ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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six to exhibit his license, and any such officer may enter the

premises where apple cider is sold, and upon paying therefor at

the regular prices, demand and receive from one pint to one

To exhibit
license.

quart if any cider or other liquor or drink sold on said premises,

and such officers shall be entitled to demand and receive such

quantity from every cask or other vessel on said premises.

SUB-SEC. 8. If any person or firm, or the member of any firm

on the premises thereof shall commit any of the offenses men-

tioned in this sub-section, he or it shall be deemed guilty of a

Misdemea-

misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the circuit court or

nor.

before any justice of the peace of Dorchester county, said person

or the members of said firm, shall be punished as hereinafter

provided; if any person or firm, or the member of any firm on

its premises, (other than the maker or producer of the cider or

apples,) in any of the election districts of said county where the

sale of spirituous or fermented liquors is unlawful, shall sell any

apple cider without first having obtained a license therefor to

sell the same, or if any person or firm, or the member of any firm

on its premises, shall sell or have for sale in any of said districts

any apple cider not made in said county from apples produced

therein, such person or firm shall be fined not less than fifty nor

Penalty.

more than one hundred dollars, and shall stand committed till

fine and costs are paid, or in default of payment for one month,

and if any dealer in cider shall have on the premises where the

business is carried on, or in close vicinity thereto, any cider more

than three gallons of apple cider not made in said county from

fruit produced therein, such fact shall be prima facie evidence

that said dealer has the same on hand for sale; if any person or

firm, or the member of any firm on its premises, shall in any of

said election districts sell or have on hand for sale any cider,

except apple cider; if any person or firm, or member of any firm on

its premises, in any of said districts, shall sell or have on hand for

Adulter-

sale any apple cider adulterated by being mixed with alcohol or any

ated elder

intoxicating liquor, or by being affected with any drug whatever,

and if the maker of any apple cider or the grower of the fruit in

said county, shall adulterate said cider by mixing it with alcohol or

any alcoholic or other intoxicating liquor, or by affecting it with

any drug whatever, whether such adulteration takes place before or

after the sale thereof, the said person or firm shall be confined

in the house of correction not less than two nor more than four

months; provided, that if the person or persons so convicted shall

before sentence tender the payment, and pay such fine as the court

or justice may direct, not less than one hundred nor more than two

hundred dollars, the court or justice may sentence such person

or persons to be imprisoned in the county jail of said county

instead of the house of correction, for not less than two nor

more than four months; and, provided, further, that if any