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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... majority was then taken up in the Assembly in committee of the whole , and discussed at great length . The entire discussion would fill an octavo volume ; we can there- fore merely give the pith of the arguments . * Mr. LOURIE , in ...
... majority was then taken up in the Assembly in committee of the whole , and discussed at great length . The entire discussion would fill an octavo volume ; we can there- fore merely give the pith of the arguments . * Mr. LOURIE , in ...
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... majority here for the principle , they represent , not the people , but a faction . Prohibition was a violation of the principle of universal freedom . Men would not be re- formed by compulsion . Convince their judgments and they would ...
... majority here for the principle , they represent , not the people , but a faction . Prohibition was a violation of the principle of universal freedom . Men would not be re- formed by compulsion . Convince their judgments and they would ...
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... majority for the law , far greater than had ever been known in a contested political election . But a single county in the whole State ( to wit , the small county of Richmond ) voted for license ; and even there , the majority for ...
... majority for the law , far greater than had ever been known in a contested political election . But a single county in the whole State ( to wit , the small county of Richmond ) voted for license ; and even there , the majority for ...
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... majority of this Legis- lature are willing to give their votes to secure the passage of the law . 66 Reject this law , and it will be a deed over which angels and good men will weep , and wicked men and devils rejoice . Mr. BAKER spoke ...
... majority of this Legis- lature are willing to give their votes to secure the passage of the law . 66 Reject this law , and it will be a deed over which angels and good men will weep , and wicked men and devils rejoice . Mr. BAKER spoke ...
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... majority of the legal voters of this State op- posed to it ; and I believe it the bounden duty of the govern- ment to pass such laws , and such laws only , as the clear majority of the voters of the State indicate through the bal- lot ...
... majority of the legal voters of this State op- posed to it ; and I believe it the bounden duty of the govern- ment to pass such laws , and such laws only , as the clear majority of the voters of the State indicate through the bal- lot ...
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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.