Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-29
Interesting Reading at Present
Time-Summary of Supreme
Court Decisions.
LAW GOES INTO EFFECT FRIDAY
Decision Regarding Sale Of Hard
Cider Win Surprise Many OF
Our Readers.

The Clinton County Republican
published at st Johns last week turn-
ished its readers with synopsis OF
the liquor law and prefaced the article
with the following:
"As very few people comparatively
have any idea of how stringent the
liquor laws of this state are, govern
ing both saloous and drug stores, we
will in this issue, print at some
length some the laws and Supreme
Court decision covering them. Though
IL would be impossible in this article
to cover every phase of the situation
vet we will print sufficient so that
all can get a good, general idea Oh
the laws This may be of help potn
to dispensers of liquor, and to those
interested in enforcement OF law
MANY may be surprised to learn that
the laws even cover the sale. or giving
AWAY of "fremented' cider. And the
Sunreme Court OF this state has decided
that the statute forecloses inquiry as
TO whether cider which is fermented
is Intoxicating, whatever the state OF
fermentation. A portion of this de-
cision we print later on in this article;
The local option laws as we'll as the
law governing the sale of liquor after
Nav 1st are in substance as fellows:
IT. lo,ol ontinp Ia
2nd. The law concerning the report
of sales of liquor to the prosecuting
attorney.
Sd. The record of sales by druggists.
4th. The law concerning the rights
of parties to bring civil damage suits
for illegal sales.
5th. Decisions prohibiting the sale
of hard cider.
9th. Decision that 1t is no defense
that from appearance or statement
the one selling liquor believed the
purchaser TO be of age
7th. Law making druggists crimi'
nally liable for sales of clerks.
sth. Liqnor shipped into county IT
original packages subject to local op
tion law.
The local option law will be found
in the Complied Laws of Michigan
1897. Sec. 54l2 rs amended by Act'
1873. Public Acts 1899 and reads a.
follows:
''The people of the State of Mich
iagn enact. that it shall he unlawtu
for any person, directly or indirectly
himself or by his clerk. agent or EN-
Move to manufacture, sell, keep TO
sale, give away or furnish any vinou'
malt. brewed, fermented. spurious OF
Intoxicating liquors. or any mixed
liqour or leverage, any part of which
il is Intoxicating, or to keep sa
loon or any other place where an,
such LIQUORS are manufactured, sold
stored for sale, given away or furn
ished, in any county of this state OF
and after the first day of May mex
following after the adoption by th'
board of supervisors of such county O
a resolution prohibiting the same, a
provided in Sec. ID of this act, 81
long as such resolution remains un
repealed; Provided however, That tn
provision of his section shall not appl'
to druggists. or registered pharmacist
in selling any such liquors under AM
in compliance with the restriction
and requirements imposed upon then
by the general laws of this state.
Sec. 25 Public Acts 1899, Page %
concerning report to Prosecuting AT
torney, of sales of liquor, reads a
follows:
Every druggist keeping drui
store In any county adopting prohibi
ton under this act shall make. an
swear TO or cause to be made an
sworn TO- true written or printe
statement signed and duly sworn to b.
himself or his clerk, on Monday O
each and every week, giving the ful
name and residence of every persol
procuring liquor at his drug stor
during the last week. the kind an
quantity of liquor procured and tn
date of procuring the same, and tn
object for which each purchase wa
made, and on such Monday shal
deliver OF mail prepaying the postag
thereon, the same to the prosecutin
attorney of the county where sue
store is situated, who shall preserv
the same in his office. and all sue
statements shall be open TO inspectio
Of all citizens.
Sections 20 and q of Public Act
1895, Pages 526 and 527 regaroin
giving of fictitious names to procur
liquor and the record of sales by drug
gists reads as follows:
The sale of spiritous, vinous or ma
liquors for chemical scientific mechan
ical or sacramental purposes by drug
gists and pharmacists shall be subjec
to the provisions of this act and a
such liquors sold by druggists OF phaI