The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-11-15
(First published Nov. 16, 1919
ORDINANCE NO. 2O9.

First published Nov. 16, 1879 Al
ORDINANCE NO. zoe.
An ordinance relating to intoxi-
eating liquors and repeating Ordin-
ance No. 1913.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Councilmen of the City of Liberal,
Kansas.
Section l.. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person to keep or have in
! his possession, for personal use or
otherwise, any Intoxicating liquors,
or permit another to have or keep or
use Intoxicating liquors on any prem
ises owned or controlled by him, or to
( give away or furnish Intoxicating IL
quors to another, except druggists or
registered pharmacists as hereinafter
provided. Any person violating the
provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than $1,000, nor more than
$4,000, and imprisoned in the city
Jail not less than thirty days nor more
than six months.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful
for any common carrier firm or cor
poration or any other person for hire
or without hire to bring or carry INTO
this city, or carry from one place to
another within this city, intoxicating
liquors for another or for itself or
himself, even when intended for per-
sonal use; and it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier, its agent or
employee to deliver any intoxicating
liquors thqt may be in its possession
to any person for any purpose what
soever. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this sec ion shall
on conviction, be adjudged guilty of
a misdemeanor and punished by a
fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars and by Imprisonment in the
city jail not less than thirty days nor
more than six months, and if cor
poration, by fine of not less than
one hundred dollas nor more than
five hundred dollars.
Section 8 1t shall be unlawful for
any person in this city to receive, di-
rectly or indirectly, intoxicating
liquor from common carrier or other
carrier or person, and it shall also be
unlawful for any person in this city
to possess Intoxicating liquors receiv-
ed directly or indirectly from COM
mon carrier, other carrier or person.
This section shall apply to such LIQUORS
intended for personal use as well as
we'll as otherwise and to intercity as
well as intracity carriage Any per-
son violating any of the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be fined not less than one hun
bred dollars nor more than five hum
dred dollars and be imprisoned
in the city Jail not less than thirty
days and not more than six months.
Section A. Nothing in this ordi-
nance shall be constructed to prevent
ceived for communion purposes to be
regular priest of any church from re-
ceiving or possessing wine for COM
munion purposes or to prohibit any
common carrier from receiving such
wine for shipment and delivery to
such regularly ordained minister or
priest for such communion purposes;
b ut the person receiving such wine
for communion purposes, on receipt
of the same, shall file with the COM
mon carrier delivering such wine a
statement setting out the fact that
the receiver of such wine is reg
ularly ordained clergyman or priest,
the church over which he is pastor
or priest, and that said wine is re-
ceived for communion purposes to be
used in the church over which he is
pastor or priest, and said statement
shall be by said common carrier, filed
with the county clerk of the county
in which the delivery is made within
ten days after being made by the
person receiving such wine. A COM
mon carrier delivering such wine
without taking such. statement, shall
on conviction be adjudged guilty of
misdemeanor and be punished by
fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dol
lars and by Imprisonment. in the city
Jail not less than thirty days nor
more than six months.
Section 5. Nothing in this ordi-
nance shall be, construed as prohibit
ing any person, co-partnership or
corporation engaged in the whole
sale drug business and having "a
stock exclusive of alcohol, of not
less than $4,000, from selling al
cohol for medical, mechanical and