Weekly journal-miner., 1915-01-20
WANT DRY" LAW
 MADE MORE DRASTIC
(From Fridays Daily.)

That the prohibition amendment as passed by the people at the last cleo ton is not drastic enough to suit some is shown by bill which has been drawn to be introduced at the pres ent session of the legislature, print ed copies of which have been re ceived in Prescott.
 The bill which it is reported was drawn by the Temperance Federation is evidently aimed to help the legis- lature in carrying out the section of the constitutional amendment, which says "the legislature shall by appro- priate legislation provide for the car rying into effect of this amendment"
 The proposed law, which is declar- ed in itself to be an emergency measure, and thus exempt from the referendum feature of the constitu- ton, defines what is to be liquor in legal sense in the State of Ari- zona and makes the prohibition against such liquors much more stringent than did the amendment which was proclaimed the most dras- tic measure of the kind ever pro posed.
 It also provides more severe pun ishment for violation than does the amendment, in that it makes the sec ond offense felony, punishable by five years in the penitentiary and provides a system of securing evil dence of violations, procedure of prosecutions and methods of enforc- ing the law generally.
 Probably the most drastic feature of the law is the one that makes it a crime to keep liquor in private home for the personal use of the owner.
 This is prima facie evidence of a violation of the law according to this bill and it also empowers officers to break into a house in search of such evidence without search warrant. It also definitely makes the giving away of liquor unlawful.
 The bill makes advertising liquor an offense equal to selling it or hay ing it, extending the prohibition to advertisements in newspapers or oth- CT publications and on bill boards, as well as to circulars, price lists, cat alogues. etc, and makes it an offense for any one who prints or publishes or allows such advertisements to be posted or displayed on his premises. All malt or brewed preparations, whether intoxicating or not, are de- clared to be liquors under the law. and any preparation containing as much as one half of one per cent all cohol is listed a spirituous liquor.
 One section Of the bill is evidently aimed to remove from the amendment certain features that have already proved undesirably drastic. In this section certain exceptions in regard to- handling liquors are made. Dena- tired alcohol is definitely excepted as if is in the amendment, and alcohol for the use of druggists is definitely excepted in small quantities, but its use is placed under the most strin- gent regulations and restrictions, and wine for sacramental purposes is also excepted. There is no exception made for the sale of alcohol for scientific purposes and in fact. grain alcohol cannot be sold at all except to drug gists Druggists are allowed to sell alcohol only in mixtures with other preparations. Neither is any excep ton made in favor of flavoring ex- tracts or similar preparations.
 Following the bill as printed in pamphlet form is Legislative brief" in which are cited many court de- cisions showing the right of the leg islature to amplify the prohibition amendment by legislation. Many of the citations, however, definitely say that while the legislature can legis- late further on the prohibition mat ter, it cannot modify or detract from the amendment and none of them
  show that the legislature has the right to make any notifications or executions as is attempted.