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Description and Holding Information
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Joint Select Comm. Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors. Report, 1858
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Thirty-seventh Legislature. Senate. No. 11 A Joint Special Committee was put in the awkward position, driven by petitions from the public, of
trying to create a liquor prohibition law. If there was to be a prohibition law, there would have to be punishments for breaking the law. The Committee
thought there should be a statewide vote on the issue. Any liquor manufacturer had to give a bond and could only sell in large quantities to state
agents and could not sell out of state. No other person could be a "common seller." There could be no drinking houses in the state. Illegal sellers
were liable for the damage caused by drunken purchasers. The public could turn in those they thought were selling or hoarding liquor. There were
several sections on search and seizure. Every May, each town could buy a year's supply of liquor for medicinal and manufacturing purposes to be managed by
an agent. The law would not apply to imported wine and spirits. Fines and punishments were heavy. The law would not take effect until the
Legislature decided how that would be done.
(Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Library of Congress).
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Title:
The Joint Select Committee, to whom was referred so much of the Governor's message as relates to the traffic in intoxicating liquors, and to whom also was referred the petition of Maria Cornelia D. Dow and nineteen-hundred and thirty-seven other women of Maine ... .
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OCLC Number:
1431201210
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
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