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SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.
[CHAP. LXXXIII.

SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.


CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. That no person shall be permitted to sell spirituous liquors in less quantities than one pint, without having obtained a license from the board of county commissioners of the proper county for that purpose.

Sect. 2. That the commissioners granting the license shall fix the price thereof, which shall not be more than one hundred dollars, nor less than ten dollars per annum, having proper regard to the apparent advantages of the applicant's situation for business; and on the applicant's producing the county treasurer's receipt for the payment of the sum so fixed, he shall receive a license which shall continue for the term of one year.

Sect. 3. If any person or persons shall sell, barter, or dispose of in any manner, any spirituous liquors in less quantity or quantities than one pint, without having first obtained a license, agreeably to the provisions of this act, he shall, upon conviction thereof, by indictment in any court having jurisdiction of the same, or by complaint before a justice of the peace, be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred nor less than thirty dollars, for the use of the county where the offence shall have been committed; and upon failure to pay the fine so assessed, shall be confined in the county jail one day for every five dollars thereof, until said fine is discharged.

Sect. 4. Any person who shall dispose of any spirituous or vinous liquors, under the pretext of exhibiting any show or curiosity, or dispose of the same in connection with any other article, or in any manner, from which an intention to