Year: 1877

shall be unlawful 10 sell, OAR Ter, VI
give away any alchoholic or intoxi-
eating drinks, whether distilled or


fermented, in>quantities of less than
one gallon, or in any quantity to be


drank or used on the premises


where the same is SO disposed of,
except as hereinafter provided for.


The County Court of each coun-
ty in the State shall have authority
to determine the number of retail


liquor dealers which it may be
deemed proper to license within
such county, outside the corporate
limits of any incorporated towns or
cities and the Mayor and Alder


men, or Mayor and City Council OF
such towns and cities shall have
like authority within the corporate
limits Thereof; but not more than
one such retail house shall be al


lowed for each ward in a town or
city, or each civil district outside it.


1t shall be the duty of the Coun-
ty Courts and the corporate author
tiles 10 make such regula tions in
regard to the location, and manner
of keeping retail liquor houses, as
shall prevent access to them by
concealed or partially concealed en-
frances; and as shall facilitate their
inspection by the officers entrusted
by lew with the surveillance thereof,
and the observation of the public.


All retail liquor houses shall be
required to be closed from the hour
of o'clock P. NJ. of each day until
7 o'clock A. NJ. of the day following;
and 10 be closed during the entire
day of Sundays, Christmas Day, the
Fourth of July, and on all days of
any public election, State, county,
or municipal; and during the time
such houses are required to be
closed, no article of any kind shall
be sold, given away, or bartered,
from or within such houses.


Whenever the authorities shall
have determined upon the issue IF
a license TO retail liquors within
any ward or civil district, they shall
advertise for sealed proposals to be
made lor such privilege-including
in the advertisement the regulations
provided for in the third section
OF this act, so far as the same may
have been then perfected. Such
proposals shall be received during
a period of one month from the
first issue of such advertisement
The bidders shall be required with
their bids to designate and describe
the house in which the bidder pro-
poses to keep his retail establish
ment; and no bid shall be accepted
without such premises being first
inspected by some one or more per-
sons appointed by said authorities,
to ascertain if the same conforms,
or be made to conform, to said reg
ulations. The authorities shall al
SO fix a minimum below which no
bid shall be accepted. And the
privilege shall be granted and Ii
cense to retail liquors issued, to the
highest bidder who shall bid an
not less than such mini
mum, and who shall be able to sat
isfy said authorities of his good
moral character, and of the conform
ity of his intended place of busl-
ness to said regulations; and who
shall in all other respects comply
with the requirements of this act.
Such license shall be for one year
from the issue thereof.


The person to whom such license
shall be issued shall pay therefor
the usual official fees, and shall eX
ecute bond, payable to the State of
Tennessee, with approved security,
and with penalty sufii
cient to secure the payment to the
County Trustee. The money so
paid shall be accounted for by the
Trustee. In case of retail liquor
houses situated within incorpora
ted towns or cities, one-third to the
Treasurer of such town or city, one
third to the State and one-third to
the county, as other State and coun-
" revenue. And in case of such
houses, outside of incorporated pla.
ces, the revenue shall be accounted
for in equal moieties to the State
and county.


1t shall be unlawful for such Ii
cense to violate any of the regula
tions of the County Court or muni-
clpal authorities, as provided for in
this act, or to give any intoxicating
drink to a person within the age of
u years, without the special order
of the parent or guardian of such
minor, or to any person at the time
,nanifestly intoxicated. And it shall
be unlawful to allow any gaming,
whether for money or for other val
liable, or otherwise, to be carried
on within the room where such Ii
quors are disposed of or elsewhere
uponthe premises pertainingthereto.


Any person not licensed as pro-
vided in this act, who shall violate
the provisions hereof, shall be sub
ject to ine of fifty dollars for each
and every such offense; and every
such licensee who shall be convicted
of the wil!ful violation of any of the
provisions of this act, or of any of
the laws regulating tippling and tip
ping houses, shall thereby for
felt his license, which shall
not again be issued TO him.
And in case of appeal from any
such judgement, the appellant shall
give bond with security, in the sun
of one thousand dollars, payable to
the State, the whole amouat of which
shall be forfeited in case he shall
fail to prosecute his appeal success
fully. An appeal shall not in such
case be prosecuted in .forma pduPe-
is, and pending appeal, the license
of the appellant shall not be re-
newed.


This act shall be in force from
and after the first day of October
next, so as to enable the County
Courts and city authorities to
make preparation therefor; but
no license shall be issued thereun
der until the first of January, 1878.
And it is further provided that after