The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-17


sort, shall be prina facie of sale or
other unlawful disposition.
Common Nuisances.
That the following are declared to
be common nuisances and may he
abated as such upon complaint of the
state attorney general, or the solicitor
general of the circuit, or any citizen
or citizens ofthe county.
% Any rooms or structures used
for the unlawful manufacture, sale
or other unlawful disposition of the
prohibited beverages; CD all houses,
shops or places where these bever-
ages are sold or otherwise disposed of,
to be drunk on or near the premises !;
CD all places of resort where persons
are permitted to resort for the pur-
pose of drinking such beverages; (4)
any public eating place where these
liquors and beverages are sold or
served for beverage purposes.
That in any trial in any of the
courts of the state to abate or enjoin
any common nuisance as defined by
the bill or in any prosecution of
anybody for violation of this act, any
application for the internal revenue
special tax receipt of the United
States, as required by section 3239
of the revised statutes of the United
States, or any internal revenue special
tax receipt as required by said sec
tinn n CO id pouicnI TTnifA1 cta
utes for retail or Wholesale or spirit
uous, malt or intoxicating liquors, in
the state of Georgia, shall be made
prima facie evidence of guilt, and
shall be. sufficient to charge the onus
of burden of proof on the defendant
in any such cases, providing that
nothing in this act shall apply to reg
ularly licensed retail or wholesale
druggists who, under the prohibition
act of August 6, 1907, are allowed to
sellalcohol, and provided that this act
is supplemental to and shall not re-
peal and provisions of the act approx
ed August 81, 1911, number 272, re-
lating to evidence in cases of viola
ton of the prohibition law.
That it shall be unlawful for any
body to receive for storage, distribu-
tion or consignment for another, the
prohibited liquors or to maintain any
warehouse or other place for the re-
ceiving, storing or disposition of such
guilty of this violation shall be guilty
of misdemeanor
That no person shall be excused
from testifying before the grand
jury or in any trial in any prosecu-
/ tion for violation of this act upon any
complaint for the enforcement there
of, but no disclosure or discovery
made by such person as a witness
shall be used against him in any pc
nal prosecution on account of the
matters disclosed
That the sheriffs of the various
counties shall at least once every
month procure from the office of the
United States internal revenue collec-
tor the name of each person, firm or
corporation to whom United States
internal revenue license, or tax stamp
has been issued, as a wholesale or re-
tail liquor dealer or wholesale deal
er or retail dealer in malt liquors. or
a brewer or rectifier of spirits, and
the name of each person, firm or cor
poration that has complied with the
| laws of the United States to become
or carry on the business of distil-
Ter ir his county and the sheriff shall
Immediately thereafter publish in
some newspaper in his county in black
type 70 cali special attention thereto,
the names Of 8, ch parties. Any sheriff
who shall fail 10 comply with these
provisions shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor.
Duties of Sheriff.
When a sheriff obtains from the
internal revenue collector a list of
persons who have paid such United
Staes special taxes he shall promptly
furnish the solicitor general or pros
ecuting officer in the county with a
list and it shall be the duty of the
prosecuting attorney to take active
steps to secure the conviction dof such
persons. Any solicitor general or 9th
er prosecuting attorney or sheriff
who fails to comply with these re-
quirements shall forfeit the sum of
$500 to the state for such dereliction.
That any solicitor general or other
prosecuting attorney in the county
whose duty it is to prosecute criminal
cases on behalf of the state shall not
be prohibited from commencing prose
cution on his own affidavit but it shall
be his duty upon receiving informa-
tion giving him probable cause to be-
lieve that there has been violation
to lay the matter before the grand
jury or to institute criminal prose-
cution against said party by affida-
Wit.
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