The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-31

ing the delivery, received any ardent
spirits Whatsoever from any place
Wheresoever.
Soune Salient Points.
Prohibition Commissioner Peters, in
speaking on the law last night, stated
1 the following salient points:
| ION and after tomorrow no more
ardent spirits may be legally sold in
the State. and ardent spirits as de-
! fined in the law include not only those
beverages usually catalogued as ardent
spirits, but also all matted liquors
whether intoxicating or not: all bever-
ages of any description containing
more than one-hslf OF one per cent
of alcohol; all beverages whether
containing malt or alcohol or not,
which will produce intoxication. and
Jamaica ginger.
Under this general prohibition are
few exceptions; a licensed manu-
facturers OF alcohol may sell to
| licensed druggists, and outside of the
State Of Virginia whore alcohol may
be lawfully sold. Wholesale drug
gists licensed under this law may sell
ardent spirits TO retail druggists,
licensed under this law, to purchase
the same. and alcohol only without the
State where alcohol NAV lawfully be
sold. Retail druggists licensed under
this act to do SO, may sell ardent
spirits upon the prescription of
reputable physician. except in certain
cities. including Richmond. and also
certain excepted counties. In such
excepted territory It is generally be-
lieved such retail druggists may sell
alcohol upon a prescription by repu
table physicians and such druggists
f,to en}I oyn haJ 40 re
the purchaser that it Is for mechanical
purposes, such as cleaning watches,
pharmaceutical purposes. such as com
pounding drugs, scientific purposes,
such as aN iseptic and laboratorial in
dustries, and wine for sacramental
purposes for use by religious bodies
only.
Hotels may be licensed to pur-
chase ardent spirits for cooking pur-
poses, and for massage in connection
with baths. Hotels may not sell
ardent spirits. however, for any pur-
poses certainly not baths. If licensed
hotels dispense ardent spirits for
baths they must do so at their own
cost, as the law makes absolutely no
provision for the sale OF ardent spirits
] for such purposes any more than 1t
provides for the sale OF ardent spirits
used in cooking. and no charge may
be made by such hotels for such dis
pensing. The courts will be requested
to cancel the license and forfeit the
bond of every hotel evadinx the law
| by any shift or device, under which
patrons are dispensed ardent spirits
| for internal use, under the gutse OF
external use. Courts will be asked
to rescind the license of every hotel
keeper who offers the slightest objec-
ton to regular. frequent inspection
and observation by any and all Of
ficers of the cities and State.
Hospitals may dispense ardent
spirits to their own patients under
prescription from a licensed reputable
physician after personal examination
of the patient.
! For all OF the above dispensers of
ardent spirits are ruled and regula-
tons prescribed by law and formu-
lated by the Commissioner of Prohi-
billion. which have been furnished the
hotels. and all not having them can
receive them on application.
| "All beverages not included in the
definition OF ardent spirits are in
| cluded in the definition of soft drinks
| by this law. Vendors of soft drinks
thus defined. may only sell after being
duly licensed by the Circuit or Hust-
ngs Courts having jurisdiction. and
| for making sale OF ardent spirits in
| any percentage.
| As TO elders.
Cider may be sold by such vendors
| If containing not in excess Of one per
cent of alcohol by volume. Cider is
very susceptible to atmospheric
changes. and under high temperature
will develop higher percentage of al
cohol. Because of numerous abuses
of cider-selling privileges in the past.
| cider will be under more surveillance
and more suspicion than any other
soft drink. and vendors should be ex-
ceedingly careful to sell no cider ex-
ceeding the limit. for world OF trou-
| BILE and vexation await those who do.
Some Important Changes.
| There are some conspicuous
changes in the procedure under which
prosecutions will be conducted under
the Mapp prohibition law. Drunken
ness Is a misdemeanor. and all Offend
ers must be tried for misdemeanors.
Repeated lapses into intoxication con-
stitute a person OF "intemperate hab-
it's and deprives him of the privilege
of purchasing and having delivered
to him even the one quart in month
ly periods. and the process by which
habitual drunkards are thus deprived
VI tilio oiuiioiy PiAShSSo wall pc anu
! should be resorted to in behalf OF
| those unforunates.
Heretofore, under the Mann law
and Byrd law, persons accused OF IL
legally selling liquor have been hailed
before and tried by Mayors, justices
OF the peace. or police justice as the
case may be, for preliminary exami-
nation only. and remanded to the fol-
/ lowing term of the Circuit Court. or
! Hastings Court for trial for indict-
ment. or dismissed. according to the
evidence. and II dismissed under such