The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-15
ENACTED BY LAST CONGRESS TO
SUPPRESS LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
SPECIAL OFFICERS POWERS
Increased so as to Allow Him TO
Search. Destroy and confiseate
Goods. Wares and Merehan.
dise-New Order Received.

The bootlcgger or anyone else who
has It in his head that when state
hood becomes a certainty that the
sale Of liquor or other ardent. NAL,
or yinous spirits will be sold in this
section similar to the way in which
they are sold in prohibition Kansas
may as well relieve their minds
/ orders have been issued by the
interior department that are strin.
gent, to suppress the nefarious traf-
fic, and the legal department has al
so undertaken to assist in the matter
and but few days ago appointed
one of the assistant attorneys TO
specially prosecute the law and as.
sist special officer. w. Il. Johnson
of the interior department to enforce
II.
Instead of more lenient legislation
being passed. or what is at present
on the statute books remaining the
same. the last congress passed the
most stringent legislation concerning
the suppression of the liquor traffic
that has ever been passed, and even
made an act of congress limiting the
right to search for liquor more dras-
tic under the now act. should any Of
ficer find liquor in any place of bus
mess. giving the officer the right t.
confiscate all of the merchandise
therein, no matter how much, and al
so to conhscyate the wagon. horses
which the liquor is found.
L. $. Attorney George X. Walker
Friday morning received letter
from the department of the interior
calling his attention to the amend
ment of section 21i0 passed at the
last session of congress and approx.
ed March 1.
! In speaking of 1t Mr.. Walker said:
at is not generally known, but 1t is
nevertheless true. that the last con
gress vested w. T. Johnson, special
agent of the interior department for
the suppression Of the liquor traffic
with drastic powers. 1t is found on
page Of the Indian Appropriation
Act, approved March /, 1907, and is
as follows:
And the powers conferred by sec
ton 2l4O of the Revised Statutes up.
on Indian agents, and sub agents,
and commanding officers of militia.
ry posts are hereby conferred upon
the special agent of the Indian bu'
reau for the suppression OF the liq-
uor traffic among the Indians and in
the Indian country. and duly author
lied deputies working under his su.
pervision."
| Section 2l40 OF the Revised Stat
utes Of the United States, OF which
the above is an amendment, reads
as follows:
IF any superintendent of Indian af
fairs, Indian agent, or sub-agent, OF
commanding officer of any military
post, has reason to suspect or is in
formed that any whit person or In
dian is about to Introduce. or has
introduced any spiritituous liquor, or
wine. into the Indian country in VIC
lation of the law, such superintend
ent, agent, or sub-agent, or command
ing officer, may cause the boats
stores. packages, wagor g, sleds and
places of deposit of such person to
be searched, and II any such liquor
is found therein, the same, togeth
er with boats, teams, wagons, sleds
used in conveying the same and also
the goods, packages, and peltries OF
such person shall be seized and de
liyered to the proper officer and
proceeded against by libel in the
proper court and forfeited; and II
such person be 2 trader, his license
revoked and mis- bond put in suit
1t shall moreover be the duty loi
any person in the service of the Unit
ed States. or any Indian, to take and
destroy any ardent spirits or wine
found ia said Indian country; except
such as may be introduced therein
by the war department, In all cases
arising under this, and the pre-
arising under this, and the precedinl
section, an Indian shall be a compe
tent witness"
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