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prohibiting any person to " irmnufuctare or 

 sell, or Huttur to bo manufactured or sold, l.y 

 any person, except for the purpose of t-.\p..r- 

 ttit ion ; or keep or suffer to be kept on hit 

 premises or possessions, or under his charge, 

 fur the purpose of sale, within this State, any 

 ale, wine, nun, or other strong or mult liquors, 

 or any mixed liquors, a part of which in air, 

 wine, rum, or other strong or malt liquors, un- 

 less as is hereinafter provided." 



The only authority given for soiling the 

 liquors IK-IV, enumerated is granted to persons 

 authorized and licensed to sell medicines and 

 us, and tlioy can sell them "for medicinal, 

 arti-tir, and mechanical purposes only, and not 

 to be drunk on the premises of the seller." 



No sole is allowed to a minor, " without a 

 written request from his or her parent or 

 guardian, or a physician's prescription, or to a 

 person of known intemperate habits." Any 

 person authorized to sell medicines and poisons, 

 who shall violate this act, is subject to a fine 

 of not less than $100 nor more than $500, and 

 deprived of his privileges as a pharmacist. 

 Any person not authorized by this act to sell 

 liquors, who shall do so, is made subject to 

 both fine and imprisonment, and " liable for 

 all injuries which such purchaser may commit 

 while in a state of intoxication, arising, in 

 whole or in part, from drinking the liquors 

 sold as aforesaid, in an action of the case in 

 favor of the person injured." " An act in 

 amendment of and in addition to " this, pro- 

 vides that "sales of liquor for medicinal pur- 

 poses, under authority of section 8 of said last- 

 named act, shall be made only upon and in 

 accordance with a written prescription or pre- 

 scriptions from a medical practitioner, and 

 sales of liquor for mechanical or artistic pur- 

 poses shall be made only upon receipt of a 

 written statement, signed by the party purchas- 

 ing, of the use to which the some is to be ap- 

 plied : Provided, That neither said act nor this 

 section shall be construed to prevent the sale 

 by registered pharmacists and others of flavor- 

 ing extracts and essences similar to those here- 

 tofore in common use, nor by such pharmacists 

 the sale of wine for sacramental purposes, and 

 of articles enumerated in section two of said 

 acts, to physicians and pharmacists." Any 

 person obtaining liquor on false statements re- 

 garding the use for which it is intended is made 

 subject to a fine of from $50 to $100. 



For the purpose of securing the enforcement 

 of the several measures prohibiting the sale of 

 intoxicating liquors, "an act in relation to 

 the preservation of the public peace," better 

 known as the " Constabulary Act," was passed. 

 This provides that the Governor shall appoint 

 a State Constable, who shall appoint not more 

 than seven deputies, to be approved by the 

 Governor, who shall give bonds in $10,000 

 each for the restoration of any property that 

 may be seized. Any person injured by a 

 breach of the bond may bring an action there- 

 on in the name of the General Treasurer for 



his own use. The Constable and deputies are 

 appointed for one year, but are removable at 



tli-- pli-astm- of the Governor. The powers 

 and duties of the State constables are thus de- 

 fined : 



Section 8. The State Constable and his deputies 

 ulnill have and exercise all the common law and 

 statutory power of constables, except the service of 

 oivil prooetta, and also all the powers given to special 

 constables or State police by the General Statutes, 

 concurrently with such officers, and also all power* 

 given to sheriff*, chiefs of police, or other officers. 

 n-liitiin,' t tho inspection or assay of liquors, and 

 tlifir powers shall extend throughout the State. 



See. V. It shall be the duty of the couHtables of the 

 Bfv.-rul towns and cities of the State, city marshals, 

 chiefs of police, and all other police-officers, to aid 

 the State Constable and his deputies in the discharge 

 of their duties, whenever reasonably notified and 

 called upon for that purpose. 



Sea. 10. The State Constable and his several depu- 

 ties, in the duo execution of their offices, are em- 

 powered to command all necessary aid and assistance 

 in the execution of their said offices ; and, if any 

 person, when so required, shall refuse or neglect to 

 give such aid and assistance, he shall be fined not 

 exceeding twenty dollars. 



While their powers are thus made general, 

 the purposo of calling them into existence was 

 to secure the enforcement of the prohibitory 

 liquor law. 



A petition was received from the Executive 

 Committee of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage 

 Association, which, after speaking of the im- 

 portance of keeping the idea of reformation 

 prominently in view in the management of 

 penal institutions, and the need of the special 

 qualifications of women for the purpose, sub- 

 mitted the following bill for consideration : 



The Board of State Charities and Corrections shall 

 hereafter consist of twelve persons two men and 

 two women from the county of Providence, and one 

 man and one woman from each of the other counties. 



The members of the present board shall respec- 

 tively hold their offices for the terms for which they 

 were appointed, and men shall continue to be ap- 

 pointea their successors in the manner now provided 

 by law. 



In addition thereto, the Governor, with the ad- 

 vice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint six 

 women to bo members of the board, one of whom 

 shall hold office for six years, one for five years, 

 one for four years, one for three years, one for two 

 years, and one for one year, from the day of 



, and shall, in like manner, annually, on the 



day of , appoint one woman to such office, who 



shall hold office for six years, unless sooner re- 

 moved. 



This was referred to a special committee, 

 with instructions to report thereon at the next 

 session of the General Assembly. 



The State constabulary force was organized 

 and began operations on the 15th of August. 

 From that time to the 1st of January, 1875, 

 421 prosecutions were instituted by them, of 

 which 108 were for maintaining liquor nni- 

 eances, 208 for selling liquor, 75 for keeping 

 liquor for sale, and others for various offenses 

 against the general laws of the State. Thirty- 

 two seizures of liquors were made, amounting 

 in all to 3,272 gallons, valued at something 

 over $4,000. The amount of fines accruing to 



