The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-31
TERRITORY
DISPENSARY
Full Text of the Provisions in
Statehood Bill Relating to
Alcoholic Liquors.

The Hamilton statehood bill con-
tains a provision for the establish
ment Of liquor dispensaries, as fol-
lows:
That the manufacture, sale, bar
ter, giving away or otherwise fur
nishing, except as hereinafter proyid-
ed, ofintoxicating liquors within those
parts of said state now known as the
Indian territory and the Usage Indian
reservation and within any other In
dian reservations existing In the ter
ritory Of Oklahoma on the first day Of
January, 1906 is prohibited for
period Of twenty-one years from the
date Of the admission Of said state I'M
to the union, and thereafter until the
people Of said state shall otherwise
provide by amendment Of said consti-
tuition and proper state legislation.
Any person, individual or corporate,
who shall manufacture, sell, barter,
give away, or otherwise furnish any
Intoxicating liquor Of any kind, in
cluding beer, ale, and wine, contrary
to the provisions of this section, or
who shall, within the aboye-descrIbed
portions of said state, advertise for
sale or solicit the purchase of any
such liquors, or who shall ship or in
any way convey such liquors from
other parts of said state inJo the por-
tions hereinbefore described shall be
punished, on conviction thereof by
fine not less than tlfty dollars and by
imprisonment not less than thirty
days for each oifense: Provided that
the legislature may provide by law for
one agency under the supervision Of
said state In each incorporated town
of not less than two Thousand popula-
tion in the portions Of said state here
inbefore described; Provided, that IL
there be no Incorporated town Of two
thousand population 10 any county in
said portions Of said state, such coun-
ty shall be entitled to have one such
agency for the sale Of such liquors for
medicinal purposes; and for the sale,
for industrial purposes, Of alcohol
which shall have been denaturized by
SOME process approved by the United
States commissioner Of internal reYe-
nue.; and for the sale Of alcohol for
scientific purposes to such scientific
institutions, universities and colleges
as are authorized to procure the same
free of tax under the laws Of the
United States No sale shall be made
except upon the sworn statement Of
the applicant in writing setting forth
the purpose for which the liquor is to 4
be used, and no sale shall be made for
medicinal purposes unless such state
ment shall be accompanied by bona
6de prescription signed by regular
physician which prescrip-
tion shall not be filed more than once.
Each sale shall be duly registered and
the register thereof, together with the
and prescriptions pertaining
shall be open to inspection by
any officer or citizen Of said state at
all times during business hours. Any
person who shall knowingly make
false afidavit for the purpose afore-
said shall be deemed guilty Of perjury.
Any physician who shall prescribe any
such liquor, except foI the treatment
Of disease which after his own person.
al diagnosis he shall deem to require
such treatment, shall, upon convic-
tion thereof. be punished for such Of
fense by fine Of not less than two liun-
dred dollars or BY imprisonment for
not less than thirty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment; and any
person ia any such agency who shall
be convicted Of making any sale Of III
quor contrary to these provisions shall
be punished by imprisonment for not
less than one year and one day. Upon
the admission Of said state into the
union these provisions shall be imme-
siately enforceable il the courts Of
said state.