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or regulations, or for the recovery of any penalty imposed under the authority of this Chapter.

11. When any person having been legally served with a subpoena, shall neglect or refuse to attend according to the exigency of the same, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding eight dollars for every default, to be imposed by the two Justices, unless it shall be made to appear to their satisfaction that the party subpoenaed had good excuse for non-attendance.

12. If any person shall directly or indirectly sell or barter any liquors without license, or if a licensed wholesale dealer shall sell any liquors in any quantity less than one pint, or shall allow any liquors to be drunk on his premises, or if any person holding a tavern or retail license only, shall sell by wholesale, or shall sell more than one quart to any person at one time, every person so offending shall, for the first violation, forfeit a sum not exceeding forty dollars nor less than ten dollars, to be recovered, with costs of prosecution, before any two Justices of the Peace resident in the County in which the violation shall be committed, and in default of payment the offender shall be committed to the common gaol for a term not exceeding fifty days nor less than thirty days; for the second violation he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than twenty dollars; to be recovered, with costs of prosecution, before such Justices as aforesaid, and on default of payment shall be committed as aforesaid for a term not exceeding eighty days nor less than forty days; and for every subsequent violation he shall forfeit the sum of sixty dollars, to be recovered, with costs of suit, before such Justices as aforesaid, and on default of payment, shall be committed as aforesaid for the term of three months.

13. Any person who shall bribe or attempt to bribe, intimidate or attempt to intimidate, any person with a view to hinder or prevent him from giving testimony as to any violation of this Chapter, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty dollars.

14. In any prosecution under and by virtue of the provisions of this Chapter, proof of keeping a shop with liquors therein, or of keeping such liquors in any part of any house or building apparently for sale, or of any person being found drinking in any such shop, house, or building, or coming

out therefrom intoxicated, shall be sufficient evidence against the occupier of such shop, house, or building, of the selling or retailing liquors without license, or the allowing them to be drunk upon the premises, as the case may be, unless the person complained of shall prove to the satisfaction of the Court trying the complaint,either that he or she has a license, or that there was no sale or barter of liquors as complained of; and in such case, and where the conviction is sought to be obtained simply upon proof of keeping a shop with liquors therein, or of keeping such liquors in any part of any house or building apparently for sale, or of any person being found drinking in any such shop, house, or building, or coming out therefrom intoxicated, it shall be competent, but not compellable, for the person charged, and his wife, to give testimony in defence upon such complaint and prosecution.

15. The penalties imposed by this Chapter, and the costs of conviction, may be levied as well by warrant of distress and sale of the defendant's goods and chattels, as by warrant of commitment against the person of such defendant, or both, at the discretion of the Justice imposing such penalty; and in case of commitment, the Justices shall define the number of days in the warrant.

16. No license granted under this Chapter shall entitle any person to keep a tavern or inn,or to sell liquors by wholesale, in any house or place other than that for which his license may have been granted; but in case of the death or removal of any person licensed as aforesaid, before the expiration of the same, it shall be lawful for the County Council to grant to the person succeeding to such tavern, or wholesale premises,a license to continue and keep on the same during the residue of the time of the said license; but the person so succeeding shall enter into the like recognizance as if he had originally obtained such license under the authority of this Chapter.

17. No person who shall sell upon trust or credit any liquors, mixed or unmixed, to any person, shall have any remedy therefor,in law or equity; and if any bill, bond,note, or mortgage, or other security or conveyance, shall be made or delivered, the consideration of which shall be proved to have been for spirituous liquors so sold, the same shall be deemed fraudulent and void in all Courts of Justice; and if

any pawn or pledge shall be left by any person with any person for liquors so sold, any Justice of the Peace on complaint and proof of the same, shall order the said pawn or pledge to be restored, and the person who may have received the same shall be liable to a fine not exceeding forty dollars for each violation of this Section: Nothing in this Section shall apply to sales of spirituous liquors made under a wholesale license, when the quantity sold at any one time. amounts to one gallon or upwards.

18. No tavern or inn keeper shall permit any apprentice to any profession or trade, or any servant or any person under the age of sixteen years, to sit or remain drinking in his house or premises; nor shall any tavern or inu keeper sell or give, or suffer to be given or sold to any servant or to any person under the age of sixteen years, any liquors without the order or consent of the master, mistress, parent or guardian of such apprentice, servant or person under the age aforesaid, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered with costs, on the oath of one credible witness, before any Justice of the Peace of the County where the act may have been committed.

