The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-10

bis aitf1sns "a he approved eY the | Covnty Judge. or by the applicant sbo any bonding company authorizes 1N w Sec. I. License shall be of i've 1 kinds to-wft. Retail ltcsHse ahe wholesale license Retail license shaIi | be Issued for the sale Of hqnof tn n.,a | dram shop or saloon. and shall entihe | fhe holder thereof. his agent and en- 1 ployes. to sell liquor in said dram 3 sh9p ! or saloon in any quantity WholssalS 1 licenee shall be issued for the sale oI liquor in original packages contatn'pbs at tn bs not less than one quart. ana not tV " l unsealed upon the premises.
 ! Bee g. Before any retail license 1 shall be issued under the provisions ol | this act, there shall be paid 10 the | Collector of the county wherein such | license is procured the sum Of nve i hundred $500 o0l dollars as county ! tax. and the sum of two hundred ana | fifty tf250.oOl as State tax Tor Ihs general revenue fund. and two hundred ! and fifty ts25oo0) dollars for the com | mon school fund, and per cent upon | the amount paid as Collectors Tee anu | two (s200) dollars for each license Tor ! Clerks fee. Before any wholesale H. | cense shall be issued under the pro- | vision of this act there shall likewise ] be paid to the Collector of the county wherein such license is procured Iouf hundred (s400. .o0) dollars as county l tax and one hundred and fifty $150.00l | dollars as a State tax, for the genera! | revenue fund, and one hundred and | fifty (s150.s0) dollars for the common | school fund, and ? per cent upon the amount paid as Collectors fee, and two t$200) dollars for each license Tor
 Sec. g. The fees and taxes mentioned in Section s 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 De im- | posed, provided any city or incorpo- | rated town, wherein such license fs | procured, may impose tax and fee not exceeding the combined amount of State and county taxes and fees. ! Sec 1e. 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) | years from the date of the last preced- i ing election on said question. Sec Il. Any person who grows fruit, grapes or berries in this State l may make wine or brandy thereof and self 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 Ave (5) gallons.
 Sec 12. The manufacturer of alco- ! hol, vinous, ardent, malt or fermented liquors in any county in this State in 1 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 13 It shall not be unlawful to give to any, person. except to a mi
 Sec fl. 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 fa1H nd 4r4 fnv such person or official shall be deem ' ed guilty of felony and imprisoned in the State penitentiary for a period of one CD year.
 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 (s10000) dollars nor more than three hundred (sS000o) dollars, or inn prisonment in the county jail for 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 licensee, shall be immediately re- voked; and no person convicted on a i second offense shall ever thereafter be licensed under the provisions of this i act nor be thert after allowed to en- EdEN as AiN oGN NAN VI thPAOSC Oi an y
 Sec. ie. That the laws of this State governing the initiation of laws shall i apply and govern the circulating of the , petition for calling an election as pro- vided for in this act. in so far as the same may be applicable.
 Sec. IT. For the purpose of deter mining when ten t1o) per cent of the qualified electors of the county have petitioned for the calling Of an elec- ton. the number Of qualified electors in such county shall be determined by i the number of poll tax receipts fsslsed by the Sheriff and Collector of said county next preceding the time when such petition is filed
 Sec. IS. The word person, whenever it occurs in this act, may apply either to an individual, firm. association or | corporation.
 Sec. 19. The word liquor. whenever II occurs in this act, except in Section 12 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 medicated liquors.
 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. 1913. and Act No. Thirty Of the Acts of 1915 of said Gen eral Assembly, approved February 6. 1913, are hereby repealed. That all other laws and parts of laws in con- met 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 fun force from and after rus passage.
 The above proposed Act was filed In the office of the Secretary of State on July G. 1916.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above proposed Act
 Witness my official signature this 25th day of July. 1916
 lSeal1 EARLE W. HODGES.
 Secretary of State