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Session Laws, 1878
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JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 727

physician who shall, after said first day of May next

 

succeeding said election, make or sign any pre-

 

scription for such liquor, except as provided for

 

herein, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this

Penalty for

act, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not

violation.

less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars

 

and costs for each oifence, and be committed by the

 

court wherein such conviction is had until such fine

 

and costs are paid ; nor shall anything herein con-

 

tained be construed to prohibit a sale by such phar-

 

macist or druggist in case of extreme illness, when

 

delay would be dangerous to the patient ; and pro-

 

vided that nothing herein contained shall be con-

 

strued to prevent the sale of peach or apple brandy

 

and wines manufactured in said county by the

 

producer of the fruit from which it is made, at his

 

place of residence, in quantities not less than one

 

gallon ; and provided further, that cider made from

 

apples shall not be construed to mean fermented,

 

spirituous or intoxicating liquor.

 

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if on and after the

 

said first day of May next succeeding said election,

 

any person or persons, firm, company, or body corpo-

 

rate, shall in any election district of said county where-
in a majority of the votes as aforesaid have been cast

 

"Against license," and proclamation thereof made

 

as aforesaid, sell or otherwise barter or dispose of,

 

directly or indirectly, any spirituous, fermented or

 

other intoxicating liquors, or medicated bitters, pro-

 

ducing intoxication, or any compound of which alco-

 

hol forms the chief or principal ingredient, as afore-
said, and except, as aforesaid, he, she or they shall

Deemed

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-

guilty of mis-

viction thereof shall be fined for each and every

demeanor.

oifence not less than fifty nor more than one hun-

 

dred dollars, and for every offence subsequent to any

 

conviction of a violation of this law, the minimum

 

as well as the maximum of said fine shall be doubled,

 

the costs of every conviction to be in every case paid

 

by the person or persons found guilty of a violation

 

of this law, and in every case the party is to stand

 

committed until his fines and costs are paid ; and for

 

a second and every subsequent offence, the person

 

or persons so offending shall, in addition to said fine

 

and costs, be imprisoned for not less than thirty days
nor more than six months ; the one-half of said fines

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