The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22
LAW OFFERS REMEDY.
ACT BEARING ON LIQUOR SHIP.
MENTS OF INTEREST HERE
Makes 1t Illegal to Assist "BIind Tig-
Liquor SurreptitiOusly-The Duty
or Common Carriers and Shippers
OF Alcoholic Beverages.

efforts on the part of the city police
and State constables to prevent the
importation of liquor for the use of
blind tigers" and the revelation that
the volume of liquor brought into this
city for the purpose of being illegally
sold has been very large, and has
awakened considerable interest A
prominent attorney suggested yester-
day that an Act passed by the recent
congress might afford valuable aid in
the breaking up of this traffic if call
ed into use. This Act was approved
on the 4th day of March, 1909, and
is entitled IAN Act to codify, revise
and amend the penalties of the Uni
It'd States" An extract from it fol-
lows:
Section 23S. Any officer, agent or
employee of any railroad company.
express company, or other common
carrier, who shall knowingly deliver
or cause to be delivered to any per-
son other than the person to whom it
has been consigned, unless upon the
written order in each instance Of the
bona fide consignee, or to any fictiti-
Gus person or to any person under a
fictitious name, any spirituous. vim
Gus, matted, fermented, or other in
toxicating liquor Of any kind, which
has been shipped from one State,
Territory, or district Of the United
States, or place non contiguous to but
subject to the Jurisdiction thereof,
shall be fined not more than five
thousand dollars, or imprisoned not
more than two years, or both.
Section z39. Any railroad COM
pany, express company, or other COM
mon carrier, or any other person who,
in connection with the transportation
of any spirituous, vinous. matted, fer
mented or other intoxicating liquor
Of any kind from one State, Territory
or district of the United States or
place non-contiguous to, but subject
to the Jurisdiction thereof, into any
other State, Territory or district of
the United States, or place non-con-
iguous to, but subject to the jurisdic-
ton thereof, or from any foreign
country into any State. Territory or
district OF the United States, or place
non-contiguous to, but subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof, shall collect the
purchase price Or any part thereof,
consignee or from any other person,
or shall in any manner act as the
agent Of the buyer or seller of any
such liquor for the purpose Of buy
inf or selling or completing the sale
thereof. saving only in the actual
transportation and delivery of the
same, shall be fined not more than
five thousand dollars.
Section 240. Whoever shall know
ingly ship or cause to be shipped
from one State. Territory or distric,
Of the United States, or place non
contiguous to but subject to the juris-
diction thereof, into any other State
Territory or district of the United
States, or place non-contiguous to but
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or
from any foreign country into any
State, Territory or district of the Uni
ted States or place non-contiguous to
but subject to the jurisdiction there
of, any package of or packages con-
tanning any spirituous. vinous, malt
ed, fccne2ted or other Intoxicating
liquor oc any kind, unless such pack
age be so labelled on the outside COW
er as to plainly show the name of
the consignee, the nature of its con-
tents. and the quantity contained
therein, shall be fined not more than
five thousand dollars; and such liquor
shall be forfeited to the United
States and may be seized and con-
demned by like proceedings as those
provided by law for the seizure and
forfeiture of property imported into
the United States contrary to law"