The Detroit times., 1917-03-09
Three Liquor Measures
Are Launched By
Committee
MOISTNESS IS
ELIMINATED
Few Vital Points of
Difference Remain
In Proposed Laws

stead of reporting out the prohioi
ton bills that the Legislature is call
ed upon TO enact to carry into forcs
the constitutional amendment foi
statewide prohibition. the house
liquor committee members appeared
With an entire new set OF bills yes
terday afternoon. three In all. and
introduced them.
The new bills were ordered print
cd At once and the committee now
says that II will report thess out
early next week. The prior bills
and substitute bills are TO be thrown
into the discard.
Rep. Wiley, introducer OF the orig.
inal AntLsaloon league moist" bill:
Rep. Macarthur. introducer OF the
original bone dry bill. and Rep.
Lewis. chairman OF the house liquor
committee. introduced the three new
measures The senate, II Il cares 10,
now has the chance 10 take up the
Damon bone dry bill introduced a
few days ago in the senate and get
started ahead OF the house on pro
hibltion
The new Wiley bin has all the
moistness OF the previous Wiley bill
squeezed out OF IL. Under II. bev.
erage liquors will be driven out OF
Michigan. Clubs, lodges and associ-
ations are specifically barred from
having any liquors on their premises.
II any al all is found in any 81 them
Il can be legally construed that
liquor Is being Sold In them and they
Will be subject 90 penalties IL any
one even goes 10 a club 60 get a
drink that isn't there TIM fact that
he went after n win mean. under
the law. that liquor is sold there and
the place will be liable for penalties.
The machinery for the importation
Of liquor for medicinal. sacramental,
mechanical and chemical purposes.
is provided. Druggists may handle
liquors for these specific purposes.
They must pay 81 each for permits.
which will be issued only TO drug.
gists OF good moral character and
temperate habits. The druggist must
keep = book In which he records all
prescriptions calling for liquor and
the name Of the person getting Il
filed. Liquor can be sold 10 indlvid-
uals only on prescription and not
more than eight ounces on a pre-
scription.
II a drusgis. violates the law in
any way he win lose his permit TO
handle liquors and II he violates the
law a second time he Will lose his
license 10 conduct q drug store.
A drug store cannot receive a per
INIT At all II a majority OF the voters
OF any city. village or township
within which the drug store IN locst-
ed vote against tho issuance Of such
permit 20 handle liquors.
Drastic search and seizure provi.
sions are included In the Wiley bfll.
II anyone in found intoxicated he
may be hailed before a magistrate
and compelled 10 tell where he got
his jagproducing liquids. General
penalties are provided for violations
OF the law by anyone, the penalty Of
a FIRST offense being n maximum fine
OF $500 or sin months Imprisonment
and for q second or subsequent Of
lenses 81. 900 fine or two years i'm
prisonment, or both. Enforcement
of the law 10 put up 20 the state food
and drug commissions.
The nav Macarthur bir's provisions
do not differ much now from those
OF the new wiley bill. Enforcement
Of the Law IL put MP TO local officials
by the Macarthur bill. mayors. sher-
ifs. police and other oficials being
required to report violations TO the
prosecutor.
The Lewis bill changes the dairy
and food commission 10 a food and
drug commission. IL gives the food
and drug commissioner enforcement
OF the prohibition laws and trans
fers TO him the present duties OF the
dairy and food commissioner. II
makes HE term one OF four years
instead OF two. The present salary
OF the commissioner II $4,000 a year
and the Lewis hill maintains this
salary for the present term OF Dairy
and Food Commissioner Woodwork.
but raises IL 10 ss.5oo after that
The commissioner h given a spe-
cial deputy sttorney-general 20 ad.
wise him on all law points IN CON