The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-03

sIe .i,t.sns te be approved by toe coxnfv Judge or by the applicant s5u any bonding company autnoflAe1
 business in this state. a, two
 Sec f License shall pc nd kinds. to-wft; Retail hcease au wholesale license. Retail license sn",s
 be issued for the sale of ti1n1o. +3t,s dram shop or saloon and shail vn aro~ the holder thereof. his agent ana en,- pioyes. 10 sell liquor in sald eIain sais s'.s or saloon in any quantity. huiSsaf ~ license shall be issued for the sac ol liquor in original packages conta .nihs hs not less than one quart, ana not 'O
 unsealed upon the premises. ,.ao,ss
 Bee s Before any retail heehse
 shall be issued under the proVlslohs oi
 this act there shall be paid 10 tns Collector of the county wnsneine ne i've
 license is procured the sum or nEe hundred ts500.00) dollars as a county tax and the sum of two hundred anu
 fifty (S25000) as State tax TOT An general revenue fund. and two huhulee h. and fifty (S250.00) dollars for the com mon school fund. and per cent upon the amount paid as Collectors Tee anu two (s200) dollars for each license i0r Clerks fee Before any wholesale IT. cense shall be issued under the pfo- vision of this act there shall likewise be paid to the Collector Of the county wherein such license is procured louI hundred (s400.00) dollars as a county tax and one hundred and fifty t4l5o,uOl dollars as a State tax, for the general Tevenne fund. and one hundred and fifty tS150s0) dollars for the common school fund. and 2 per cent upon the amount paid as Collectors fee, ana two (s2.O0) dollars for each license for Clerks fee.
 Sec g. The fees and taxes mentioned in Section 8 shall authorize the sale of liquor hereunder for a period or one year from the date of the issuance of said license. or until the authority to sell has been rejected by vote of the people as provided for in this Act; and no other tax or fee shall be lm- posed, provided any city or incorpo-
 rated town, wherein such license Is procured may impose a tax and fee not exceeding the combined amount of State and county taxes and fees. Sec. 10 When the issuance of H. cense has once been authorized in the county as provided for in this act, the
 question shall not again be voted on within a period of less than two (2) ing election on said question.
 Sec. H. Any person who grows fruit, grapes or berries in this State
 may make wine or brandy thereof and sell the same without license and suen manufacture and sale is hereby made lawful, provided the same be sold in original packages containing not less than five (5) gallons.
 Sec. IF. The manufacturer of alco- hol vinous. ardent malt or fermented liquors in any county in this State in which the issuance of license Is au- thorized under the provisions of this act shall be lawful, and the same may be sold subject 10 the foregoing pro- visions of this act
 Sec. 13. It shall not be unlawful to give to any person, except to a mf- nor or habitual drunkard, any liquor. Sec. IA. The neglect, failure or re- fusal by any person or official to per- form any act or duty imposed by any
 provision of this act shall constitute a felony. and upon conviction thereof such person or official shall be deem- ed guilty of felony and imprisoned in
 the State penitentiary for period of one CD year.
 Sec. 15. Any person who shall vio-
 late any of the provisions of this law relating to the manufacture, sale or
 giving away of any liquor. as defined ! in this act, shall be deemed guilty of
 a misdemeanor. and upon conviction for the first offense shall be subject to
 a fine of not less than one hundred | ($100.00) dollars nor more than ! three hundred ($300.00) dollars, or im- prisonment in the county jail for a pe- riod of ninety days. or by both such fine
 and imprisonment; and for the second 1 offense shall be imprisoned in the county jail six months. and his license, if a licensee, shall De immediately re- l voked; and no person convicted on a l second offense shall ever thereafter be 1 licensed under the provisions of this
 act. nor be thereafter allowed to en-
 gage as the agent or employe of any licensee.
 governing the initiation Of laws shall 1 apply and govern the circulating of the petition for calling an election as pro-
 vided for in this act, in so far as the l same may be applicable.
 Sec. IT, For the purpose of deter | mining when ten (10) per cent of the l qualified electors of the county have petitioned for the calling of an elec- 4Io Hrr of ! in such county shall be determined bv i the number of poll tax receipts issued | by the Sheriff and Collector of said l county next preceding the time when 1 such petition is filed.
 Sec. IS. The word person. whenever
 it occurs in this act. may apply either
 10 an individual, firm, association or l corporation.
 It occurs in this act. except in Section | IF Of this act is intended to include ! and embrace alcoholic. vinous, ardent
 malt, spurious or fermented liquors. or
 commonly called tonics bitters or 1 medicated liquors.
 Sec 20 That Act No. Fifty-nine of
 the Acts of the General Assembly of | the State of Arkansas of 1913 ap- l hroved February IT. 1913. and Act No l Thirty Of the Acts of 1915 of said Gen. l eral Assembly, approved February 6,
 1915. are hereby repealed. That all
 other laws and parts of laws in con- | nict with the provisions of this act are
 hereby repealed. and all laws and | paSts of laws regulating or relating to | the manufacture or sale of intoxicat-
 ing liquor in this State, and not in
 conflict with some provision of this | act, are cumulative to this act and
 this act shall take effect and be in full l force from and after Yts passage
 The above proposed Act was filed l In the office Of the Secretary Of State 1 on July 6, 1916
 Each elector may vote for or against ! the above proposed Act
 1 Witness my official signature tbis
 18th day of July. 1916.
 tseall EARLE W. HODGES.