RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr. LINE: That the Committee on Finance inquire into the expediency of having the laws of this Legislature published in one newspaper of each county of this State, (if there be one) and report by bill or otherwise.
By Mr. JOHNSTON: That the Committee on Temperance be instructed to report a bill to the Senate upon the subject of retailing liquors, embracing the following provisions, to wit: 1st. That it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or give away any adulturated liquors. 2nd. Nor to any intoxicated person. 3d. Nor to any minor without the consent of the parent or guardian. 4th. And that it shall not be lawful for any person to keep a disorderly house to the annoyance of the neighborhood, with such penalties as may be consistent with the offenses, and that no license be required.
Mr. GOODING moved to strike out the words "and that there be no license required:
Mr. TARKINGTON offered an amendment to the amendment, as follows:
That the Committee on Temperance be instructed to report a bill making it the duty of the Common Pleas and Circuit Court to declare all places where spirituous liquors are sold in less quantity than one gallon, a nuisance, and that it be made the duty of the prosecuting attorneys to prosecute in every instance, under a penalty of $100 for every failure.
Mr. STEELE moved to lay the resolution and pending amendments on the table. The yeas and nays being demanded, resulted - yeas 28, nays 11.
