The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-16

places a penalty on the officers or
agents of common carrier from de-
livering liquor to any other than the
person to whom it is consigned, even
though the order is sent through
third party.
The chief "bone-dry" feature makes
it unlawful to keep or use intoxica-
ting liquors in any hotel, restaurant,
store, drug store, pharmacy, lunch
room, office or office building or any
place where business is carried on;
factory, club, place where soft drinks
are sold, fruit stands, news stands,
room or place where bowling alleys,
billiard or pool tables, box ball or SIM
liar games are maintained, livery sta
ble,, garage, railroad depot, freight
depot or house, express office, black
smith shop, warehouse, elevator, boat
house, public building, park, road,
street, alley, or any other public place.
Liquor in the Home.
Drug stores, hospitals, State edu-
cational institutions, universities, COL
leges and high schools may keep and
use liquors for medicinal and scienti-
fic purposes specified in the act.
Inasmuch as the law does not spe-
cifically prohibit the use of liquor in
homes it is not claimed it is "bone
dry" but the Prohibition forces who
drafted the law say this is covered by
a proviso chat the possession of any
Intoxicating liquors by any person
who is not herein authorized or en-
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prima facie evidence that the same
was received, accepted or possessed
in violation of the provisions of this
section" This section prohibits any
person from receiving or accepting IL
quors from any common carrier,
whether it be by intrastate or inter-
state shipments.
Transportation companies are re-
quired to keep a separate book of re-
ceipts of liquor shipments, and make
a record of them, with the amounts
and names of the party to whom de-
livered and when, and the party re-
ceiving the shipment must receipt for
it in the book, which will be open to
public inspection.
To Enforce the Law.
The law creates the office of Com
missioner of Prohibition, who is au-
thorized to appoint enough deputies
to enforce the law and cause the ar
rest of violators. The commissioner
and his deputies will have the power
of Sheriffs in making searches of
premises where it is suspected liquor
may be sold and in making arrests.
The owner of property in which it
is proven that the illegal sale of IL
quor is being carried on is required
to give bond for abatement of the nui-
sance, and, in case he fails to do this,
the officers can close the property for
one year under injunction proceedings.
The law prohibits any bank in the
State from acting as a collector for
any liquor shipments or to handle any
draft or bill of exchange for liquor
shipments and gives the right of ac-
tion for damages against sellers of
liquor to any member of a family to
which the sales were made, and the
amounts recorded as the result of
such suits are the sole property Of
the plaintiff.
There are several breweries in
South Dakota which have hundreds Of
thousands of dollars invested in their
plants. Representatives of these in
terests endeavored to secure permits
for the manufacture of "near-beer" in
their plants after July l, but those
who drafted the law opposed this and
the breweries will be prohibited from
operating after July l.