Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-20
MANUFACTURING BILL PASSED.

The manufacturing bill passed the
senate last Wednesday afternoon with
twenty-six votes in its favor, just the
number necessary to pass the measure
There seems to be no question but that
it will pass the house as amended. Be.
low are the sections substituted by the
senate for those passed by the house:
Sec. 10. Whenever the council of any city
containing population of 5000 or more, shall
upon written Statement of consent of so per
cent of the legal voters who voted at the pre-
cedfng general election grant its consent to
manufacture within the limits of such city,
tor sale, spurious, malt and vinous liquors as
hereinafter provided; or, whenever the board
of supervisors OF any county. shall, upon a
written statement of consent of IS per cent of
the legal voters who voted at the preceding
general election, residing in said county, and
without the limits of any such city or town of
less than 5000 population in such county,
spurious, malt or vinous liquors. for sale as
hereinafter provided; any person, partnership
or corporation within such city containing a
town containing population of less than
5000, as the case may be- manufacturing or
selling any spirituous, malt or yinous liquors
at wholesale and to dealers only, or any car
rier transporting the same, shall be exempt
from any and all penalties now provided by
law for manufacturing, selling or transporting
SpifituVbs, iHdib OF NlUOuS out no
spirituous or malt liquors shall be sold or
shipped in quantities of less than four gallons
or an eighth of a barrel, contained in single
case, vessel or package; and no such vinous
ties than two dozen pints or one dozen quarts
in any one case or package.
Sec. 70. Manufacturing of liquors men,
toned in the preceding section, shall not be
carried on in any city or town of less than
5000 inhabitants uness so per cent of the legal
voters who voted at the preceding election
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Sec. II. Any city council or board of super
visors, as the case may be, shall determine the
legality and sutficiency as herein provided of
any such written statement of consent to
manufacture such liquors, and from such de-
termination such person, partnership or cor
poration, or county attorney, may appeal to
the district court, in which the matter shall be
tried and disposed of in an equitable action.
Sec. IS. No establishment ar building for
manufacturing any such liquors herein con-
templated shall be erected within 100 feet of
any school house or buiiiing commonly used
for school purposes, or academy or college, or
of any church or usual place of worship of any
religious organization, and all obligations in
Cured by reason of the man nufacture, sale or
transportation of any liquors named in this
chapter shall be enforceable in the courts of
this state.
Sec. 70. Any person, partnership or cor
poration operating any brewery. distillery or
place where wine Is manufactured, permit
ting any drinking OF such products or selling
the same at retail upon the premises of any
such manufacturing establishment, shall for
felt the exemption herein contemplated to be
granted.
Sec. so. Such consent to manufacture shall
he granted only in such cities or towns as
shall have granted permit to sell spurious,
malt and vinous liquors under the provisions
of this chapter.
Besides these number of other
amendments were adopted, all of them
of small Importance save the Druet
amendment, which provides that any
town of between $500 and 5000 may
establish saloons by securing a petit
ton of consent of so per cent. of the
voters, in case no petition of consent
has been filed by the county at large