The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17

bIs citizens, to be approved oy S cosnty Judge. or by the epptoaS"t psnaS ia do any bonding company ssthoFiNe~
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 eec f License shall be or twS kinds, to-wit; Retail nceEse .,,aiI wholesale license Retail license snas be issued for the sale oi eyp neupo. a,title the holder thereof. his agent ana ens plovee. 10 sell liquor in said dram shvp or saloon in any quantity. hotS oS license shall be issued Tor the saise sais iiouor in original packages contAlninns n not less than one quart, and not 10 V" uusealed upon the premises
 Sec & Before any retail ncenss shall be issued under the provisiohs oa this act. there shall be paid 70 .ns Collector of the county wherein sucn license is procured the sum or nve hundred ($5o0.0O) dollars as a county tax. and the sum of two hundred ana fifty (s25O 00) as a State tax for tns general revenue fund and two hundred and fifty (S260.00) dollars for the com mon school fund, and per cent upon the amount paid as Collectors rec anu anu two U2.0O) dollars Tor eacn ncenss IF ,,l Clerks fee Before any wholesale H. cense shall be issued under the pIo- vision of this act there shall ikewise be paid to the Collector Of the county wherein such license IS procured louI lul, hundred tS400.00) dollars as county tax and one hundred and fifty ($lbO,OOl dollars as State tax, for the general revenue fund, and one hundred and fifty ($150.s0) dollars for the common school fund and 2 per cent upon the amount pafd as Collectors fee, and two ts2.0o) dollars for each license Tor Clerks fee.
 Sec. g. The fees and taxes mentioned in Section shall authorize the sale of liquor hereunder for a period of 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 Acti and no other tax or fee shall be irn- posed, provided any city or incorpo- rated town, wherein such license is procured, may impose tax and fee not exceeding the combined amount of State and county taxes and fees.
 See 10. When the issuance of H. cenee 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 t2) ing election on said question.
 Sec II. Any person who grows fruit, grapes or berries in this state may make wine or brandy thereof and sell the same without license. and such manufacture and sale is hereby made lawful, provided the same be sold in original packages containing not less than five (5l gallons.
 Sec f2. 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 to the foregoing pro- visions of this act.
 Sec. 1s. It shall not be unlawful to Firv to any nerson, except to mi- 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. IS. Any person who shall vio- late any of the provisions of this law | giving away of any liquor, as defined | in this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction l for the first offense shall be subject to | t$100.00) dollars nor more than | three hundred (s300.00) 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 | offense shall be imprisoned in the | county jail six months. and his license, | if a licensee, shall be immediately re- l voked; and no person convicted on a ! second offense shall ever thereafter be | licensed under the provisions of this ! act, nor be thereafter allowed to en- | gage as the agent or employe of any 1 licensee.
 | governing the initiation of laws shall l 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 (l0) per cent of the | qualified electors of the county have | petitioned for the calling of an elec- ts.. | in such county shall be determined by | the number of poll tax receipts issued | by the Sheriff and Collector of said | county next preceding the time when 1 such petition is filed.
 | Sec 1S The word person, whenever
 1t occurs in this act. may apply either
 to an individual, firm, association or | corporation.
 Sec. ls. The word liquor. whenever | it occurs in this act, except in Section
 l2 of this act, is intended to include | and embrace alcoholic, vinous, ardent,
 malt, spurious or fermented liquors, or
 any compound or preparation thereof
 commonly called tonics, bitters or
 Sec. 20. That Act No. Fifty-nine of | the Acts of the General Assembly of
 the State of Arkansas of 1913. ap- proved February IT, 191s and Act No.
 Thirty of the Acts of 1915 of said Gen
 eral Assembly. approved February 6, l lsl5. are hereby repealed. That all | other laws and parts of laws in con- | hict with the provisions of this act are l hereby repealed. and all laws and 1 paSts of laws regulating or relating to 1 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 l this act shall take effect and be IT full
 force from and after gs passage.
 The above proposed Act was filed
 in the office of the Secretary of State l on July c, 1916
 Each elector may vote for or against | the above proposed Act
 Witness my official signature this | 25th day of July, 1916
 ISeal] EARLE W HODGES. | Secretary of State