Vermont Legislature Enacts Tough Liquor Law
The Vermont legislature on Monday passed a strict liquor law declaring every liquor outlet a nuisance to be abated. Keepers face fines from 20 to 200 dollars and up to three months imprisonment.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1880
Page
5
The Vermont legislature on Monday passed a strict liquor law declaring every liquor outlet a nuisance to be abated. Keepers face fines from 20 to 200 dollars and up to three months imprisonment.
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