivered, and by r.
hom and to whom delivered and the rs
anne ofthe firm, corporation or individual k
tipping such liquor and the statement
lat such liquors are for personal use.
fter such record shall be blank space in u
hich the consignee shall be required to n
gn his name and address in person to
lch record before the delivery of such lz
1uors to such consignee, which book lE
lall be open for the inspection of the Is
iblic at any time during the business Y
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