Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-01-02

u Meeting naonal, state and municipal
3 henues an, legal controversies have
n gown out oahe enactment of state
ywde prohibition law in Colorado, eff
| festive Janury 1, 1916. Legal ques-
| lions involveefforts to obtain a refer
] Andum vote n the statutory penalty
/ Inv and the light of cities operating
under speeialcharter to regulate their
liquor traffic.
| Under the copies mandate given
at the genera elections, Nov. 8. 1914,
| foIlrteen brewTies and more than l.
SOC saloons vii be closed, cutting off
more than million dollars revenue of
federal, state ind municipal govern
ments annual! received in various
forms of taxation.
Prior to the adoption of the con-
stitutional amendment large portion
of northern Colorado was dry" ter
ritory under the local option law pass
ed in 1907. Colorado Springs, third
largest city, excluded saloons, the late
General William l.. Palmer, who laid
cut much of the land upon which the
city was built, having barred saloons
in deeds to property.
The vote of Colorado electors, Nov.
8, 1914, on the prohibition constitu-
tional amendment was For 1859,
against, 1907. Denver alone re-
turned a wet" majority, the figures
favoring retention by approximately
10000 George A. Carlson, an ayowed
adherent of the ''drys" was elected gov
ernor at this time.
The law prohibits manufacture, sale
or giving away of liquors, but provides
that liquor may be served for sacra-
mental, private and medicinal use,
Buyers for sacramental uses are
required to pay an annual license fee
Of 81. Physicians are permitted to
issue only numbered prescriptions
which must state the date and hour
and specif- the malady of the patient.
The prescription must not call for
more than four ounces of liquor, is
not valid after 48 hours and cannot
be refilled. Wholesale druggists must
pay an annual license of $500 and re-
tail druggists S., to handle intox-
icants. Private consumers may re-
ceive liquor through common car
riers, signing receipt in the form of
an affidavit showing the goods are for
no other purpose than medicinal or
private use. Each package must be
labelled to indicate its contents and
a fee is charged to cover the cost of
filing a record of deliveries with the
Secretary Of State, required monthly
of railroads and quarters of firms
handling liqaor.
Violators are subject to severe pen
alities. First loffenses are made mis-
demeanors carrying fines of $1OO to
$500 or a Jail sentence of thirty days
to six months, or both. Second or
subsequent offenses within five years
are made a felony, punishable by
penitentiary sentence or from one
to three years for an individual, or a
fine of $1,000 to $4,000 for corpora
tions. officers refusing or neglecting
to enforce the law are subject to be-
ing ousted from office.
Advertising or soliciting intoxicat-
ing liquor for sale is prohibited
Any building used for Illegally
handling liquor is subject to being
closed by the courts. Liquor, or liqu-
or containers found on the property
are to be held without property rights
pending the decision of the court.
AS to civil liability, the law pro-
vides that any person injured or
whose property or means of support
has suffered at the hands of an intox-
icated person shall have right of ac-
ton against any person or firm that
illegally furnished the liquor.
At the Denver city election May 10,
1915, the electors by vote of 21,372
to 1922 authorized the addition of an
amendment IN tho ohio rtor oponOwar-