Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-09-11

! wishes to operate any such business
shall nrst procure a permit (Which Nor.
NIT may be revoked for failure to com.
ply with the conditions of this act ar
any ordinances relating to said bust.
ness). fee of not more than one
hundred dollars per annum NAV he
exacted before the granting of such
permit and shall be payable in such
amounts and at such times as NAV
be fixed by ordinance. The commodi.
ties to be sold under such permit may
be separated into classes and a sen
arate fee may be exacted for each
class not exceeding in all the maxi.
mum of one hundred dollars.
! 1t shall be the duty of the treasurer
of each town. village or city in this
state wherein fee is collected for a
permit as herein provided, to remit to
! the state treasury within sixty DAYS
after such fee is collected five per cent
of the total amount collected, and such
moneys when SO received by the state
treasurer shall be set aside and con
stitute separate fund for the pay
ment of salaries and other expenses of
the prohibition commissioner, and in
! carrying on the work connected with
the enforcement of this act.
Section 1569-11 Whenever a mum
Der of the qualified electors of any
| town, village or city equal to or more
/ than ten percentum of the number of
votes cast therein for governor at the
last general election shall present to
| the clerk thereof a petition in writing
/ signed by them praying that the elect
ors thereof may have submitted to
them the question whether or not any
permit shall be issued under the pro
visions of this act to sell any non-in-
! tOxicating beverages as defined in sec
/ ton 3 hereof, containing alcohol in any
degree whatsoever as a beverage and
shall file such petition with the clerk
at least two weeks prior to the first
| Tuesday of April next succeeding, such
clerk shall forthwith make an order
| providing that such question shall be
! submitted on the first Tuesday of April
next succeeding the date of such OF
der The city clerk making such or
| der shall give notice of the election to
! be held on such question in the man
ner notice is given for the regular city
election; town and village clerks who
make such orders shall give notice by
| posting written or printed notices in
at least five public places in the town
or village not less than two weeks
before the day of election. The cleo
tion on such question shall be held
and conducted and the returns can
vassed in the manner in which cleo
lions in such city, town or village on
other questions are conducted and the
returns thereof canyassed. The result
shall be certified by the canVassers i'm
mediately upon the determination
thereof and be entered upon the rec
ords of the town, village or city, and
shall remain in effect until another
election is held for the same purpose.
The ballots upon the question so
submitted shall be deposited in a sep
arate box in each town and election
district and shall contain the words
and shall otherwise conform with the
provisions of subsection of section
6.23. II majority of the ballots cast
upon such question be Against per
NIT" then it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or traffic in any of the
beverages defined in section 1868 of
this act as Notwithstanding which con
tain any alcohol whatsoever in the
town, village or city so voting Against
permit" and any permit granted or is
sued therein so long as the result of
such election shall remain unreversed
by another election held for the same
purpose shall be void, but if a major
ity of the ballots so cast shall be For
permit it shall be lawful for the town
board, village trustees or common
| council, as the case may be, to grant
permit for the sale of such beverages
The provisions of this act shall not
authorize the sale of beverages con
tanning alcohol in any town, village or
city in this state where such sale is
now illegal until an election shall have
been had under the provisions hereof
permitting such sale under the condl-
| lions in this act prescribed
Section 1862 Manufacturers and
chemists who use alcohol for indus
trial and scientific purposes or in the
manufacture of products not suitable
for use as an intoxicating beverage,
superintendents of hospitals, mu-
seums, laboratories, educational insti-
tutions. dentists, physicians and per
sons, for lawful purposes, may secure
a permit from the prohibition commits
sioner authorizing the purchase ana
possession of alcohol and liquors for
the purposes permitted by this act
upon making due application therefor
in accordance with such rules ana re
quirements as the prohibition commits
sioner may promuigate, and unou filing
a bond in such sum, not to exceed Two
thousand dollars, as in the discretion
of the prohibition commissioner shall
be required, conditioned that said al
cohol and other liquors will be used
only for the purposes stated in the ap-
I v,Ifna+Fo,, ra,v,a{4 in accordance