Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-13
WOMEN ARE EFFECTuALLY
BARRED UNDER MAPP ACT
May Not Handle Ardent Spirits,
Even Though Registered
Pharmacists.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RULING
Prohibition Commissioner Peters Dis
cuSSes Provisions OF New Law us to
Licenses for Handling Soft Drinks
at Scala Fountains.

Because OF the fact that She cannot
qualify ass Il voter in the state. wo-
and conducts Il business of that nature
is cffectual1y barred by the Mapp pro-
hibition ACT from securing Il license
to handle a.ydcnt spirits for such nur-
poses as arc \pcrmitted under the law,
according to s,n opinion rendered yes
teiday by Acknowledgement John Car
la:,d Pollard.
The ruling was requested by Com
missioner of Prohibition J. Sidney
Peters. who had' received an inquiry
ON The subject from l.. l.. Brands, see
rotary of the state Board OF Pharmacy.
There are three women In the state
who are considered excellent pharma-
cists and who have inquired into their
rights under the Mapp law AZ 10 the
handling Of ardent spirits for certain
privileged purposes rhe commissioner
said last night that he wishes II were
i'm his power TO grant them licenses.
but the law Is the statute books.
and must be enforced as it stands.
The Attorney General also ruled yes
irrdny that wagons OF an express com
uany in Bristol. Va. may cross the
street into Tennessee hnd there receive
aud Receipt sor shipments OF liquor to
patrons across tho street or the Vir-
pinia side, 50 long as the company
complies with the law of this State
with regard 10 the transportation and
delivery of ardent spirits.
EMPRESS COMPANY COUNSEL.
The ruling was made at the rcques.
Of Mr.. Peters. and Is in harmony witt,
the construction placed upon tn"
statute by Robert g. Aston. general
counsel OF the Southern Express Com
pany. which asked that ii he informed
of it's rights
The commissioners last night called
attention 70 the fact that neither he
nor the Attorney General mas ut any
time rendered AN opinion, either for
maliy or Informally. rs has been com
monty reported through the state. that
dispensers of soft drinks must file in
the same manner as druggists notices
Of their intention TO apply 10 the courts
for licenses :" handle soft drinks
What did say" said Mr.. Peters.
rs that the law provides that any cit
i::cn may appear before the court grant
iiN the license and enter AN objection
to the handling Of soft drinks by the
applicant. lnasmuch as the citizen IL
given this privilege ] think IL only
the dispensers intention, SO II. may
have his say hc!or. III. court,
SUGGESTS NOTICE *
MEASURE: or PRi:Ch UTiOS
81 have told those vino asked ms ad-
vice. and i gave IL to no one who did
not ask II. that, out Of an abundance
Of prccauriLn. would suggest that tn.
rospectiv,>.iispcnser Of soft drinks Ill"
the same In,icc as is required OF the
druggist. l'hc matter of the time ana
place Of pos5&lE these notices is in the
hands of the judges. and no man can
say what scrl; Of notice they will
Iuirc. But none of them could object
To the one provided for the dispenser
OF alcohol"
In reply To thu. >rriticism az judge J.
Singleton Diggs. Of Lynchburg. that The
law requires those, who handle ardent
spirits in any form 70 have licenses
from the courts. which must be in reg
ular session. yet in litty seven counties
Of the State there wiz be no court dur
ing the month of November. when The
act goes into effect rfs. commissions
said tha: he, the Audit'r OF Pubic &C.
Cuuu,s and the Atto.'t '-fcnera' are
at work on q plan TO prevent the hard
ship worked by the law. and VIII an
noUncc the plan 10 III" rmolic IA soon
IL devised