Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-05-30

county once in each year the expense
of special election. No sensible man
especially If he has property interests
at stake, and is therefore a taxpayer
!, would for a moment think of placinl
, such power in the hands of ten pei
cent Of the voters.
Section allows druggists to sci
alcohol for medical purposes, but pro
vides that it shall only be sold upor
the written prescription of a physi
clan, dated and signed by him after 9
personal examination Of the appli
cant No druggist shall be permitted
to sell more than once on each pre-
scription, which must be endorsed
Cancelled and filed away"
In this section the framers of the
bill have been actuated by desire to
increase the business of the DRUG
stores and the physicians. But there
is still another side to the question:
Drug stores would quickly be convert
ed into dram shops, which would
spring up like mushrooms at every
corner. Such was the result Of prohi-
bition in other states, and such doubt
less would be the result here.
Section provides that the first
elections to determine whether the
sale of liquor shall be prohibited in
any district, may be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, 1904, and thereafter only on
the first Monday in June of any year.
In every county or precinct that shall
return a majority vote for prohibition
in 1904. the law shall take effect Janu-
airy /, 1905. In all succeeding elec-
tions the law shall take effect on July
/, following the day of the election"
That is to say that dealer in
liquor might have several thousand
dollars invested in fixtures and decor
ations in his place of business, and be-
tween June 9th and the first of the
following month, he would be COM
PEELED to dispose of them-if he could.
OF course, under the circumstances
he could not, and the passage Of such
law would be nothing more nor less
than confiscation Of the property. Such
a law cannot appeal to any fair-mind-
ed citizen.
The other sections follow in their
order:
Sec. 10: After the election the
county court must hold session, and,
II a majority of the votes in the coun'
ty, as a whole, or in any subdivision
of the county as a whole, or in any
precinct in the county are for prohi-
bition, the county must Immediately
make an order absolutely prohibiting
the sale of liquor in such districts.
The section compels the court to Is
sue an order of prohibition in every
precinct in the county which has
voted for prohibition. even If the
county, as a whole, has voted against
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unlawful to even give away intoxicat-
ing liquors within the prohibited terri
tory.
Section H. If the majority is
Against Prohibition" the court shall
make an order declaring the result.
Sec. 12, II the election result in
favor of prohibition in any precinct,
no election can be held in that pre-.
cinct again for at least two years. ex-
cept an election for the entire county.
If whole county should vote for pro-
hibition. no election on this subject
can be held either in the county as a
whole or in any precinct, for at least
two years.
Sec 49, When a second election re,
suits against prohibition the court
shall enter an order setting aside the
previous order.
Sec 14.-when a county has de-
clared for prohibition, no election
on this question can be held in any
precinct of the county thereafter un-
ill prohibition has been defeated at
subsequent election held for the entire
county
Sec To- ANY person who shall sell,
exchange or give away any intoxicat-
ing liquors in prohibition territory.
shall be punished by fine of not less
than $50 or more than $500, or by i'm
prI onment in the county jail for not
less than 10 days nor more than 80
days, or both fine and imprisonment
A second offense entails ine OF both |
fine and Imprisonment,
Sec. IL This section makes It the
duty OF judges. district attorneys and |
justices of the peace to rigidly enforce
the law.
Sec is In all prosecutions under
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