The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-21
SHIPMENTS OF LIQUORS
New Federal Law Requires Delivery
To Bona Eide Consignees.

Montpelier, Dec. 2l.-After Janu-
airy l il will be unlawful for rail
road company, express company or
common carrier to ship from one
state into another state, intoxicating
liquors unless the nature of the con
tents is plainly marked on the pack
age, and the delivery shall not be
made to any person other than the
one to whom it is consigned, unless
upon a written order in each in
stance of the bona fide consignee
and any officer, agent or employee
of such company who violates the
law shall be in danger OF fine OF
So 900 or Imprisonment of not more
than two years, or both, and any
railroad, express company or com
mon carrier shipping from one state
to another who shall collect any
part OF the purchase price on or af-
ter the delivery of the goods. except
the transportation expense, shall be
subject to fine of not more than
$4,000 Any person who ships liqu-
ors without labelling their contents
and quantity will also be in danger
of fine of not more than $4,000.
This is a Federal law and relates
to interstate commerce.
This law will break up the custom
in this city and Barre, and a good
many other towns in Vermont, of
buying liquor outside the state, more
often in Boston, and having them
shipped here to fictitions names, and
then taken in charge by truckman,
or by one man, if he is slick to have
fictitious names enough, and deliver
ed, and no one would be the wiser
whether they were for legal or lille
gal use.
1t has been reported from time to
time that shipments have been re
ceived here and i'm Barre for certain
men whose names never appear on
the tax rolls of either city who
could not be located in the directory,
and whose principal acquaintance
appeared to be confined to certain
truckmen, who called at the railroad
stations or express offices and take
away the goods as soon as they ar
rive.
All this business will be done
away with
Not long ago it is reported that
car load of barrels whose contents
looked suspiciously like liquor ad-
dressed to many people arrived in
Barre One man appeared at the car
and while the freight agent was
stumped how to proceed, the man
had opened the car and was unload
ing the goods, as if he were the act
ual owner. After taking advise the
agent could find no way to stop him.
Under the new law the shipper
must label the goods as they actual
ly are, state the quantity, and plain
ly write or print the name of the
bonafide consignee on the package
The railroad company is required to
see that liquors, so marked, are
properly stamped, and when they
reach their destination in another
state from where shipment was made
must see that they go into the hands
of the bonafide consignee, or SUCH
person who comes with proper or
der If the truckman tries any
"monkeying" he will find himself in
a bad stew and some $4,000 and a
Jail sentence on the wrong side of
| his ledger, so that there is very lit
| tie likelihood of his trying to evade
the law for the paltry sum received
! for carriage.
The Federal law will not affect
shipments within the state, that be.
ing left to each state government,
but the law in this state is strict
enough on that point, since licensed
wholesalers cannot sell to anyone