The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-28
The Kansas. Liquor Law.

The Kansas Liquor Law.
The following is a synopsis of the
Liquor law Of Kansas
In the first place, the manufacture,
sale or barter, either directly or indi-
rectly, of intoxicating liquors for the
purpose Of beverage, is prohibited, and
the person doing so is guilty of misde-
meanor, and shall be punished for the
first ofense not less than 800, nor
more than $500, and be imprisoned in
the county jail not less than thirty nor
more than forty days !; for the second
offense the fine and imprisonment shall
be increased.
Section Z makes it liable to punish
ment OF person giving Intoxicating
liquor to neighbor or farmer or any
person, except member Of his family,
to cure bite Of a rattlesnake, without
prescription in writing. The law pro-
vides that druggist can procure per-
NIT to sell for medical, scientific and
mechanical purposes only, from the Pro-
bate Judge, on the filing of specific
bond. Before druggist can sell for
these purposes he must have presented
to him prescription signed by a physi-
clan who, before he makes it, must
swear that he will give no such pre-
scription unless in case of actual
sickness, and when it is necessary
for health. Any physician who makes
such a prescription without taking the
prescribed oath is guilty of INSIDE
meanor and punishable by heavy fine,
and on the second offense shall be i'm
prisoned in the county jail. Every per-
son who wants liquor for mechanical or
scientific purposes can buy it of any
druggist who has permit by making a
written or printed application setting
forth the purposes for which it was in,
tended. Every person who makes a
false statement in this connection is
guilty of and can be punished as for
any other perjury. No sale can be
made to minor, even on the prescrip-
ton of a physician. All prescriptions
have to be filed and an entry made Of
them in a book, which is open to the in
spection of the County Auditor at any
time. It, in effect, prohibits the sale Of
cologne or perfumery of any kind, or
any tincture in which alcohol is used in
any preparation whatever. A person
can't go to drug store and purchase
camphor and have it cut by alcohol,
without first getting prescri ption from
a physician that it is absolutely neces-
sary for the health Of the person getting
it. The manufacturing Of alcohol is
forbidden except for medical, sci
entifc and mechanical purposes, and
when made can only be sold to persons
having permits to sell, and manufactur-
ers cannot make alcohol, etc., without
first getting permit from the Probate
Judge. Wine and cider can be manu-
featured but cannot be sold except to
those who have permits. It is the duty
Of the County Attorneys, Marshals,
Sheriffs, ETC., under PENALTY Of forfeit
ure of Office, to prosecute all violators
Of the act. For each successful prose-
cution the County Attorney is to have
fee Of $15. All places where liquor is
manufactured, sold, bartered or given
away are declared common nuisances
and can be shut up or abolished by the
proper officers. It is made misdemean-
ors for clubs or associations if liquor is
kept by its members. Any person who
becomes intoxicated shall be fined SIS or
imprisoned ten days. Under the law
there is no provision for purchasing
wine for sacramental purposes. If
bought outside the State and used for
that purpose, the minister using it is
liable to the same penalty that others
are for using it, as one provision Of the
bill makes gift equally criminal as the
selling of it. ~: