Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-24
TRAFFIC
HAD ATTENTION
IN MANY States
Vermont Was One of Eight in
Which Prohibition Was
Submitted to Popular
Referendum.

iourned for the summer. shows that
among the subjects which received not
able attention was that Of the prohibition
or the regulation of the liquor traffic.
The legislatures Of two States enacted
statutory prohibition to become effective
this year, and eight voted to submit the
question If state wide prohibition to
referendum OF the people OF the latter,
two established statutory prohibition to
become effective in the meantime. Four
States where prohibition is already effec-
tive passed additional restrictive laws
and two of the five States, where. under
constitutional amendment, prohibition is
to go into effect next year. enacted nee
essary statutes for its enforcement In
six of the so-called wet" States, state
wide proposals met defeat In others.
questions of local option. transportation
and licensing We're acted upon
The two States where direct prohibition
laws We're passed are Florida and Ala
bama. Those whose legislatures voted tn
submit the question to the people are
Ida no. Iowa, Montana, South Carolina.
South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and the
territory of Alaska. In Iowa the legis-
lative resolution, according to tn" state
constitution. must he passed by the next
succeeding legislature, before the people
can vote on it, but the state returned
to statutory prohibition meanwhile.
through the repeal of the so-callcd mulct
law. Idaho was also made dry" mean
while through statutory enactment. In
Utah the bill was vetoed by the Cover
nor after the Legislature adjourned. In
South Carolina, the vote will he taken
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