Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-04-10
Federal statute
PREVENTS SHIPMENT
RAILROADS AND EXPRESS CON-
PANIES HAVE RECEIVED COP
les OF THE LAW.
ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT JAN.
l.. 191o-PROVIDES PUN
ISHMENT.

A drastic federal statute, to. pre-
vent the shipment of liquors into
prohibition states as other than bona
fide orders, goes into effect January
! 1, 1910. Copies of the statute are
in the hands of representatives of
express companies doing business in
this state, and the sections covering
the matter are as follows.
Section 1888: Any officer, agent or
employe 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
fictitious person. or to any person
under fictitious name, any spiritu-
Gus, vinous, matted, fermented or
other intoxicating liquor of any kind
which has been shipped from one
state, territory or district of the
United States, or place noncontigu-
Gus to but subject to the jurisdiction
CAOA OOAS AAIo any OCAOA otoIO, ISA i
tory or district of the United States,
or place noncontiguous to but SUBJ
ject to the jurisdiction thereof, or
from any foreign country into any
state, territory or district of the
United States, or place nOncontigu-
Gus to or subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, shall be fined not more than
five thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than two years, or both.
Section 239. Any railroad COM
pany, express company, or other COM
mon carrier, or any other person
who, in connection with the trans
portation of any spirituous, vinous,
matted, fermented or other intoxicat-
ing liquor of any kind, from one
state, territory or district of the
United States, or place nOncontigu-
Gus to but subject to the jurisdic-
tion thereof, into any other state,
territory or district of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to
but subject to the jurisdiction there
of, or from any foreign country in
to any state, territory or district of
tne United States, or place noncon-
tiguous to but subject to the juris-
diction thereof, shall collect the pur-
chase price or any part thereof, be-
fore, on or after delivery from the
consignee, or from any person, or
shall in any manner act as the agent
of the buyer or seller of any such
liquor, for the purpose of buying or
selling or compelling the sale there
Of, saving only in actual transport
tation %and delivery ~of the same,
shall be fined not more than five
thousand dollars.
Section 24O. Whoever shall know
ingly ship or cause to be shipped
from one 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, terri
tory or district of the United States,
or place noncontiguous to but subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, any pack
age of, or package containing spirit
uous, vinous, matted, fermented or
other Intoxicating liquor of any kind,
unless such package is SO labeled on
the outside cover as to plainly show
the name of the consignee, the ma
ture Of it's contents, and the guam
tity contained therein, shall be fined
not more than Ave thousand dollars,
and such liquor shall be forfeited to
the United States, and may be seized
and condemned by like proceedings
as those provided by law for the
seizure and forfeiture of property
imported into the United States con-
trary to law.