The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-31
Elaborate Thrust at
Liquor Evil.
FOLLOWS LINES SET
BY JUDGE WElKLEY
Would Cot at the Very Throat of
the Tiger" Club.
The Issuing Of Charters weaIa Ne Uun
On the Consideration That No
Liauer De Kept On the
Premises.

One Of the most elaborate thrusts a.
the liquor evil attached to social and
literary clubs were the bill introduced
In the House OF representatives yester-
day by Mr.. Tarrant. Of Jefferson. II
preathes much OF the sentiment OF the
Interview issued by Judge 8. ID. Weak
ley, counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League, when q few days ago the SUI
preme Court handed down Its now fam
Gus decision In preservation Of the
right Of property in liquor.
Though the proposed amendment to
the Constitution favoring prohibitions
is slow to put In Its appearances In
either House or Senate. ALI the bill sup
Elemental to prohibition as a statute.
run rapidly into the legislative hopper
OF the House.
For fear the Carmichael bili--wnich
Ia set for special order Of business
In the House next Tuesday-might al.
low the escape OF clubs which are act-
ing the roles of blind tigers. the new
measure offered by Mr.. Tarrant aims
to cut the throat Of the tiger by q
stringent set of terms. on which char
ters are issued to such clubs by the
Probate Judge Of any county.
In the first place. social club be-
fore being issued . charter must or
ganixs by the election Of ofyicers, who
shall be composed OF president. vice
president, secretary and treasur~
er, and the names and postof-
flee addresses. not only Of theea
officers. but of the members as well,
shall be furnished to the probate Judge
when application is made TO incorpor-
ate. With the application must be
declaration In writing containing these
facts and stating whether the club il
organized for pecuniary or non-pocuni-
AIRY purposes. and II the former. the
number OF shares and their denomina-
ton.
Constitaasen OF Csuhn.
The constitution Of the club. which
must also accompany the declaration.
10 forced TO set out that It has no right
to engage in ana will not engage IN
the sale or keeping for sale or other-
wise diaposing OF liquors. prohibited
by the Alabama laws. and that the club
Will not allow any OF Its members, to
keep or store such liquors at Or near
Its premises for use or consumption
by its members or others, or for tha
distribution or division of liquors
among the members or their guastA
Also. the constitution must provide
that II Will not maintain or let its
members or guests maintain, q drink
ing nuisance as described in the Car
michael bill or contrary TO law. and
that II such IL done. the club agrees
that its charter shall be forfeited.
Also. there ia provision preventing
gambling in the clubs and the forfeit
ture Of the charter rights IL one 10
found gambling therein.
The forfeiture works ipso facto. q
the club IL found to violate any OF the
terms or allows any member to vto-
late the provisions Of the constitution
exacted by the law. but the forfeiture
may be declared by suit in quo war
ranto proceedings 20 try the charter
rights OF the corporation.
1t II likewise provided that IL any
member or ofiicer aids or abets IN
keeping drinking nuisance. at Or
near the club premises he shall be gull
ty Of q misdemeanor and punished ac-
cording1y. The act expressly repeats
Section se21 OF the Code. relating to
clubs and goes into effect on approval
of the Governor. The clubs now or
ganiSed must have their charters
amended. as required In the deciara-
ton exacted OF new organizations.