Chap. 1024.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly
of Virginia. entitled an act to regulate the granting of licenses to sell
wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof in the town of
Blackstone, Nottoway county, Virginia, or in two miles thereof.

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
approved February twenty-seve enth. eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
entitled an act to regulate the granting of licenses to sell wine. ardent
spirits, malt liquors. or any mixture thereof in the town of Blackstone,
Nottoway county, Virginia, or in two miles thereof, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

€1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That no
license shall be granted to any person, elub or corporation to sell wine,
ardent spirits, malt liquors or anv mixture thereof, cider containing
alcohol, aleoholic bitters, fruits preserved in ardent spirits. either bv
wholesale or retail, or to be drunk at the place where sold or in any
other way, within the corporate limits of the town of Blackstone, Notto-
way county, Virginia, or within two miles thereof unless and until
the applicant shall produce to the court or officers authorized to grant
such license the written consent of the council of said town; and upon
the production of a copy of the record of said council to said court,
showing such consent and specifying the house in which it is to be sold,
that the applicant is a corporation chartered under the laws of the
state of Virginia, or, if the applicant is not a corporation, that the
person so applying is sober, discreet, and of good moral character, and
that the place is suitable and convenient, and that the applicant has
paid into the treasury of said town the license tax charged by said
town, which shall be five hundred dollars, and to the treasurer of
Nottoway county the tax required by law to be paid to the state for
the exercise of said privilege, said court may grant such applicant a
license to sell all or anv of the things mentioned in this section bv
wholesale or retail or to be drunk at the place where sold. Anv person
who shall, without first procuring a license, as required by this act,
sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, cider
containing alcohol, alcoholic bitters, or fruits preserved in ardent spirits,
either by wholesale, retail, or to he drunk on the premises, or in any
other way, within the corporate limits of said town or within two miles
thereof, shall be punished bv a fine of not less than thirty dollars and
not more than one hundred dollars for each offense. The mavor of said
town, the council, or anv member thereof, shall have jurisdiction to trv
anv person charged with a violation of anv of the provisions of this
act, and impose the punishment hereby inflicted. All fines imposed
under this section shall be for the benefit of the town, and shall be
paid into the treasury thereof.