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and after its approval by the Governor, and all acts or laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Passed the House of Representatives November 28, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 28, 1871.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That the board of county commissioners in each and every county shall have power to prohibit all persons from selling goods, wares or merchandise of any kind at auction or public outcry, or from trading boats, wagons, carts or vehicles of any kind, without first obtaining a license therefor.

SEC. 2. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to apply to any sea going craft or boat loading goods from the same.

SEC. 3. If any person shall sell or barter any goods, wares or merchandise by auction, from boats, wagons, carts or vehicles of any kind, as described in section one of this act, without having obtained a license therefor from the board of county commissioners of the county in which such goods, wares or merchandise are sold or bartered as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay to such county for the first offense not less than ten nor

more than fifty dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. The said commissioners, in their respective counties, shall have power to license suitable persons to keep drinking saloons or houses therein. Said commissioners shall in no case grant any such license until the applicant therefor shall have presented to them a petition praying that such license be granted, and signed by a majority of all the adult inhabitants of the precinct wherein such drinking saloon or house is to be kept; and any person obtaining a license to keep a drinking saloon to sell wines and spirituous liquors in less quantities than one gallon, shall pay into the county treasury the sum of three hundred dollars a year, to be called a retail dealers license; and any person selling in greater quantities than one gallon, shall pay into the county treasury the sum of one hundred dollars a year, to be called a wholesale dealers license; and every person selling lager beer shall apply for a grocery license to sell the same, to be called a lager beer license, and shall pay into the county treasury one hundred dollars per annum: Provided, The county commissioners may grant license to drinking saloons or houses in the county, where there is but little business doing, for less than three hundred dollars, at the discretion of the county commissioners, but in no case less than one hundred dollars per

annum.

SEC. 5. If any person shall sell or dispose of any spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines, in any quantity less than one gallon, without first obtaining a license therefor from the county commissioners of the county in which such wine or liquor shall be sold or disposed of, such person shall, for each and every such offense, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, with costs of prosecution, and imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than ninety days: Provided, That justices of the peace may have jurisdiction in their respective counties of any and all offenses arising under the provisions of this act for which the fine or forfeiture shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and for which the imprisonment shall not exceed

thirty days, and in all such cases like complaint shall be made and like proceedings had as in other. cases of misdemeanor cognizable by justices of the peace.

SEC. 6. Said commissioners shall not grant such license as is provided for in section four of this act, unless they believe the applicant therefor to be a man of good moral character, and unless such applicant shall enter into a bond to said commissioners, with one or more good and sufficient sureties, in the sum of five hundred dollars, to be approved by said commissioners or the county auditor of the county in which such license shall be granted, conditioned that he will keep such drinking saloon or house in a quiet, peaceable and orderly manner, and conditioned that he will pay all fines and costs that may be adjudged against him under the provisions of the fourth and fifth sections of this

act.

SEC. 7. No person shall be permitted to keep a billiard table or bowling alley to let for hire, without obtaining a license therefor from the commissioners of the proper county for such

purpose.

SEC. 8. Any person wishing to keep one or more bowling alleys, provided they are kept in the same room, shall pay into the county treasury the sum of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and at the same rate for any shorter period: Provided, That no license shall be granted for a shorter period than six months. Upon the production of the receipt of the county treasurer by the applicant for the required sum, said commissioners may grant said applicant a license for the term to which his said receipt may entitle him.

SEC. 9. Any person wishing to keep a billiard table or billiard tables, provided all such tables are kept in the same room, shall pay into the county treasury the sum of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and at the same rate for a shorter period: Provided, That no license shall be granted for a shorter period than six months. Upon the applicant producing to the county commissioners the receipt

for the required sum, the said commissioners shall grant to said applicant a license for the term to which such receipt may entitle him.

SEC. 10. Any person keeping a billiard table or tables, or bowling alley, for the purpose of receiving income therefrom, without first obtaining a license therefor as herein provided, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars for each and every offense, with costs.

SEC. 11. All fines and forfeitures collected under this act, and all moneys paid into the treasury of any county for licenses as aforesaid, shall be applied to school or county purposes as the local laws of such county may direct: Provided, That all money paid into the treasury of the county of Thurston for licenses, within the corporate limits of the town of Olympia, shall be paid into the town treasury of said town as a municipal fund for the use of said town: Provided, That this act shall not affect or apply to any private or local laws upon the subject of license in any county.

SEC. 12. This act shall not apply to Walla Walla, Pierce, Clarke, Clalm and King counties.

Passed the House of Representatives Nov. 27, 1871.

J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council Nov. 29, 1871.

H. A. SMITH,

Approved Nov. 29, 1871.

President of the Council.

EDWARD S. SALOMON,

Governor of Washington Territory.

AN ACT

TO ALLOW BOUNTY FOR KILLING CERTAIN ANIMALS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That a bounty of two dollars and fifty cents shall be allowed for the killing within the Territory of Washington of a cougar, panther, gray or black wolf, and fifty cents for cayote or wild cat.

SEC. 2. Any person having killed either of the aforementioned animals within this Territory, shall be entitled to the said bounty on producing the scalp with the ears attached thereto, of the animal killed, before the auditor of the county in which such animal may have been killed, and making affidavit before the auditor of the time and place of such killing.

SEC. 3. If the auditor shall be satisfied that a bounty is due under the provisions of this act, he shall issue a certificate for the amount due to such person for killing said animals, and on presentation of the same to the auditor of the Territory, he shall draw his warrant for the amount thereof, on the treasurer of the Territory, and the said treasurer shall pay the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the county auditor, in presence of the person producing such scalp, to destroy the same immediately after allowing bounty therefor.

SEC. 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 1871. J. J. H. VAN BOKKELEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Council November 29, 1871.

H. A. SMITH,

Approved November 29, 1871.

President of the Council.

EDWARD S. SALOMON,

Governor of Washington Territory.

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