The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-24

HOUSE BILL NO. 432.
AN ACT relating to intoxicating liquors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section L 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to keep or have in his possession,
for personal use or otherwise, any 1ntoxt-
eating liquors, permit another to have
or keep use intoxicating liquors on any
premises owned or controlled by him, or
to give away or furnish Intoxicating IL
quors to another, except druggists or
registered pharmacists as hereinafter
provided. Any person violating the provi-
sons of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction there
of shall be fined not less than $780, nor
more than $500. and imprisoned in the
county Jail not less than thirty days nor
more than six months.
Sec >. 1t shall be unlawful for any
common carrier. firm or corporation or
to bring CT carry into this state, or carry
from one place to another within this
/ state, Intoxicating liquors for another or
for personal use; and it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier, its agent or en-
that may be in its possession to any per-
son for any purpose whatsoever. ANY
person violating any of the provisions of
this act shall. on conviction, be adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by
fine of not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars and
by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than thirty days nor more than six
months, and if corporation, by fine
OF not less imam one 0undred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars.
Sec. g. 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son in this state to receive. directly or in
i directly. intoxicating liquor from a COM
mon carrier or other carrier or person,
and it shall also be unlawful for any per-
son in this state to possess Intoxicating
liquors received directly indirectly from
a common carrier. other ca rrier person.
This section shall apply to such liquors
intended for personal use as well as other
wise and to interstate as well intra-
state carriage. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hun
| bred dollars and be imprisoned in the
| county jail not less than thirty days and
! not more than six months.
! Sec 4. Nothing in this act shall be con
strued to prevent any regularly ordained
minister or regular priest of any church
! from receiving or possessing wine for
communion purposes or to prohibit any
common carrier from receiving such wine
ordained minister or priest for such com
munfon purposes; but the person receiving
receipt of the same. shall file with the
common carrier delivering such wine q
statement Te setting db out the fact that The
dained clergyman or priest, the church
| over which he is pastor or priest, and that
said wine is received for communion pur.
poses to be used in the church over which
| he is pastor priest, and said statement
shall be, by said common carrier filed
/
which the delivery is made within ten days
| after being made by the person receiving
such wine. A common carrier delivering
such wine without taking such statement
and any person making a false statement
shall on conviction he adiudged guilty o1
misdemeanor and be punished nv n fine
| of not less than one hundred dollars MOI
more than five hundred dollars and by
| Imprisonment in the county Jail not less
than thirty days nor more than six months
Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be con.
strued as prohibiting any person. copart
nership or corporation engaged in tht
wholesale. drug business and having
stock. exclusive of alcohol. of not less thar
$4,000. from selling alcohol for medicinal
mechanical and scientific purposes to hos
pitals schools and manufacturers provided
for in section 6. and to pharmacists who
are actually and in good faith engaged il
in provided shall prevent any such per
! son, copartnership or corporation engaged
in the wholesale drug business from re
ceiving alcohol in quantities for the pur
pose of selling the same to registered
pharmacists as hereinbefore provided: ant
nothing herein contained shall be con
strued as prohibiting a common carrier
from delivering to such person. corpora
wholesale drug business or to such reg
istered pharmacists who are actually ant
in good faith engaged in the retail dru:
vided for: provided. that before any sucl
alcohol shall be delivered to any sucf
pharmaeist must make and file With tn
common carrier a statement setting ou
that he is registered pharmacist. an
that he is receiving the alcohol for thu
purposes herein mentioned and no other
which statement shall be filed with tn,
county clerk of the county wherein the de
| livery is made within ten days from tb,
= date of its filing with the common car
I rier; and provided. further that any com
mon carrier who shall make delivery t,
any registered pharmacist without til.
statement above required. or who shall
make delivery to any registered pharma
cist without the statement above required
| or who shall make delivery to such phar
! macist of any alcohol except as hereil
provided. or any pharmacist who shall
receive any alcohol except as herein pro
| vided. or who shall make any false state
| ment to sad common carrier, and an,
person, copartnership or corporation en-