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The Fort Gaines Sentinel
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ITnUSIIKO EVERY FIMIlAY.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLAY COUNTY.
JOSHUA JOKES, Editor and Publisher
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FRIDAY, .TAXCARY 8. I«‘»7.
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• dell, adhered to. and to avoid delay and trouble
all lntere*tfd *hmttd. in the fntnre, .end the < a*h
• lih the <onv for *u<-U wivertivement*.
THE DISPENSARY BILL.
The following is the bill passed at
tbi* recent session of the legislature
pnivi ling for a dispensary in Fort
< i.tines;
AX ACT
T<* establish, maintain and regulate a
Dispensary in the town of Fort
'Gaines, Clay county, Georgia, for the
«ale of ardent spirits, malt liquors,
wines, cider and other intoxicants,
and to establish and perpetuate a
Hoard of Commissioners forthe man¬
agement of said dispensary,and other
purposes.
Seetion 1. lie it enacted by the Gen¬
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia
That from and after the passage of this
Ad, that .1. K. Pnullin, J. E. Peterson
-111.. Want. W. .1. Greene and A. W.
Holley, be and the same are hereby
constituted a body corporate, under
tlie style of “Dispensary Commission-
4 * « ( >f Fort Gaines,Ga.' 1 forth** purpose
s>. establishing and maintaining a Dis¬
pensary i»» *aid town, for the sale of
ardent spirits, malt liquors, wines,
cider uiul other intoxicants; said Com-
tnissioners shall have power to perpet-
Bate tin* Hoard by tilling all vacancies
that may occur by n majority vote of
ihe remaining Commissioners; to elect
i roni their mimlM*r a Chairman, a
ieiary and a Treasurer, requiring good
and sufficient bonds from the Secretary
and Tnutsuivr, to bo approved by the
Hoard. Said Boaui of Commissioners
shall have power to sue and he sued,
plead and bo impleaded in all eousts of
•this Slate. The Dispensary Commis-
• ioiiers provided for in this Act, before
iitciing upon the discharge of their
duties a* kucIi, shall take and snbscibe
I cion* sonic qualified otlieer an oath,
shat they will faithfully and honestly
discharge all the duties imposed upon
liim bv tliiH Act.
Section 2. He it further enacted.
’I'hat the Dispensary Commissioners
piwidetl for in this Act may maintain,
at some convenient point in the town
«>l rort (iuhh'x, within \hv tiri*. limits,
h Dispensary for the sale of
spirits, malt liquors, wines, eider and
oth**! - intoxicants. They shall *m the
«lay alter their ({iialilicatioii, organiza-
1 ion and initially thereafter elect a man
who slnill he of good moral character
and sober habits to in* known as the
Dispensary Manager, who shall have
charge and control of said Dispensary
under their supervision. Said manager
tdiall be chosen for the term of one
year, but shall be removable at any
time, by said Commissioners, for neg-
lent of duty, or violation of any law,
ami said Commissioners shall till his
place al once. Said Dispensary Maua-
ger shall be required to lane and sub-
scribe an oath, that he will faith-
fully and honestly discharge al^
duties required of him In this Act.
Said Dispensary Manager shall also be
required to give bond with good seen-
my to he approved by the Hoard ot
Cemmissionors, in such sum as the
Hoard nay determine, conditioned to
faithfully account for all goods and
moneys that may come into his hands
as such manager, and tor the faithful
performance of all duties required of
him by this Act and by such rules and
regulations as the Board of Commis-
shmers may fix, am! his
sation shall not he dependent upon the
umount of his sales.
Section 3. Be it further
TM »W ......wr. .hull, m„l,r .1,,
direction of said Dispensary ( oiumis-
.. all kv,-p. nn.i,T Ih,
Mipt'j \i5*ioii ot Mini t omitting mo prs, a
stock of ardent spirits, malt liquors,
M»T Jin i-i. All Kill, inrutn il for .he
maiuteiuince and *»|>* ration jf sai*l
] *i - •». i»vm. fr**m i ime t* t i«u< ■, stia'l
be paid by tlit* Treasurer, upon pre-
scntuiiwii, when approved by a major-
tty <»f said Commissioners. Said man-
ager shall sell only for cash and shal^
tuni over all money* received by lnm
to tiie Secretary of the Hoard each day^
who shall keep an account of the *nm<
and who fdiall turn over to the J re as*
urer of the Board of Commissioners at
the. expiration of each week taking
said Treasurer's receipt for the same.
Section 4. Be it further enacted,
That said Dispensary (Commissioners
shall make, from time to time, rules
and regulations for the operation of
said Dispensary not in e<»ntlicl with
the provisions of this Act. The quan-
tity of liquor to lie sold to any one per-
son at one time shall not exceed four
gallons, and in no event shall liquors
be furnished in quantities less tlian
half pints, and none shall he drunk in
the building or on the premises where
said Dispensary is located. Said Dis-
pensarv shall not be opened before
sunrise and be closed each day before
sun set. and remain closed on Sundays,
elect in days, and such other days as
the Commissioners may direct. Said
manager shall he bound by all the laws
of this State regulating the sale ot
liquors, and all the regulation* of said
Hoard of Commissioners not
w ith the laws of tins State.
