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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
135
Lake City, Florida, and any violation of this Sec­
tion shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty 135/257
dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars or
by imprisonment not less than thirty days and
not exceeding sixty days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Sec. 2. In the trial of violations of Section 1
of this ordinance, it shall not be necessary for the
prosecution to prove that the defendant had any
interest in the liquor delivered or sold by him or
any interest in the money received by a defendant
for any spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicat­
ing liquors delivered by him, but proof of the de­
livery of liquor by a defendant and the receipt of
money therefor by him, shall be sufficient prima
facie evidence of the ownership of said liquors by
a defendant.

Sec. 3. The holding, owning or paying for a
license or tax stamp issued by the Internal Rev­
enue authority of the United States, showing a
payment of a tax as a dealer in spirituous, vinous,
malt or other intoxicating liquors by a holder
thereof, to the United States government, shall be
held as prima facie evidence that the holder there­
of is a dealer in spirituous, vinous, malt or other
intoxicating liquors, upon proof being made by
the sworn testimony of two (2) witnesses who have
seen said license or tax stamp in the place of busi­
ness of the holder thereof or by production of the
original tax stamp or license, and proof having
been made as provided by this section, it shall be
sufficient evidence, without explanation, to con­
vict.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Marshal
and police officers of the city to investigate all

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