The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-11
FEDERAL LAW ON
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
GOVERNING IN.
TERSTATE sHIPMENTs-"JoH
DOE" BUSINESS is KNOCKED IN
THE HEAD BY LAW.-RAIL.
ROADS AND EXPRESS coMPA.
MES ARE MADE LIABLE FOR
VIOLATION.

The new federal law, relative to the
interstate shipment of intoxicating
liquors, became effective ON Jan. 1.
An extract from this law, as set out
in the penal code, law No. $50, is of
interest, and is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America, in Congress as
sembled, That the penal laws of the
United States be, and they hereby
are, codified, revised, and amended,
with title, chapters, headnotes, and
sections, entitled, numbered, and to
Tread as follows.
Section 23S. Any officer, agent. or
employe of any railroad company, ex-
press company, or other common car
F, rier, who shall knowingly deliver or
cause to be delivered to any person
other than the person to whom it has
been consigned, unless upon the writ
ten order in each instance of the bona
| fide consignee, or to any fictitious per-
son, or to any person under fictitious
name, any spurious, vinous, matted,
fermented, or other intoxicating
| liquors, of any kind which has been
shipped from one State, Territory, or
district of the United States or place
upon non-contiguous to, but subject to
the Jurisdiction thereof, into any other
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, Territory, or district
of the United States, or place non
contiguous to, but subject to the juris-
diction thereof, shall be fined not
more than $4,000, or imprisoned not
more than two years, or both.
! Sec. 239. Any railroad company,
express company, or other common
carrier, or any other person who, in
connection with the transportation of
any spirituous, vinous, matted, fer
mented, or other Intoxicating liquor
of any kind 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, Ter
ritory, or district of the United States.
or place non-contiguous to, but sub
ject to the Jurisdiction thereof, shall
collect the purchase price or any part,
thereof before, on, or after delivery
from the consignee, or from any other
person, or shall in any manner act as
the agent of the buyer or seller, of
luhy ouSh iiuuoiy Iol thC pOo0 VI
buying or selling or completing the
sale thereof, saving only in the actual
transportation and delivery of the
same shall be fined not more than
$4,000.
i Section 240. Whoever shall. know
Iingly, 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 juris-
Idiction thereof, into any other 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, Territory, or district of the
United States, or place non-contiguous
to, but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, any package of or package
containing any spirituous, vinous,
matted, fermented, or other intoxicat-
ing liquor of any kind, unless such
package be so labeled on the outside
cover as to plainly show the name of
the consignee, the nature of it's con-
tents, and the quantity contained
therein, shall be fined not more than
$4,000; and such liquor shall be for
feited to the United States, and may
be seized and condemned by like pro-
ceedings as those provided by law
for the seizure and forfeiture of prop
erty imported into the United States
contrary to law.
Approved March 4 1909.