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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
139
prisonment in the City jail not exceeding twenty
days or by a fine not exceeding fifty Dollars or by 139/257
both such fine and imprisonment at the discre­
tion of the Mayor.
Sec. 3. If upon the examination mentioned
in section two the person brought before the Mayor
shall disclose the name of the person from whom he
or she purchased such intoxicating liquors and the
place and date of such purchase and testify in
such a manner as to lead the Mayor to believe that
the testimony is probably true, the Mayor shall
then and there reduce or cause to be reduced said
testimony to writing and have such person to
sign it and verify it by affidavit taken and certi­
fied by the said Mayor. If such person shall re­
fuse to sign and swear to the said testimony when
reduced to writing, the said Mayor shall attach
his certificate that the said testimony was taken
before him under oath on the date thereof.

Sec. 4. If the said testimony reduced to writ­
ing shall show that any person has illegally sold
intoxicating liquors in the City of Lake City,
Florida, the Mayor shall issue his warrant for the
arrest of such person or persons on a charge of
selling intoxicating liquors, to be brought before
him for proceedings as in other cases.

Sec. 5. The person disclosing the name of the
vendor shall be brought before the Mayor to testify
at the trial of the party arrested and if his or her
testimony does not agree in any material matter
with his or her previous written testimony he or
she shall be turned over to the State authorities
for trial for perjury.

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