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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 371 = ORDINANCE N0 . 371
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT TII^ SIiIPMEIIT OF' INTO::'ICATING LIQUOTM INTO M
CITY OF' PlYETf3VILL" AM) TO PICT UT'!T SHI'''.."i'?T OE TH": SA!.'^ kW!a OTT; POI'•TT OR
LOCALITY IN T: :': STAT.'. OF ARKA'ISAS TO AI!Y OTH'; a POI"TT OR POSM?SSIIN OF •^•AID
L.l��JJORS ; FORBIDDING THS SOLICITATION OR TA.KI"G OF OPMRS FOR ^AID LIQUORS ;
PROHIBITING Til'{ STORAGE OF LIQUORS IN LOCKERS , OR 0THM PLACES IN ANY FMIAL
CLUB OR FRAT311IIAL OR^ANI'LATION FOR U57 TH^RrITT, OR CARRYING LIQUOR TIMMO
OR KEsPIIIG TIE !'Advo iNUR?ITt; PROHIDITING TH13 K3^•.PING OR LfAI?'TAI?'INC OF U?!LAC :-
PUL DRITIKI!'!0 PLA �F.S , ViHICH DRINKING ?LACES A "S MADE T1UI91:TTC^S 0D FOP. OTIIFR
PUA ?OS US
BF It ORDAIMM BY TH ; CITY 001MCIT, OF FAYRTTEVILLF. , ARKP.TTSPS :
See. 1. That it shall be unlawful for any railroad company, :express
company, or other common carrier, or any officer, agent, or employee of any of them,
or any other person to ship or transport into, or deliver in the City of Fayette-
ville , Ark. in any manner or by any means whatsoever, any alcoholic liquors,
vinous, malt, spirituous or fermented liquors or any compound or preparation
thereof commonly called tonic , bitters, or medicated liquors from any other State ,
Territory, or district of the United States, or from any foreign country, to any
person, firm, or corporation within the City of Fayetteville , when the said
liquors or any of them are intended by any person interested therein, to be
received, possessed or sold, or in any manner used except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec . 2 . That is shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to
accept from corporations, companies, or any persons mentioned in Section 1 of
this Ordinance any delivery of the liquors mentioned in Sec . 1 . of this
ordinance or any of them when transported into or delivered in tincts City in any
manner or by any mean: whatsoever.
Sec . 3 . That it shall ue unlr.wful for any bank incorporation under the
laws of tris State, rational bank, or private banker or any individual, fir:.•.,
or association to present, collect, or in any fray handle any drafts , bills of
exchange , or order to pay money, to which a receipt for ^ ny spirituous , malted,
fermented, or other intoxicating liquors of any dd nd,or which draft, or other
instruments named is enclosed with, connected with or in any way related to,
directly or indirectly, any bill of lading, order or receipt for the said
liquors in this section mentioned , or any of them .
Sec . 4. It is hereb - made unlawful to deliver any of said liquors to or
for the account of any firm, pa rtnership, corporation, or association of
persons, to raceive or possess any of said liquors in the City of Fayetteville .
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation
to store, keelit.:, possess, or have in possession or permit another to store , keep,
possess , or have in possession, any of the liquors and beverages mentioned in
Sec . 1 of this Ordinance in or at any fruit stand, restaurant, store , drugstore ,
(except alc6hol in a drugstore as permitted by law, or rine for sacramental
purposes as :may be permitted by law ) , or in any club or club room of any social
or fraternal organization or any other organization or association of persons ,
or in any l.'.very stable , public garage , public park, hotel , rooming house , dining
room, wagon yard, or in any public building, or in or at any room or place where
a boaling, :J ley is maintained or operated for ,:, ain; but this shall not prevent
any officor, from storing or having; such liquors in a public buildinC for safe
keeping ':hen seized in the enforcement of the law or when stored or possessed
for use as evidence or otherroise in his official capacity. And it s : all also be
unlawf,'.0 for any person., firm , or corporation engaged in business of selling
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or doaling in soft drinks or nonprohibited beverages, to keep, possess , or
store on the premiss any of the liquors mentioned in Seco 1 of this
Ordinance or any other liquors , beverages or drinks or bitters prohibited
by law.
Sec. 6. That no property rights of any kind shall exist in the liquors
mentioned in Sec . 1 of this Ordinance or in any other liquors , liquids , bitters,
or drinks prohibited by the laws of the State of Arkansas to be manufactured,
sold, bartered, or otherwise disposed of in said State or in any vessels ,
fixtures , furniture , implements, or vehicles , when the said liquors or other
property mentioned are kept stored or used for the purpose of violating the
law, nor in any such liquor, bitters, end drinks when received, possessed,
kept, or stored at any forbidden place ; and in all cases the liquors, bitters ,
and drinks aforesaid and said property herein named .are forfeited to the City
of Fayetteville and may be seized or s.�arched for and seized under the laws
of the State of Arkansas and ordered to be destroyed in the manner and under
the rules prescribed by law respecting contraband liquors or by order of
court after conviction, when such liquors or property as described hereinbefore
have been seized for use as evidence .
