The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-10
TOBACCO DEALERS
OF IDAHO TO PAY
$50 LICENSE FEE
Bond of $500 May Be
i Forfeited For Viola
tion of
Law

Idaho's second anti-cigarette bill
made its appearance in the Idaho
legislature Thursday morning. This
measure, which comes from the state
affairs committee, will permit the
sale of cigarettes and tobacco and
cigarette papers in Idaho only after
the dealer has obtained a license
from the commissioner OF law en-
forcement. 1t also repeals section l
of Harding's anti-cigarette bill which
recently passed both houses and was
returned Thursday morning with the
signature of the governor attached.
....Violation of the terms of this act will
50. punishable by fine of not more
sthan $500, or Imprisonment for six
months or both.
Each dealer will be required to
pay an annual license fee of $50 and
deposit a bond of $500. In the
{ event that the dealer should violate
any terms of the tobacco law he
would forfeit his license and bond
in addition to any other penalties
that might be fixed. Where a COM
pany operating a chain of stores is
licensed violation at one store will
automatically revoke the licenses of
all other stores operated by the COM
pany, under the terms of this bill.
While the legislators say the meas
ure is not so drastic as the Harding
bill they believe 1t will place restric-
tions upon the dealer in tobacco and
cigarettes which will insure regu-
lated sale of these articles. The
Harding bill prohibited the importa-
tion for sale or giving away Of any
tobacco, cigarettes, cigarette papers
or the compounds used in the making
or filling cigarette.
The text of the bill follows:
Section 1. Any persons, firm or
corporation bartering, selling, or hav-
ing in possession for sale, any cigars,
cigarettes, smoking tobacco, chew
ing tobacco, or any tobacco or
product or compound of tobacco in
any form, or any cigarette papers or
wrappers, or any paper prepared or
made for the purpose Of making
cigarettes, without having previously
secured from the commissioner of
law enforcement of the state of Idaho
"a license permitting the same, as
herein provided, and without having
such license conspicuously displayed
at the place where goods, wares or
merchandise of the above enumerated
kinds or descriptions are bartered,
sold or kept for sale, is guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than 500 or more than
$500, or by Imprisonment in the
county Jail for period of not to ex-
ceed six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
"The commissioner of law enforce
ment of the state of Idaho is hereby
authorized and directed to issue to
any and all persons, firms and cor
porations applying to him for the
same and not disqualified under the
term of this act, licenses permitting
the licensee to barter, sell and have
in his possession for sale, cigars,
cigarettes, cigarette papers, tobacco
and tobacco products and compounds
of all the various forms hereinbefore
mentioned, upon payment to him by
the applicant of an annual license fee
in the sum of $50, and the deposit
with him of a bond payable. to the
state of Idaho, in the penal sum of
$500, executed by surties qualified
and justifying as is required of sure
ties on the bonds of executors and ad-
ministrators, to be approved by the
commissioner of law enforcement,
which bond shall be conditioned that
the licensee will, in addition to all
other fines and penalties imposed by
law, pay and forfeit to the state OF
Idaho the full penal amount Of said
bond, if he is convicted during the
term of said license of violating any
law of the state of Idaho respecting
the barter, sale, gift, or possession of
tobacco in any form, product or COM.
pound, or of cigarettes, cigarette
papers, or of a violation of the pro-
visions of section $3.50 of the Com
piled Statutes Of Idaho, as amended.