Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-28
PROHIBITION TO
BE IN EFFECT IN
COLORADO JAN. |
PROBLEMS AFFECTING NATIONAL
STATE, MUNICIPAL REVENUES
GROW OUT OF ENACTMENT.
FOURTEEN BREWERlES AND MORE
THAN 1900 SALOONS CLOSE IN
THAT STATE FIRST OF YEAR.
tBy Associated Press,

DENVER. Colo. Da-. 2N.-Ptohlrm>
affecting national state and municipal
revenues and legal controversies have
grown cut of the enactment of statewide
prohibition laws in Colorado. elective
January 1. 1916. Legal questions in
volvc efforts 10 obtain z referendum
vote on the statutory penalty laN and
the right Cf cities operating under >icr-
ial charter 10 regulate their liYVur trlf-
fic.
Under the peoples mandate -rcn nt
the general elections Nov. >. 1911. four
teen brcwcrics AMI more than 1900 >al
oons will be- cio>el. eating OF more.
than a million dollars revenue ~ fra
eral, state aud municipal governments
annually received iu various forms ui
taxation.
Prior To the adoption of ihr cun~iiln
tional amcudmcui y large portion WI
northern Colorado VA, DRY irrritlr.
under the local option luN passed iu
1907. Colorado Springs. hind largest
city. excluded s%air,u~. the late 'irnrrfl
William T. Palmer. who laid nut much
Of the land upon which thr city was
built having barred %Salonn> iu deeds
To property.
The yut, of Colorado electors \cv. =.
1914. on the prohibition constitutional
amendment was: For l29.JS9; against
IlS.0l1. Denver alone returned a wet
majority. the figures favorine retention
by approximately 10000. Gcnret Il.
Carlson. n ayowcd adhrrrut II the
"dryS." WAS selected COVER az this time.
The ensuing Legislature enacted i
measure designed e. enforce the p:"hi-
bition amendment aud to prrvid" pen
alticS for its violation. This law was
enacted ~ y uunn.mou> volc III the
senate.
The law prohibits Manufacture. sale.
or giving away of liquors. but provides
that liquor may hc secured for ,lrra-
mental. private ami medicinal u.s.. un.
der certain restrictions. Purchasers
for sacramento purposes are required
Ia pay m annual license fee Of -. Ply
sicianS are permitted IL issue cnly NUM-
bered prescriptions which must state
the date and hour and specify the NAL.
ady Of the patient. The prr>crirf.oi
must not call for more than fntt's uIE-
ccs of LIQUOR. i net valid after + hours
and cannot bc %rctllrtl. Wholesale lru-.
gists must pay m annual license ~ -lo2
and retail druggists -. to handle in
toXicantS. Private consumers M, rc-
ccivc liquor through common carriers
signing a receipt in the form II an afli.
davit showing the gcutl> are for up other
purpose than medicinal or private r.H-
sumption. Each package must he Ia
bcllcd "a Indicate its contents and 4 zee
Is charged TO cover the cost of fling 4
record of deliveries with the Secretary
of State. required monthly of railroads
aY1 .,t4ytarN sc INNS ba,Iffp, Ifns.,a
NiolatorS are subject Ia severe pen.
altie>. First ~ofen>e~ are made miSlr-
mcanorS carving fines Of 500 10 ~:;Ol
or ! Jail sentence of thirty days IA >iN
months. or both. Second or subsequent
offenseS within five wears are made a
felony. punishable 10y = peniteutiary
sentence Of from one 70 three wears for
an individual. or a fine Of $1,000 "a S'AH
for corporations. Officers refusing 81
ncele TING to enforce the law arc subject