The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-03
Prohibition Law In Georgia
Most Drastic of Measures

o
BE- the most drastic yet written into
the statutes OF any State went into
effect in Georgia May /. The laws
were passed at the recent extra ses-
sion of the legislature with a view
TO effecting closely all the loopholes
in the existing prohibition statutes.
Under the new laws it becomes I'M
! lawful for any one to have in his
no session more than one gallon of
yinous liquor, or six gallons of beer,
/ or one-half gallon of whiskey during
any 3O-day period after this date,
and this amount can only be kept in
places used exclusively for residential
purposes.
one OF the new law repeals near
beer" and locker club licenses. An
ether prohibits the publication OF
liauor advertisements and a third
regulates the shipment OF liquors in
to Georgia.
Ut is the shipping measure that
prohibits the entrance of the "appe-
tizera." \ person may receive from
prohibition territory ship
ment within the regulations pre-
scribed each thirty days and the ex-
press companies are organizing spec
tally equipped forces to handle this
business. The consignee is required
to make affidavit that the amount of
the shipment and the date come
within the provisions of the law, and
list of those receiving liquor ship
ments are to be posted with the
recorder daily.
Under the law it was made impos-
sible for a person to stock up in an
ticipation of the drought, for it is
/ made unlawful for any individual to
have on hand at any time intoXicants
| greater in quantity than the amount
designated as the limit for thirty
day period.
The record of intoXicants ordered
will be open to public inspection
Railroads, express companies and
other carriers are required to file a
report of every shipment within
thee days after it has been received
The carrier also is required to keel
record of all deliveries, with the
date thereof and the name of the
! consignee, and the record will be
open at all times to the inspection
CT officers of the law.
Banks and bankers are affected b!
the new law in that it is made a mis-
demeanor for banking institution
to handle in any manner draft OF
, other order attached to bill o
q lading or order for liquor.
The selling of intoXicants undo
the representation that it is merel!
harmless and non alcoholic imita
tion will he difficult, since in sucl
, instances the bureau of proof il
= placed upon the defendant. If thu
n substance in hand has the odor
d taste, color and general appearance
|, of prohibited beverage, it will be con
e sidered as sufficient evidence that i
If is the prohibited beverage unless tn
defendant can show to the contrary
n The state will not be required t
r analyze the beverage in order t
# prove that it comes under the bai
e of the law, but the defendant mus
d show the analysis to prove that
o does not.
d The common nuisance clause
= another provision of the law. Unde
1e this section establishments keepin
1, or disposing of intoxicating bever
II ages may be abated as common nui
6 sances. Other precautions hav
d made the new laws about as solid a
G, they can be made Summarized, tn
n measures close every kind of liquo
It resort in Georgia and make the tw
e quarts a month at home matter G
: public and legal record.
2 Savannah is the hardest hit of an
n section of the State. Savannah ha
IN been the principal oasis in the Sa
l. hara of Georgia since the passage c
the original prohibition bill min
years ago. There has never been an
y serious effort to stop the traffic i
/ that city. Near-becr dealers hav
Is been licensed with a full knowledg
I'd On the part of the authorities tina
Id they intended to carry in stock an
Il sell over the counter anything tina
ID the thirsty Threats might crave.
lis was partly against the situation i
u that city that the present drasti
lie laws were aimed. The transports
tion companies doing business in tina
at city expect to reap a material az
es vantage from the enforcement of til
ne new laws and will maintain a d,
s. livery department that will be know
be as Savannah's Liquor store
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