19. No tavern or inn keeper, or wholesale dealer, shall sell any liquors, mixed or unmixed, on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars nor less than eight dollars for each act of selling, to be recovered upon complaint before any Justice of the Peace of the County where the act shall be committed; and if any person shall be seen on the Lord's day leaving the premises of any tavern or inn keeper in a state of intoxication, such tavern or inn keeper shall be deemed and taken to be prima facie liable to the penalty in this Section mentioned, and shall be convicted in the same, unless he shall make it appear to the satisfaction of such Justice, that no liquors were on that day sold or given, directly or indirectly, to such intoxicated person by such tavern keeper or inn keeper, or by any person or persons in his employ.

20. Any tavern or inn keeper convicted of enticing, seducing, harbouring or concealing any articled seaman or apprentice, shall not only forfeit his license, but also be disqualified from holding a tavern license for the space of one year from the time of such conviction,

21. The several County Secretaries in the respective Counties, as soon as may be after every semi-annual meeting at which licenses may have been granted, shall transmit to the Town Clerks of the several Parishes a list of the persons licensed to keep an inn or tavern, or to sell liquors by wholesale, in their respective Parishes; and such Town Clerk shall make diligent enquiry, and make known to the County Secretary, or to the nearest Justice, if any person be guilty, or suspected to be guilty, of any breach of the provisions of this Chapter, or of any regulations made by virtue thereof, in order that the offender may be prosecuted; the County Council may order such sum of money to be paid to each of the said Town Clerks from the funds of the County, to remunerate them for the duty hereby imposed, as such Council in its discretion may think fit.

22. All penalties recovered under this Chapter shall be paid to the County Treasurer of the County where prosecuted, and one-half of every penalty shall be ordered to be paid to the person by whose means the conviction was obtained, and no testimony shall be excepted to on that account.

23. In this Chapter, unless there be something in the context to the contrary, the word "Liquors" shall mean wine, brandy, gin, rum, whiskey, ale, porter, or any other distilled, alcoholic, or intoxicating liquors.

24. No liquors shall be sold in any booth or shed, or in any place whatever of a like character, or in any waggon or other vehicle, or in the open air,under the penaltyof eightydollars for each case of sale; and in case of a violation of the provisions of this Section, any Justice of the Peace may upon complaint, or without complaint, seize and detain, or by written or verbal order direct any constable, who is hereby required to obey such order, to seize and detain any and all goods and chattels in such booth, shed, or other place, or in such waggon or vehicle, or exposed with such liquors, and also any waggon or vehicle as aforesaid, and any horse or animal attached thereto or used in the drawing of such waggon or vehicle,and unless the sum of eightydollars and expenses of removal and detention are paid to the Justices by way of penalty within twenty four hours after the seizure, he may sell such goods and chattels, and pay the proceeds to the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish where the seizure was made;

but the powers of seizure herein given shall be exercised bythe Justice only upon the ground and on view of the goods and chattels seized, and after publicly declaring at such seizure that he is a Justice of the Peace, and acts as such; but notwithstanding such seizure, the party may be proceeded against for the penalty unless it is paid as aforesaid.

25. Any tavern keeper or inn keeper, or person having license to sell spirituous liquors, who shall give or sell any spirituous liquors to any person while such person is intoxicated, shall incur a penalty of not more than twenty dollars nor less than four dollars.

26. Ifany steward or other person shall sell any spirituous or malt liquors upon a steamboat or other vessel, without having a license for that purpose from the County Council of the County in which such spirituous or malt liquors are sold, the owner of such steamboat or vessel shall pay any fine and be liable to any penalty or imprisonment provided by this Chapter for selling spirituous or malt liquors without license.

27. Every person holding a license for the sale of spirituous liquors, shall close his shop, room or place in which he has exposed for sale spirituous liquors at the hour of ten of the clock in the evening of each week day, and shall keep the same closed from that time until six of the clock in the morning of the week day following; and for every violation of the provisions of this Section the holder of a license shall incur a penalty of not less than eight dollars and not more than twenty dollars.

28. Penalties incurredunder this Chapter maybe recovered before one Justice of the Peace, unless otherwise provided; and the forms in the proceedings before Justices may be according to forms (A) (B) (C) (D) and (E) in the Schedule to this Chapter annexed, or to the like effect; and the said forms are hereby made a part of this Chapter; and the costs of such proceedings shall be the same as allowed before Justices of the Peace for like or analogous services.

29. In all incorporated Cities and Towns heretofore enjoying or possessing the power of granting licenses within the limits of such Cities or Towns, the power.of granting licenses. within the limits of such Cities or Towns, and making reguations under this Chapter, shall be vested in the local autho

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