Documentary History of the Maine Law: Comprising the Original Maine Law, the New York Prohibitory Law, Legislative Debates, Arguments, Judicial Decisions, Statistics, Important Correspondence; "inquisition" and Anti-prohibition |
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... existing provisions of law relative to misde- meanors and offenses shall apply to offenses created by this act , except where the same are inconsistent therewith . FEES FOR SERVICES . SEC . XXI . There shall be allowed and included in ...
... existing provisions of law relative to misde- meanors and offenses shall apply to offenses created by this act , except where the same are inconsistent therewith . FEES FOR SERVICES . SEC . XXI . There shall be allowed and included in ...
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... existing laws will do much to suppress intemperance . This evil in our midst appears to me to result rather from the non - execu- tion of present laws , than from the character of the laws themselves . It is a popular error to mistake ...
... existing laws will do much to suppress intemperance . This evil in our midst appears to me to result rather from the non - execu- tion of present laws , than from the character of the laws themselves . It is a popular error to mistake ...
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... existing law has been in force fifty years . We have found it inadequate . If enforced , it could not accomplish the good desired . But could it be enforced ? It has not been . Then why shall we not have some law which could be enforced ...
... existing law has been in force fifty years . We have found it inadequate . If enforced , it could not accomplish the good desired . But could it be enforced ? It has not been . Then why shall we not have some law which could be enforced ...
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... existing laws , properly enforced -- that it attempted indirectly to enact a sumptuary law , but did not venture in a plain , flat - footed way , to prohibit the use of intoxicating liquor ; and he charged that this great temperance ...
... existing laws , properly enforced -- that it attempted indirectly to enact a sumptuary law , but did not venture in a plain , flat - footed way , to prohibit the use of intoxicating liquor ; and he charged that this great temperance ...
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... existing statute . I advise all who are now engaged in the prosecution of the traffic so soon to become wholly unlawful and criminal , to make immediate arrangements to quit it , and not to con- tinue under the delusive idea that the ...
... existing statute . I advise all who are now engaged in the prosecution of the traffic so soon to become wholly unlawful and criminal , to make immediate arrangements to quit it , and not to con- tinue under the delusive idea that the ...
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Page 96 - And if any State deems the retail and internal traffic in ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and calculated to produce idleness, vice or debauchery, I see nothing in the Constitution of the United States to prevent it from regulating and restraining the traffic or from prohibiting it altogether if it thinks proper.
Page 112 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500, or to undergo imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 98 - be interdicted by law, in the midst of dense masses of population, on the general and rational principle, that every person ought so to use his property as not to injure his neighbors; and that private interests must be made subservient to the general interests of the community.
Page 24 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than...
Page 65 - ... and corporate, by him or them made, before that day ; or shall affect any such grants or charters since made by this state...
Page 21 - ... he shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, to be sued for and recovered in the same manner as fines in the fourth section of this act...
Page 97 - The acknowledged police power of a state extends often to the destruction of property. A nuisance may be abated. Everything prejudicial to the health or morals of a city may be removed.
Page 86 - ... municipal or police court, make complaint under oath or affirmation that they have reason to believe, and do believe that spirituous or intoxicating liquors are kept or deposited, and intended for sale by any person not authorized to sell the same in said city or town under the provisions of this act...
Page 27 - Columbia shall be deemed, and is hereby declared, to be a public nuisance...
Page 15 - particularly" describe "the place to be searched" and the "things to be seized.