Drastic Liquor Legislation.
The legislature of Mississippi State has passed a stringent Jaw with the object of abolishing saloons in small towns and bringing the liquor trade in largo towns under better control. It is enacted that no saloon-keeper shall sit on a grand jury, and that any saloon-keeper called to sit on a common jury may be challenged because oF hia occupation. The minimum hoenso fee in rural parts is £140. and in towns with 2000 or more inhabitants it is £300, Any saloon keeper who allows a minor to enter his doors incurs heaty penalties. It is expected that nearly two-tbitdi of the saloons ia the State wilt b# closed aodftt tbie Act, 1
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Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7181, 11 May 1892, Page 2
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