Charlevoix county herald., 1909-08-28
New Liquor Law
"Quenchers" Will Be Hard to
Get After September | in
Dry Counties.


which become effective September !
and regulate the sale of intoxicanJs in
local option counties, the thirsty one
will have to stay up nights to find a
loOphole through which their parched
tongues may be relieved.
For the legislature has put the lid
down tight, double locked it on every
side and provided punishment for the
person who attempts to pry it up.
After September all the old
timers Ia local option counties who
have been pestering the drug store
keeper, and whose names have appear
ed at the county prosecutors office
with such startling regularity that
those officials believe that many sec
tons OF the state are In the throes of
a sickness, relieved only by clear
whiskey, will have to visit the wet
zones TO quench their thirst.
Kibosh on Old Plan.
The kibosli has been put on the old
plan of making sour face at the
drug clerk and then telling him that
my head aches" and later walking
out with bottle of booze with only a
record which gave the name and ad-
dress Of the purchaser and "medi-
cinal purposes" left behind to tell the
tale of thirst that could not be coh-
trOlled.
The man with the thirst must now
scure the 'quencher" through his
family physician.
And besides this the physician must
have personal knowledge that the
"patisnt" Is really sick, must state
just how much and what kind OF in
toxicant will ill the bill, must write
the name OF the purchaser on the pre-
scription and practically make oath
that the booze is necessity as a
means OF cure for condition that re.
Quires medical attention.
Scientists Can Get Ii.
OF course, there will be other ways
wholly within the law-tO secure in
toxicants. One provision In the
amendment provides that superinten-
dents of hospitals, medical and edu-
cational Institutions may issue an
order for the sale OF int0xicants, If
such liquors are to be used for scienti-
fic purposes. An oath must accom-
pany the order.
Intoxicants may be sold for "art"
and mechanical" purposes, but the
purchasers, must In those cases swear
before a notary public concerning the
use to which The liquor is to be put.
The search and seizure clause in the
law is broad and cuutemplates eradi-
eating evils which have jeopardized
the force of the unamcnded act. A
substantial suspicion that intoxicants
are being sold is all that Will oe nee
essary to secure a warrant from the
court for the cOntiscation of the Ii
quors and careful search of the sus-
pected premises by an otlcer.
Drunks Must Confess.
The law also provides that a person
found In a drunken condition may be
Summoned into court and compelled
to tell how, where, when and why the
fluid that contributed to intoxication
was secured. Prosecutions for drunk
eness after confession has been
made are impossible, the law contem-
plating that the thirsty one shall
assist the authorities In getting at
the foundation Of the violation rather
than the prosecution Of the victim.
All drug store keepers will be COM
PEELED to make weekly report of the
sales Of intoxicants, the purchasers
and the physician writing the pre-
scription, TO the prosecuting attorney.
In addition To this a monthly report
Of the purchases OF intoxicants made
by the druggist will be required.
The law also contemplates that the
person handling a e. o. D. shipment
of intoxicants Is guilty Of carrying on
illegal business.
BIiefIy. the lid will be on tight Ia
dry zones after September /.