Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — THE NICHOLSON BILL. [ARTICLE]

THE NICHOLSON BILL.

The New Temperance Law as It Now is. ' Theffvicholson bill, as it passed the Housa-aud became a law, is as follows: A bill for an act to to better regulate and restrict the sale of intoxicating, spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, providing penalties fof’the violation of the same, providing for the enforcement thereof, and providing for the remonstrance against the granting of license or the sale of -ame, and conferring jurisdiction upon police courts and justices of the peace in cases of violation of the provisions of this act, and other laws of the State on the subject of selling intoxicating liquors. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, that hereafter all persons applying for license before the Board of County Commissioners, under the exist in gla w .of the Sfbte of Indiana, to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or ether intoxicating liquors, shall, in such application, specifically describe the room in which he desires to sell such liquors, and the exact location of the same, and if there is more than one room in the building in wnich such liquors are intended to be sold said applicant shall specifically describe and locate -the room in which he desires to sell such liquors in such building. Provided, that no license shall be granted to any other than a male person over the age of twenty-one ycar§, and one who shall at the time be of good moral character, and provided further that no such person shall be deemed of good moral character if within two years of the time when such application is made he shall have been adjudged guilty the second time of violating any of the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. All per son s h old! n g license, issued under the law of the State of Indiana authorizing the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than i quart ata time shall provide for the sale of such liquors in a room separate from any other business of Any kind and no device foramuse-

ment or music of any kind or char-acter,-or partitions of any kind shall de permitted in such room. And, provided further, that if such applicant for license desires to carry on my other or different business he shall state the same in his application for license and the same may be granted or refused by the Board of Commissioners hearing such application, and such perpiission shall be stated in the license, if granted. Sec. 3. Any room where spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors are sold by virtue of a license under the law of the State of Indiana, shall be so arranged that the same shall be securely closed and locked and admission thereto prevented and all persons excluded therefrom upon all days and hours upon which the sale of such liquors are prohibited by law. It is hereby made unlawful for the proprietor of such a place-and the business herein contemplated of selling intoxicating liquors to permit any person-or-persons other than himself or family to go into such room and place where intoxicating liquors are sold u'pon such days and hours when the sale of such liquors is prohibited by law. The fact that any person or persons are permitted to be in or go in or out of such room upon any day or hour when the sales of such liguors are prohibited by law shall be prima facie evidence of guilt upon tjje trial of a cause charging the proprietor of such room with violating the law in the sale of such liquors upon such days or hours. Sec. 4. Any room where intoxicating liquors are sold by virtue of a license issued under the laws of the State of Indiana for the sale, of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with permission to drink the • same upon the premises, shall be situated upon the ground floor or basement of the building where the same are sold and in a room fronting the street or highway upon which said building is situated, and said room shall be so arranged, either with window or glass door, as that the whole of said room may be in view of the street or highway; and no blinds, screens or obstructions to the view shall be arranged, erected or placed so as to prevent the entire view of said room from the street or highway upon which the same is situated, during such days and hours when the sale of such liquors are prohibited by law. Upon conviction for the violation of this or either of the foregoing sections of this act the defendant shall be fined in any sum not less than $lO nor more than SIOO, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, and, in case of conviction for the second offense, either upon a plea of guilty or conviction fipon a trial thereof, in any Circuit, Superior, Criminal, Justice or Police Court of Indiana, as a part of the judgment the court may make an order revoking the license of the person convicted, which said judgment shall have the effect to completely annul and set aside such license and all privileges and rights under the same. And upon the third conviction or plea of guilty entered the court rendering judgment thereon shall annul and set aside such license and all privileges and rights under the same. Sec 5. Any person engaged in the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or any other intoxicating liquors to be drunk as a beverage who shall allow, suffer or permit any person un- ... - I ' -

der-the age of twenty-one years to loiter in the saloon or plac**-of business where said person is engaged in the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors as "aforesaid shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in anv sum not less than $lO nor more than SIOO, to which imprisonment in the county jail may be added not exceeding ninety days. -' ■ “ ' ■ Sec. 9, Whoever, directly or indirectly, sells or delivers any spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors to any person under the age:Of twenty-one years, either for his own use or for the use of any other person whomsoever, shall be fined in any sum not more than SIOO nor less than S2O, to which majTW added imprisonment in the county jail. Sec. 7. It js hereby made the duty of all peace officers, to wit:"Town and city marshals, policemen, sheriffs and constables, residing in the township, town or city in which any saloon may be hereafter located, to "enforce the provisions of this act. Sec. 8. No more than one license shall be granted or issued to any one person, and in no case to any -person other than the actual owner and proprietor of said-business, who must apply in his own name and be a continuous resident of the township in which the application for license is made at least ninety days’ time prior to the time of application and no license'shall be granted or issued to any person who, in his application for the same, is acting as the agent for another, or who proposes to conduct said business as the agent or the partner of another person. Provided, that in case of the insanity or death of the person holding a license under the provisions of the law now in force, before the expiration of the year for which the same was granted, the county or city treasurer shall, on the order of the board of commissioners of the county or conucil of such city, refund to the guardian of such insane person, the heirs, executors or administrators of said decedent or insane person, the proportionate part of the license fees for the unexpired part of said year, which such treasurer has received for such license.

Sec. 9. If, three days before any regular session of the board of commissioners of any county, a remonstrance in writing, signed by a majority of the legal voters of any township or ward in any city situated in said county, shall be filed with the auditor of the county against the granting of a license to any applicant for the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors under the law of the I State of Indiana, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk oa the premises where sold, within the limits of said township, or city ward, it shall be unlawful thereafter for [ such board of commissioners to ' grant such [jcen.se to such applicant therefor during the periol of two years from the date of the [filing of such remonstrance. If any such license should be granted by sai ( d board during said period, the same shill be null and void, and the holder thereof shall be liable for any sales of liquor made by him the same as if such sale were made without license. The number to constitute a majority of voters herein referred to shall be determined by the aggregate vote cast in said township,oE_city ward,for candidates for the highest- office at the ..last election preceding the filing of such remonstrance. Sec. 91. It shall be unlawful for any spirituous, vinous or malt liquor to be sold or given away in any drug store in any quantity except upon the written prescription of a reputable practicing physician. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined for the first offense the sum of $25, and for the second offense in any sum not less than $25 nor more than S2OO to which not exceeding six months, imprisonment may be added. Sec. 10. All the provisions of this act shall apply to persons, places and sales of spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors, whether conducted under the law of the State of Indiana, licensing,regulating and restricting the sales of such liquors to be used as a beverage or by virtue of any laws of the United States, except as to the provisions for obtaining, revoking and remonstrating against license, which apply only to proceedings uder the laws of the State ot Indiana. Provided that this section shall not apply to persons who hold a prescription from a reputable physician for any drugs or medicines, or to any person selling the same.

Cold boiled ham, or roast or boilci beef, left from one day’s dinner, may be acceptably served at the next day’s lunch or dinner cooked in a chafing dish in the following wa y ; Slice a quarter of a pound of the meat in thin slices. Heat a tablespoonful of tomato catsup, with the same quantity of butter and sherry. When hot put the slices in the sauce, turn them over while heating, and when boiling serve. If your street gown shows signs of wear at the bottom or has shortened, as some woolen gowns will do, get some Hercules braid and put a band smoothly around the foot of the gown, letting it come below the material, so as to lengthen the skirt. Hold it a little full when putting it on, so that it will not dra#. 6.11 is quite fashionable, and (Jertainly is economical. If you like, you can lengthen the skirt with something and set the braid over that, but the 1 other atvwirs quite as well, and it is less trouble.