Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-06
PROHIBITION in
HAWAII AIM Of
TWO BILLS NOW
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first day of January, 1917, II shall be
unlawful for any person to import,
ship, receive. or aid or Assist in Inn
porting. shipping or receiving into the
territory Of Hawaii. any Epirituous,
vinous. malt, or any kind of intoxicat-
ing liquor by whatsoever name II may
be called, from any state or territory
Of the United States, or from the Dis
trict of Columbia, or from any foreign
country, or from any dependency or
territorial or island possession OF the
United States, or, within said territory
to manufacture, sell, offer for sale or
keep In stock for sale any such intoxi-
eating liquor. exces only as herein
after provided.
Section 2. That the governor Of
the territory Of Hawaii shall appoint
for a term OF three years and may at
pleasure remove, an agent for the ter
ritory Of Hawaii, to be designated the
liquor agent who shall maintain his
principal Office and place Of business
in the following towns In said terri.
tory, to wit: Hilo. Wailuku and Lihue.
Each of such branch osSces snail he
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the agent with the consent and ap.
proval of the governor Each sub
agent shall be appointed for q term of
three years, and may be removed at
any time by the agent acting under
the approval Of the governor. The
agent shall receives salary ofsthree
thousand dollars l$3060) q year, and
each sub-agent a salary of eighteen
hundred dollars ($1S00) a year, to be
paid by the territory of Hawaii.
For Medicinal or Sacramento ~.
Purposes ~. H..
Section 3. That said agent only
may import intoxicating liquors into
said territory, and may, personally or
through sub-agents, sell the same for
medicinal and sacramental purposes
only. Sales for medicinal purposes
shall be made only upon the written
prescription Of duly licensed prac-
Using physician, which prescription
shall be filed but once, and shall re-
main on die NTH said agent Sales,
for sacramsntai purposes shall be
made only. upon the written requisi7
ton Of a minister or other duly an.
tborized officer of the church or re.
hgi0ps organization requiring the
same. which requisition shall be filed
but once, and shall remain on ffie with
said AGENT nc fEsfus or KEss .slff.
ssectionl mat said agent shall
keep IN his main office and require
said sub-agelts to keep m the branch
Offices 81, which they are respectively
In charge. Jan accurate register OF ev.
cry sale, at such Office, showing the
sold, the date upon which the
sale, was made. the name of the pur-
chaser and the name Of the physician.
or minister or other church officer on
whose prescription or reduisition said
sale was made. i,e 'fsiaep ~ d i
Section S. That no person who has
been engaged IN. the manufactures or
sale Of Intoxicating liquors Within q
period Of I'VE years shall be eligible
for appointment as a liquor agent or
sub-agent: provided, however, that
agents or sub-agents appointed here
under shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment.
Penalties Provided.
Section s. That any person found
guilty Of violating any Of the provi.
sions Of this act relating to the i'm.
portation, manufacture or sale OF in.
toxicatiag liquors In the territory Of
Hawaii shall be punished by q fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars
[ $100e) or by imprisonment at hard
labor for not exceeding two years, or
by both line and imprisonment. ;,
Section Z. That any agent who
shall import OF. sch any Intoxicating
liquors contrary to. the provisions Of
this act. or who shall fail to keep the.
register as required, or any physician
who shall give a prescription to any
person for the purpose Of enabling
such person to obtain Intoxicating
liquors for any other than medicinal
purposes, or any minister or. other
church officer who shall makesR requi-
sition for intoxicating liquors except
for sacramental purposes. shall be
punishable by q fine Of not to exceed
five hundred dollars (s500p,S or by Inn
prisonment at hard labor for not to
exceed two years. or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Bond by Agents.
Section s. That before entering
upon his duties, the agent shall give
q bond In the sum of Eve thousand
dollars i$5000l and each sub-agent
shall give bond IN the sum of one
thousand dollars $4,000 running to
the United States of America, condi-
toned for the faithful performance of
the duties required under this act, and
in such form as the governor shall ap-
prove. There shall be at least two
sureties on each of such bonds whose
qualifications and sufficiency shall be
subject to the approval of the COVER
nor and who shall each be required to
Justify In an amount not less than the
amount of the bond; provided, how
ever, that a corporation, organized for
the purpose of becoming surety on
bonds. of public officers, authorized
under the laws Of the United States
or of the territory Of Hawaii to act as
surety. and doing business in the +
ritory Under the provisions of the laws
Of the United States and Of the terri
1 tory, il a corporation foreign to I
territory, or under the laws of the {,
: ritory, If Hawaiian corporation, m,