What Lucy and the director are unaware of is that the tonic contains 23 % alcohol, making it the equivalent of a 46 proof spirituous liquor, and that it is not meant to be taken more than once a day.
12.
But nothing contained in this or any other article of the present Treaty shall be construed to authorize the sale of spirituous liquors to the natives of the Sandwich Islands, further than such sale may be allowed by the Hawaiian laws.
13.
There was to be no manufacturing, nor shall spirituous liquors be sold therein . The Union Army veteran did not place racial restrictions in the deeds, although as late as 1930 there were no African American families living in Eckington.
14.
He had Will Thomas write out a pledge : The undersigned Cherokees, belonging to the town of Qualla agree to abandon the use of spirituous liquors . Yonaguska signed it, followed by the council ( chiefs of the clans ) and town residents.
15.
The laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction and sale of spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall be in full force and effect throughout the territory hereby ceded and lying in Minnesota until otherwise directed by Congress or the President of the United States.
16.
In defense of excises on strong drink, Adam Smith wrote : " It has for some time past been the policy of Great Britain to discourage the consumption of spirituous liquors, on account of their supposed tendency to ruin the health and to corrupt the morals of the common people . " Samuel Johnson was less flattering in his 1755 dictionary:
17.
Retail sales of spirituous liquors have been subject to the 6 % general sales tax since July 1, 2009 . Prices set by the Vermont Liquor Control Board include the state's 25 % gross receipts tax on the sale of liquor and fortified wines, while beer and wine prices reflect the 55 cent per gallon excise tax paid by bottlers or wholesalers.
18.
The said Frank Martinck is hereby authorized to keep a beer saloon at one place in the county of Cole, in the State of Missouri, and to sell thereat beer, ale, cider, cakes, candy, toys, manufactured tobacco, cigars, and such like articles at said stand, without taking a license therefor, either state, county or corporation, so that he do not sell distilled or spirituous liquors at said place.
