Chap. 302.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of the charter of the town
of Richlands, approved January 26, 1892.

Approved February 11, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the four-
teenth section of an act entitled an act to charter the town of Richlands,
approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be
amended and re-enacted so as to ‘read as follows:

§ 14. No license shall be granted to any person or persons, club or
corporation to sell, or offer for sale, wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors,
or any mixture thereof, alcohohe bitters, bitters containing alcohol, or
fruits preserved in ardent spirits, by wholesale or retail, or to be drunk
at the place where sold, or in any other way, within the corporate limits
of said town, during the existence of any local option law prohibiting
the manufacture and gale of w ine, ardent spirits, or malt liquors, or any
mixture thereof, in Maiden Springs magisterial district, Tazewell county,
Virginia; and in the absence of any such law, no license shall be eranted
to any person or persons, club or corporation to manufacture, rectify, or
distill malt or alcoholic liquors, other than wine; to sell or offer for sale
wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof of alcoholic
bitters, bitters contaiming alcohol, or fruits preserved in ardent spirits,
either by wholesale or retail, or to be drunk at the place where sold, or
Inany other way, within the corporate limits of said town, or within
three miles in any direction from the brick school-house in said town
without, unless, and until the applicant shall produce to the court or
officer authorized to grant such license, the written consent of the coun-
cil of the town signed by four members of the council who are in favor
thereof. And upon a production of a copy of the record of said council
to said court showing such consent and specifying the place where to be
manufactured or sold, and in what manner; that the applicant is a cor-
poration chartered under the laws of this state, or if the applicant is
not such a corporation, that the person so applying is sober, discreet,
and of good moral character, and that the place is suitable and con-
venient; that the said applicant has paid into the treasury of said town
the sum of one hundred and _ fifty dollars, and to the treasury of Taze-
well county the tax required by existing laws to be paid to the state for
the exercise of said privilege, said court shall grant such applicant a
license to sell all or any of the things mentioned in this section. by
wholesale, retail, or to be drunk at the place where sold: provided, that
if the applicant desires to sell by wholesale he shall pay into the said
treasury the sum of five hundred dollars, unless he desires to sell malt
liquors ouly by wholesale, in which case ‘he shall pay the sum of three
hundred dollars. But license shall not be granted to any corporation
or person to sell in more than two of the modes herein designated; nor
shall said license be granted until the applicant shall execute bond in
said court, with good security, in the penalty of five thousand dollars,
conditioned according to law. Any person who shall, without first pro-
curing a license, as required by this section, sell wine, ardent spirits,
malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, alcoholic bitters, or fruits preserved
in ardent spirits, either by wholesale, retail, or to be drunk at the place
where sold, or in any other way, within the corporate limits of the said
town, or within three miles in any direction from the brick school-house
in said town, shall be punished by a fine of not less than thirty dollars
and not more than one thousand dollars for each offence; and if the fine
and the cost of the prosecution be not at once paid, the accused shall be
forthwith committed to the calaboose of said town until the fine and
cost be paid, or he be discharged by due process of law. The mayor of
said town, the council, or any member thereof, shall have jurisdiction to
try any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this
section, and impose the punishment. hereby prescribed. All fines im-
posed under this section shall be for the benefit of said tow n, and shall
be paid into the treasury thereof. Any person found guilty of violating
any provision of this section shall be required by the oflicer trying the
case to give bond, with good security, in a reasonable sum, to be fixed
b:r such officers, to be of good be havior for twelve months; ‘and if such
person fail to give such bond, he shall be at once committed to the
calaboose of said town until he does give it, or is discharged by due
process of law.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.