The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-06

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/ It IL made q misdemeanor to even
drink liquor when riding on trains In
the state. II railroad or boatmen get
drunk on duty they are subject to Inn
prisonment.
The bill covers more than thirty
closely typewritten pages In the orig
lnal and with Its multitude OF provfs-
ions. covers every possible action
which might be accomplished In con-
uection with liquor. Many present
statutes or exemption are overthrown.
Thus, witnesses In liquor cases are
compelled to testify. or be guilty OF
I contempt; servants may not be excused
from testifying against employers; In
stead Of q semi annual report of Gov
eminent licenses. sherins must obtain
and publish q monthly report. and
publish them In placards and large
black letters, with the name and Local
tion Of the business prohibited IL
quors are not to be treated as personal
property and thus exempted from seiz-
ure, but are adjudged contraband, and
may be destroyed: search IL to be
made by warrant Of suspected prem-
Sses; liquors shall not be received for
storage.
Temperanee Clause IN CHARTERS.
No charter will be given to any firm
or corporation. provides the Fuller bill.
unless the concern making that APP
plication first files stipulation| to the
effect that II will not violate the pro-
hibition law In anyway. and, in case
the stfpula ton 10 broken bx a VIOLA
nion of the law. the charter IL to be
Forfeited.
Under the Fuller bill solicitors may
begin prosecutions; grand juries must
tndict.
AS to trafic In liquors. the proposed
bill lie equally severe. Beyond provid-
Ia 10 adYartf8a6
no way. II prohibits soliciting trade
Ror business concerns outside the State
of Alabama; 1t prohibits shipping from
one place TO another inside the State;
II provides that all houses or places
where liquor is held or stored, or from
which any prohibition violation lie ac-
complished, can be declared q public
nuisance, and be eliminated by injunc-
zion from chancery court: liquor shall
Gnot be received for storage nor for
shipment; no person shall act as
Friend In procuring sale; G. O. ID.
shipments are prohibited
/ Any violation Of the numerous pro-
visions OF the bill shall be adJudged a
enisdemeanor, and punishable by fines
banging from $50 to 5000. and by i'm
prisonment to six months.
! Buildings. the bill says, must not be
leased to any one for the sale of tntox-
dcants. and in case such traffic 10 con-
Quoted, the lease on the building is for
feited.
The bill was introduced yesterday
morning, and referred to the Commit
tee on Temperance. 1t Is intended as
q Statewide prohibition bill. which
will go farther toward prohibiting. and
demanding enforcement, than any pro-
hibition law.>on the statute books Of
any State at any time. Favorable re-
= port from the Temperance Committee
o. anticipated.
Further temperance legislation was
attempted by Fleetwood Rice OF Tus-
caioosa, who introduced a bill yester-
day looking to the regulation of soft
drink stands to prevent the Illicit sale
ut liquor within them. The bill. which
WAS also referred to the Committee on
Temperance, provides that no booth,
stall. or compartment of any kind. be
maintained or erected within soft
drink stand, that there shall be no
screens nor swinging doors or any
thing to obstruct the view from the
street; that Q clear glass window make
up the front OF the stand. without OBJ
6truction OF view, and that OPAQUE
glass fronts or windows Of any kind
Be prohthitsd.s
! ofwcers can enter the stands ct any
FINE of day between Q o'clock and
O'Clock, ana inspect the premises. Mo-
: hesitation shall be adjudged mtsds'
kneanor ana consequently aned.
! Any place thought to be violating the
law can be stopped by an injunction
of the chancery court, and, IL the sus-
,picion is substantiated by evidence. the
charter or license granted to conduct
khe business cam be revoked.