Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-11

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OUR PROHIBITORY LAW.
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Continued from last week.
The section regulating sale of
liquor by druggists is so compre-
hensive that it would hardly seem
possible that so many drug stores
in the state should be able to run
a "blind pig" in connection with
their business. Space will not
permit the full text. A registered
pharmacist may sell Intoxicating
liquors for medicinal, scientific
and wine for sacramental purposes,
but not until he has a permit from
the county judge after filing in his
office a petition, signed by the
applicant, twenty-five reputable
voters, and twenty-five reputable
women over twenty-one years of
age, residents Of the town, village,
township or city. The petition
must state that the applicant is of
good moral character, does not use
intoxicants as d beverage, that he
is a pharmacist and proprietor Of
a stock Of drugs worth $1,000 if in
a city, of $500 if elsewhere. He
must publish a notice in the local
newspaper stating the time and
place Of the hearing when he must
prove the truthfulness of every
statement in the petition, and the
states attorney of the county shall
and any other citizen may appear
and cross-examine the witness. If
a county judge wrongly uses such
a permit he shall be fined $500 to
$1,000, and if any signer of a petit
ton for a permit knows it's state
ments to be false he is fined $50 to
500. Any physician, when a
patient is in absolute need thereof,
may give a prescription for liquors
for him, and giving it otherwise is
punished by a fine of $500 to $500,
with imprisonment thirty days to
six months. The druggist must
sell the liquor in person or by a
clerk who is a pharmacist, after
the person desiring the liquor has
signed. the proper affidavit under
oath; for this purpose pharmacists
and assistants are empowered to
administer the oath. These am-
davits are filed by the druggist
with the county judge and kept by
him for two years from date Of
filing. Persons making such aft
davits falsely are imprisoned as
for perjury six months to two
years. And if one sign a false
name he is guilty Of forgery in the
fourth degree and imprisoned one
to two years. Every druggist shall
keep a book wherein shall be re-
corded, daily, all sales Of intoxi-
eating liquors made by him or his
employees, showing the name and
residence Of the purchaser, the
kind and quantity Of the liquor
sold, and purpose for which it was
sold, and the date of the sale.
Such record and affidavit shall
be open for the inspection of the
public at all seasonable times dur
ing business hours, and any person
so desiring may take memoranda
or copies thereof. A druggist
failing in any Of the above, can be
punished as for illegal selling, and
disqualified to have a permit again
for five years. Section 1000: It
is the duty Of all officers to notify
the states attorney of all violations
of this law, with names of wit
nesses; if they do not, they shall
be fined 500 to $500 and forfeit
their Office. It is the duty Of the
states attorney to prosecute all
persons violating this law, in their
respective counties, and to bring
suit upon all bonds or forfeitures
to recover the penalty, and pay all
monies so collected in to the liquor
prosecution fund temporarily, and
after payment of necessary expen-
ses of the action the balance shall
be credited to the school fund.
States attorneys failing in their
duty shall be fined 500 to $500
and imprisonment thirty to ninety
days, and forfeit their Offices; and
whenever any states attorney fails
or neg lects his duty, the attorney
general shall undertake the duty.
(To BE coNT1NUED.)