Sec . 7 . The.t it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association to receive for storage , distribution, or on consignment, for another
the liquors mentioned in Sec . 1 of this Ordinance, or any of them or any tother
liquors , bitters, or drinks prohibited by lar, to be sold, bartered, or otherwise
disposed ofd
Sec . 8 . That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association whether common carrier or not, to accept from another for shipment
or transportation or delivery or to ship, transport, or deliver for another any
of the 'liquors , bitters , and drinks referred to in Sec . 1 of this Ordinance ,
or any of them, when received at any point, place or locality in the City of
Fayetteville , to be shipped or transported to, or delivered to another person,
firm, corporation, or association, or ' 4 any other point, place , or locality
rd thin said City of Fayetteville, or to convey or transport over or along; any
public street or highway any of said liquors , bittQrs , or drinks for another.
Sec . 9 . That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or oorporation to
cause or induce any railroad company, express company, or other carrier, or
any agent or employee thereof, or any other person to carry, transport, or ship
to any point within the City of Fayetteville , for himself or other person, any
packeg-e , trunk, or Valise containing any of the liquors , bitters , or drinks pro-
hibited by lart to be sold, bartered, or otherwise dispos&d of, by failing to
notify the carrier, its agents , or servant, or other person who carries the
same , of the true nature and character of the shipment, or without marking on
the outside of the package containing the liquors , where it can plainly be seen
and read, words indicating- , the contents of the package , the charac ..er and
quantity of the li.:uor. This provision shall not modify any other provision
of this Ordinance , but stall be sup-)lecmental to the other sections .
Sec . 10. That no liquors of the kind mentidned in Sec . 1 of this Ordinance
nor .any other intoxicating liquors , nor any li :juors , bitters , or drinks prohibited
by law to be sold, bartered, or otharviise disposed of, shall be kept in any social
club, or fraternal or{ anization for use ther : in.
Sec . 11 . That it shall be unla7itful for any person, firm, cor;oration, or
association directly or indirectly, to keep or maintain, or in any manner to aid
or abet in keeping or maintaining; any o1 the following; places which are hereby
declared to be unlawful drinking places :
C8OVIArtC1 371, Con ; r,--3
1. Array place or resort where any of the liquors , bitters , and drinks mentioned
in this Ordinance are kept to be drunk upon or about the promises by persons
resorting thereto for that purpose ; or ( 2 ) any club vroom or other place tiihere
are received or kept for the purpose of barter or sale, or use , or gift as a
beverage or for distribution or division among, or furnished to , or used by,
members of :any club or association of persons by any means uhatever, the said
liquors , bitters , and drinks ; ( 3 ) any club room or room of any association of
persons in imhich said liquors , bitters , and drinks , or any of them, are kept
or stored for the purpose of bDinE; drunk or consumed by the members of arty.
such club or other. association, or persons, or their guests , or others on the
premises, or at or near the plane where the same , or any of them are kept or
stored ; ( 4 ) any place adjacent to or near the premises of any club , corporation,
or association, or other combination of persons to ' which members or their guests ,
or others , by permission of the members , resort for the pur-)ose of drinking the
said liquors , bitters , and drinks or any of these that are kept in or near such
places . Any of the places herein designated, if kept or maintained.' shall be
and constitute an unlawful drinking place , and the act of keepinC or maintaining
any room or )l:ce shall be deemed a separate offense for each day that it
continues . Any place or room kept or maintained in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be deemed to be a common nuisance ,
Sec . 12. That in all prosecutions under this Ordinance for the unlawful
shipment of 11quors mentioned in Sec . 1 of this Ordinance, or of any other
liquors , bitters , -or drinks prohibited by law to be sold, :; artered, or other-
Sd wise disposed of, the offense shall be held to have been committed
whether said liquors , bitters , and drinks are shipped or transported into the
City of Fayetteville from outside of the State of Arkansas, or to be shipped
or transported from some point within the State of Arkansas , to any point within
said City of reyetteville .
Sec . 13. That in an affidavit for a warrant of arrest for any violations
of this Ordinance it shall not be necessary to negative the exceptions herein
contained or that the liquors, bitter% and drinks were ordered, shipped, trans-
ported, or delivered for any of the liquors , bitters , anddrinks were ordered,
shipped, transported, or delivered for any of the purposes sbt out in the
succeeding section hereof, but suet: exceptions may be relied upon as a defense,
and the burden of establishing the same shall be upon the person Maiming the
benefits thereof.
Sec . 14. That nothing in Vil.s Ordinance shall make it unlawful (1 ) For
any priest or minister of any religious denomination or sect to order and have
shipc: d and delivered wine for sacramental purposes ; nor for any common carrier,
corporation, or person to ship, trans,)ort, carry, or deliver wine for szid pur-
poses to any priest or minister of any , religious denomination or sect. (2 )
For any person, firm, or institution to have ship_oed and have delivered alcohol
for strictly medicinal or mechanical purposes ; but records shall be kept by the
carrier or delivering party of all such mines for sacramental purposes , and all
such alcohol, and statement thereof shall be filed :+ith the City Clerk, within
ten days after such delivery.
Sec . 15. That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the pro....
visions of this Ordinance, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall
upon conviction be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars and not more than
One Thousand Dollars , for each offense , and may be imprisoned not less than
thirty days nor more than ninety days .
Sec . 16 . That all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances heretofore passed
<:re hereby repealed and modified only when the "date are in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance , June 18, 1/l / .