The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-06
REVIEW OF LOCAL
OPTION LAW
FEATURES OF LOCAL
OPTION BILL PASSED BY LAST
LEGISLATURE AND BECOMES A
LAW JUNE IL.

will be called upon to pass upon the
question of license or no license con-
tains the following provisions:
Section l provides that elections
may be held in any city or town to
decide whether the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors shall be permitted in that
unit The whole of the unincorpor-
ated or rural portion of the county
constitutes separate unit. Each
unit is separate and independent
from the others and determines for
itself the question of license OF no
license
Any election held prior to Novem-
Der, 1910, shall be special elections,
but the question of license or no Ii
cense may be submitted at the gen.
eral county election in 1910, and
thereafter at such election, bienni-
ally, if petition is filed therefor.
Special elections may be held prior
to the election of 1910 on the license
question upon petition of 80 per cent
of the qualified electors of any unit
The petition to designate the unit.
date Of election and the question to
be submitted. An election on this
question must be held in not less
than 60 nor more than 90 DAYS from
filing the petition. In case the vote
be for license, the power to grant
same is conferred upon the city coun-
Gil or board of county commissioners
as at present. The provision is made
that the license ballots shall be sepa-
rate from the general ballot.
At an election held on this ques-
ton, if same be a special election,
and a majority be for no license,
then it shall take effect 80 days after
such election. Should it be a general
election, it will take effect the first
Of January following, and provision
is made for the return of 90 per cent
of the unexpired license fee.
Special elections on this question
may be held prior to November, 1910.
but after that date the question is to
be submitted only at general cleo
tons
Strict provision is made to guard
against the sale Of liquor in dry ter
ritory.
Section 16 relates to the sale of
liquor by druggists, and provides
that it shall be unlawful for a ply
stefan to issue a prescription except
in writing, or in any case unless the
physician has good reason to believe
that the liquor is required as a medi-
cine
Every prescription must contain
the name and quantity of liquor.
name of the person for whom pre-
scribed. date of prescription and di-
rectiOns for use of liquor. Penalty
$50 to 5000.
Persons making false statements
to physicians or druggists for the
purpose of wrongfully obtaining in
toxicating liquor are subject to a fine
of from $50 to 5000. and imprison
ment.
Druggists are permitted to sell for
medicinal, mechanical, chemical and
sacremental purposes only and in
strict compliance with the law.
When sold for above purposes,
druggists must keep a true and ex-
act record in a book in which is en-
tered at the time of sale, the date.
name of purchaser and residence,
kind, quality, price and purpose for
which liquor is sold. and if for medi-
cinal purposes, the name of the ply
stefan issuing the prescription. This
record must be signed by the person
the liquor. Every pre-
scription must be cancelled, filed, and
shall not be used a second time The
records and prescriptions are open to
by the proper officers
Failure to keep such a record, de-
or altering the same, Or any
or the selling of intoxi-
eating liquor except on written pre-
scription or when for sacramento
without an order signed by
a clergyman. is a INSTRUMENTATION
atty $50 to $3.50.
A druggist convicted of violating
any provision of this section is pro-
hibited from selling again for per-
iod of two years in any dry unit.
Upon second conviction druggist
shall forfeit his license to practice
pharmacy.
Sec. IS. Shipments or deliveries
Of intoxicating liquor in dry territory
are prohibited except when made to