ENPetition for allowing cities and towns to decide how to spend money from the licensing and sale of intoxicating liquors
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State/Territory: Wisconsin
Date: 1862
Description: Petitioners from Fond du Lac County argue against the law that requires money earned from the licensing and sale of liquors to go into county treasuries for the use of supporting the poor population in the each county. They request that cities and towns should decide for themselves how best to spend this money.
Publisher-Electronic: Wisconsin Historical Society
Digital Format: XML
Digital Identifier: Ser180.381203
Language: English
Notes: Other petitions on this topic can be viewed in the WHS Archives Reading Room.
Original Title: The Petition of D.E. Wood and 430 others, citizens of the county of Fond du Lac praying for the passage of a law giving to the cities, villages, and towns in said county the moneys derived from licenses to sell liquor
Publication Date-Electronic: 2020
County: Fond du Lac
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States. Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States.
Rights URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Source: Petitions, remonstrances, and resolutions, 1836-1997, 2009
Subject: alcoholic beverages; cities and towns; poverty
Title/Page: Petition for allowing cities and towns to decide how to spend money from the licensing and sale of intoxicating liquors
Genre: citizen petition; legal document
Repository: Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections
Source: From: Petition for allowing cities and towns to decide how to spend money from the licensing and sale of intoxicating liquors
