The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13
TO LICENSE
 CIGARETTES
MEASURE PREPARED THAT WILL GIVE THE BOARD OF HEALTH SUPERVISION OVER SALES AND PROPERLY PRO- TECT THE MINORS.

TECT THE MINORS.
 The following bill has been pre- pared by an official of the, State Board of Health, submitted to num- Der of agencies which are connected with the distribution of cigarettes, and been approved by them. It pro- vides for license, and the funds de- rived thereby will be expended in enforcing the Food and Drug Act, tobacco being drug, and in con- ducting a campaign of education among minors to influence them against the use of tobacco before they have reached their full growth. The bill in full follows, read it and if you have comment to make upon 1t, communicate with the editor of the Trade Record:
 Section l. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter or give away cigarettes or cigarette papers in the original retail package in the State of Arkansas without first ob aiming a license to conduct such busi- ness from the State Board of Health, provided that any person operating more than one such place of business as herein mentioned shall procure license for each such place of busi- ness.
 Section 2. Each wholesale dealer or jobber who deals in the sale, bar ter or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette papers in the original pack age shall not sell, barter or give away such cigarettes or cigarette pa pers to any person except licensed retail dealer. The State Board of Health shall furnish to the licensed wholesale dealers and jobbers a list of the licensed retail dealers.
 Section 3. All wholesale dealers, iobbers and those who deal in the sale of cigarettes and cigarette pa pers in the original package shall first obtain an annual license for the transaction of such business from the State Board of Health and shall pay to the State Treasurer a fee there for in the sum of Twenty ($25) Dollars for each year in which said dealers do business; said fee for li- cenes shall be paid in advance and the license shall bear date for the ifs cal year July lst to June Both, and said license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place.
 Section 4. All persons doing busi- ness in the State of Arkansas who sell, barter or give away cigarettes or cigarette papers in the original pack age as retailers shall first obtain an annual license from the State Board of Health and pay to the State Treas urer fee therefor in the sum of Ten ($l0) Dollars for each year in which said persons do business said license fee shall be paid in advance and said license shall bear date for the fiscal year July lst to June Both, and shall be displayed in a conspicuous place.
 Section 5. The funds derived from the sale of licenses as herein set out shall be deposited in a fund in the State Treasury which shall be appro- priated to the State Board of Health to be used in conducting a campaign of education and for the enforcement of this Act and the food and drugs laws.
 s Section 6. Any person violating any part of Sections l, 2, or 4 of this Act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon. conviction shall be fined not less than Ten ($l0) Dollars nor more than One Hundred ($l00) Dollars in the dis cretion of the Court, for each offense, each day constituting a separate of fense. In addition to the penalty above set out the person convicted of violating any part of this Act shall forfeit the license to transact such business.
 Section z When a person is con victed for the violation of this Act, the Court causing such conviction shall notify the State Board of Health in writing and the State Board of Health, through it's secretary, shall cause the license to be recalled and cancelled.
 Section 8. Any person so con- victed ninety days thereafter may make application to the Court caus- ing the conviction, for reinstatement and upon satisfying the Court in the