The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-27


in Kansas.
The law is strict enough 10 prohibit If
enforced, and it forbids having any liquor
in ones possession except for medical. sci
entific or mechanical purposes, and then
only as the law directs. A joint is declared
TO be a common nuisance and can be abated
by injunction. Proceedings may be insti-
tuted by any one in the name of the State,
and it is not necessary to name the kind of
liquor sold, the place or the name of the
person to whom sold. The convicted joint
keeper, or any other person who sells or
gives away liquor of any kind in violation
of the law, is subject TO a fine Of from so
10 $500 and Imprisonment for from thirty
days TO six months. police officer who
knows of any violation of the law and fails
to report it to the county attorney is sub
ject to fine of 800 to $500 and forfeiture
of office. The man who violates the law, if
a tenant, finds his lease void on conviction;
and the owner of property who knows
liquor is sold or given away on his property
is subject to a fine of 500 to $500 and i'm
prisonment for from thirty to ninety days.
The same penalty is provided for each
member of a club that sells liquor. The
law says liquor is anything that intoxi-
Gates, and a search warrant shall be issued
on any complaint.
The joint in every way violates the Con-
stitution and laws of Kansas, and yet. in
full view in every joint is the United
States internal revenue stamp. and the
state law says the presence of that stamp
is prima facie evidence of the violation of
the state law. In the same class is put the
having of liquor in any place except in a
dwelling, the bar any other fixture or
usual paraphernalia of Joint or saloon.
1t is not safe TO 'set 'em up or have it
done, for that is violation of the law, too.
One who sells or gives away liquor enough
to make another drunk may have many
lawsuits on hand, for any person injured
may recover damages. If the one drunk
requires any care the one who takes care
OF him can recover damages from whoever
gave him liquor, and in addition So a day
for looking after him.
DRUGSTORE COMPETITION.
II is a neck and neck race between joints
and many drug stores as to which sells the
most liquor. The druggist who wishes to
keep liquor must first secure a petition
signed by twenty-five men and twenty-five
women over twenty-one years old, all OF
whom live in the ward in which his store
is located. He must advertise the fact for
thirty days. He then sends the petition to
the probate judge Of the county along with
his application, and an affidavit that he is
over twenty-one years old, does not use
liquor, carries a stock worth at least $500
or $1,000 as the population may be, and
closes by giving a bond for 81 900 that he
will observe the law. The probate Judge
may then grant permit to sell liquor, but
If the druggist violates the law the judge
may revoke the permit, may fine him $500
to $1,000, imprison him for from thirty to
ninety days and may fine each one on the
bond from $50 to $780, This permit is good
for one year, and for II the judge receives
fee of s.. The druggist then goes TO the
county clerk and gets his series of blanks,
for which he pays % cents for each hum
dred. The affidavits in the blanks are num-
bered consecutively, and record is made
of the numbers issued to each druggist in
the county.
The druggist goes to his store and
prospective purchaser of liquor is required
to fill out a blank giving his real name. his
residence, by whom the liquor is to be used,
for what disease, that he is over twenty
one years old and that the liquor is not to
this he swears, and the druggist is author
lied to administer the oath. Should a false
statement be made in any material matter
it is perjury and punishable by imprison-
ment in the state prison for from six
months to two years. Should a false name
be given it is forgery, and there is a state
prison sentence Should a physician give a
prescription for liquor for other than strict
500 to $500 and jailed for from ten to ninety
days, but physicians are in little danger. a.
prescription not being necessary
On the LIST of each month the druggist
files with the county clerk each affidavit on
which liquor has been sold and a sworn
statement of his own in which he sets forth
that the affidavits represent all the liquor
sold during the month; the amount and
kind of liquor sold; the amount kind and
from whom liquor was purchased and the
amount on hand. With this is fee OF 81 90
EVADING THE LAW.
Even with these precautions the law is
punctured by druggists, although it is quite
possible there are some druggists in the
State who observe il. To get around the
double check on sales the return OF LIQUOR
on hand and purchased is made to conform
10 the dAludVltS returned and TO the report
of the previous month and not to facts In
order TO avoid sending in too many Aft
davits the druggists have books of blank
affidavits of the same size as those issued
by the clerk, and these are filled in. Not
being numbered, the AFFIDAVIT is destroyed
as soon as the sale is made.
There is usually about one druggist with
permit in every three or four, and during
June the return of the one licensed drug
gist OF this place showed 300 afsdavits for
each 1000 of population for the month
1t is permitted to make wine and cider
from our own grapes and apples and wine
for communion purposes. 1t is also per-
mitted to manufacture, when the same pro-
ceeding az is required of druggists is neces-
sary, only that one hundred signers are re-
quired and the bond is $4,000. There has
been distillery for many years at Atchi-
son. The same penalties provided for Joint
for liquors or ships it in the State and yet
there are daily unloaded from the St Louis
and Kansas City trains kegs of beer
shipped in openly.
1t may be that some time the Kansas pro-
hibition law prohibited, or that some time
in the future it will. Just now il isn't
working. F. II. MELROY.
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