The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
Local Option Law
On Local Shipments

In order to clear up a genera
misunder standing that exists in San
Juan County in reference to the
shipping into San Juan County OF
Intoxicating liquors, beg to submit
the following resume of the law
applicable thereto, with a request
for its publication in your paper if
space permit.
| The law regarding shipments into
dry territory is found in Section
18, Chapter 81 Session Laws 1909
Page 16. This provides that, while
shipments generally into dry terri
tory are prohibited, nevertheless
there are certain exceptions, among
which is the following:
Provided, however that nothing
herein contained shall be construed
to apply - = to shipments or
deliveries at residences which are
not places Of business or of public
resort, by manufacturers or whole
salers in their own conveyance or
by any common carrier, or other
wise, any unbroken packages of
liquor
It is to be observed that ship
ments can only be made by whole
salers or manufacturers and cannot
be made therefore by retail ;ers.
Such shipments can be made either
by the wholesaler or manufacturer
in his own boat and delivered from
the wharf to the residence Of the
purchaser in the wholesalers or
manufacturers wagon; or shipments
can be made by the wholesaler or
manufacturer by means Of common
carrier, who will complete the de-
livery through some one in the en-
ploy Of the common carrier. Or
shipments can made by the manu-
facturer or wholesaler partly by a
common carrier as far as the land
ing place, and thereafter delivered
to the residence of the purchaser in
the conveyance hired by the whole-
saler or manufacturer. The idea of
the law is to prohibit the delivery
to the purhaser at any other place
than at the residence of the pur-
chaser, and therefore the purchaser
cannot receive the goods shipped at
the wharf or landing place Of the
common carrier, either personally
or by hiring conveyance OF his own.
By requiring that the wholesaler
or manufacturer make the delivery,
the law thereby requires that the
wholesaler or manufacturer pay all
transportation charges for the rea-
son that the person assuming the
payment of transportation charges
is considered as the person making
the shipment. Consequently, all
freight, wharfage or express
charges must be paid by the whole
saler or manufacturer direct and
cannot be paid by the purchaser at
the time of delivery.
It is to be observed that neither
the expressman. wha rfinger or
steamboat company can collect from
the purchaser the purchase price
of the goods transported; all pay
ments must be made directly to the
wholesaler or manufacturer, and
this prevents likewise C. O. D. de-
liveries. So that while the express
man delivering the goods may be in
the employment of the manufacturer
or wholesaler, he is nevertheless pro-
hlbited from making collections for
his employer.
The Act specifically prohibits the
taking Of orders for the purchase Of
Intoxicating liquors and also prohi-
bits any device by means of which
this prohibition is overcome.
! In order to comply in all things
with the local option law, a person
/ living in San Juan County and de-
string intoxicating liquors shipped
! to him, should mail his order direct
! " to the wholesaler or manufactures
enclosing sufficient to pay the pur-
4 chase price thereof and the freight.
i wharfage and expressman's charge
thereon. The manufacturer or
wholesaler will then ship the goods
4 upon common carrier, who in turn
delivers to an expressman, or any
person in its employ. and thereby
completes the delivery; or the com.
mon carrier will turn the goods
over to some one in the employment
of the shipper, which latter person
Il will complete the delivery.
d. By following the above method. i
will be easy for any person desiring
to have Intoxicating liquors shippef
| to him to avoid unWittingly violat
1 ing the provisions Of the local optiol
law.
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