Show AN EXCELLENT MEASURE one of alie finest bills yet introduced in the legislature appeared in tuesdays session when representative king presented 1 bill for an act licensing and regulating the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors the bill repeals the act of 1882 and lias for its main object the re staining of the sale of inton mcants and alie effectual control of its vendors alie bill is voluminous too permit in full but we cannot refrain from giving an outline of it the petition of the applicant must be signed by twenty five residents and householders house holders of alie precinct or city in which the business is to be carried on and before granting alie petition for license the county court or city council to whom the application is made must give notice by advertisement or posting in three public places in the precinct or city of the name of alie applicant for said license and the particular location for which alie license is requested and shall give opportunity for to be heard no licence be granted authorizing alie manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors at any building or place when the owners or occupants of the greater part of alie land within four hundred feet thereof shall file written objections nor such license be granted when the place of aale or manufacture is within fix hundred feet of any public school the amount jf alie bond required of all applicants for license is determined by the county court or city council bul shall not be less than oliree thousand nor more than five thousand dol lars the affidavit of the sureties is inore than alie law and no person engaged in alie sale of liquors can be accepted as surety the form of the bond is prescribed and among the conditions are the following that the principal w ill keep an orderly and well regulated house that lie will not allow any species of gambling upon ids premises eliat lie will not either by himself or his agent clerk or servant sell furnish give or deliver any malt brewed fermented or vinous liquors or any mixed liquors a part of which is etc to a minar insane or idiotic person nor to any person who is intoxicated or in alie of getting intoxicated nor to an indian nor to any whose husband wife parent child guardian or employer shall forbid alie aanie nor to any person upon sunday election da s legal holidays nor to any person between alie hours p mand seven a m and that he will pay all damages actual and exemplary tines forfeitures etc recurred against him subsequent sections make unlawful the violation of any of these conditions and subject the to the full penalties of the statutes of misdemeanor alie license to be charged cannot be less than 1200 nor more than 2000 for the period of one year the license is the same as in alie old act in prosecutions under this section it is not sary to prove that any liquor was sold section ten provides that any person alio by fake predence pretence pre tence shall obtain any spirituous malt intoxicating liquors or who be intoxicated in any hotel tavern or place of business or in any assemblage sem blage of people or on any street alley etc upon conviction be fined not exceeding 50 or imprisonment for not morn alian one month or both in alie discretion of the court alie justice of auy precinct or city upon complaint of alie intoxication of any person is authorized to easue a subpoena to said acri on who is or lias been intoxicated r quiring his attendance before alie ji kc to testify in regard to alie peri oil or persons of whom and alie time hen alie liquor producing the intoxication was procured A failure to obey fraid Mib shall subject alie permon to a fine for contempt and if said ferhon refuses to answer alie following questions lie in alio punishable aa in cases of contempt when where end of whom did you procure obtain or receive alie liquor or beverage alie drinking or using of has b een alie of alie intoxication favorable anett ers to these interrogations will lie sufficient complaint for proceeding alie vendor of such liquors the section reads every wife parent or guardian husband or other person who shall be injured in pernon property means of support or otherwise by any intoxicated person or by reason of alie intoxication of any person shall have a right of action in his or her own name against any person who shall by selling fur nj shine giving anway or in any manner disposing of any intoxicating liquor or otherwise have caused or contributed to an intoxication of burh person or persons and in any such action the plaintiff shall have a right to receive actual and exemplary damages |