Section .1. licit further enacted
That the manager of said Dispensary
shall sell to no person or persons any
of sail! ardent spirits, malt liquors,
wines, eider or other intoxicants ex¬
cept iti sealed packages, and he shall
not keep any broken packages in said
Dispensary, and whenever an original
package is broken, it lie at once hot11***1
and sealed. Saul manager shall make
a monthly report to said Commission-
ers, showing the aniouqt of sales for
the preceding mouth and stock on
hand on the last.lav of said month,
Said Commissioners may cause, an in-
spection and an analysis of the stock
on hand, from time to tune, bv a <om
potent chemist the expense of which
to be paid out of any funds in the
hands of he. T reasurer,
^eclh.n (5. lie it further enacted,
T hai said manager shall not, allow any
person or persons, to loiter in or about
said Dispensary, or the premises on
which it is situated, and for failure to
enforce this Section, said manager
shall he removed from office; and any
person or persons refusing to leave
said Dispensary or the premises on,
which it is situated, or to comply with
any other provision of tins Act. or th**
ordinances passed by the Mayor and
Council of said city of Fort Gaines ’ !
shall , „ upon conviction ..... thereof, , . in the |
Mayor’s Court of said town, be pun- •
of islied said as town. prescribed dy the ordinances j
Section 7. Be it further enacted;!
, riuit the Mayor and Council of said
i
town shall have power and authority to .
all ordinances to carry out the
purposes of this Act, and provide suit-
penalties fer violations of anv pro-
visions.
Sections. He it further enacted,
said Dispensary shall he mam-
tained and operated from the profits!
from the sales of said ardent ;
spirits, malt liquors, wines anil other!
intoxicants, provided tlnit to inaugu-
rate said Dispensary and purchase the I
stock said Board of Commission-
are hereby authorized to borrow
or pledge the credit of the
Board— said obligation to he paid out
first profits realized from said Dis-
Section 0. He it further enacted,,
said Hoard of Commissioners
shall appropriate a sufficiency of the !
net profits of said Dispensary not to
exceed fifty percent, thereof to main-
tain the. Fort Gaines Academy and
the Colored Academy in said town
for ten months in each year,' the full
terms of which schools shall t.e free to
any child m Clay eon my within the
school age, and the remainder of said
profits shall he used in payment of the
interest on the bonded indebtedness of
said towu of Fort Gaines; to provide
a fund for the redemption of saM i!
bonds; . to keep . ; the Bridge
in repair
across the Chattahoochee Rivet in the
.........rale of sni.l lown; «. k.ep
in repair the water-works in said town
.„d *.. l-nn-M, a .inkii.s fun.l wHh
which to ♦reel bettor school buildings
when required
«»'">* *»«P*««ry r«M«*
provided for ia this Act shall recievc
a* *uch Cmnmtssioners a «alary of!
Twenty-five dollars each per annum
and the Secretary and Treasurer shall
lie paid £nch Twenty-five dollars per
annum additonal, said salaries to lie
paid cut of the net proceeds of the
Dispensary.
Section 11. Be it further enacted*
fhat said Board of Commissioners
shall have full now -r and authority at
any time tliev deem it for the best in-
tercet of said Umn of Fort Gaines to
Miqwnd or discontinue said Dispen-
sary by cloning out all stock on hand,
Section 12. Be it further enacted,
That, on and after the passage of this
Act, the titj- Council of Fort (Jaincsis
hereby prohibited from issuing, grant*
i Ils r or r j uewing any license for the sale
0 f anient spirits, malt liquors, wines^
cider and other intoxicants within the
corporate limits of said town of Fort
Gaines, provided, nevertheless, that
should the Dispensary Commissioners
at any time determine to permanently
discontinue the Dispensary as author-
i 7<( .,i j t , the 11th Section, then the
City Council of Fort Gaines are here-
authorized to resume the control
t), c ijquor tratlic in said town,
Section HI He it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in con-
tli*-t with this Act Tie and the same are
hereby repealed.
'Approved Dec. 23rd 18%
W. Y. Atkinson, Governor.
STATK OF GEORGIA,
Office Sechetaky of State.
I. A. 1). Candler, Secretary of State
of the, State of Georgia, do hereby cer-
tify, That the foiegoing eight pages
contain a true, and correct copy of An
Act now on tile in this offi.je and ap¬
proved on the 23rd day of Dec. 18%,
entitled “An Act to establish, maintain
and regulate a Dispensary m the town
of Fort Gaines, Ga., forthe sale of ar-
‘lent spirits, malt liquors, wines and
other intoxicants, and to establish and
perpetuate a Board of Commissioners
for the management of said Dispensary
and for other purposes.
In Testimony Whereof, I have here- |
unto set my hand and utllxed the seal •
of my office, at the Capitol, in
City of Atlanta, this 20th day *>f Dee, j
in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Fight Hundred and Xinetv-Six and of
Twentieth.
Allkn D. Candler,
Secretary of State.
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