Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-29
LIQUOR LAW EFFECTIVE JAN, ], 1918

, sell or barter, or exchanging them TOT
 goods or merchandise, or giving them away, l shall be sufficient to convict; nor snail IL
 be necessary in warrant, information or 1 indictment to specify the particular kind
 of alcoholic liquor which is made the SUD
 ject of charge Of violation of this act.
 Sec. t9. That all houses, boats, boat houses, buildings, club rooms ana piaces l of every description, including drug stores, where alcoholic liquors are manufactured, l stored, sold or vended, given away or fur nished contrary to law, including those III l which clubs, orders or associations sell, . barter, give away, distribute or dispense intoxicating liquors to their members by any means or device whatever, as provided in this act, shall be held, taken and deemed common and public nulsances. Ana any , person WhO shall maintain, or shall ald or abet, or knowingly be associated With oth- i CTS in maintaining such common and pub lie nuisance, shall be guilty Of inlSde. meanOr, and upon conviction thereon Shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in I Sec of this act, and judgment shall be given that such house, boat, building or other place, CT any room therein, be abated or closed up as a place for the sale or keeping Of such liquor contrary to law, as /, the court may determine.
 Sec. 20. That any United States district attorney for the territory of Alaska may maiRsSin an action in equity in tine nalnr of the. United states to abate and per 1 in the preceding section, No bond shall be required. Any persbn violating the , terms Of any injunction granted in such 1 proceedings shall be punished for contempt 1 by fine of not more than $500 or by i'm 1 prisOnment in the federal jail for not more l than six months, CT both such fine and inn l prisonment in the discretion of the court. I Sec. 2i. That if a tenant of building 1 or tenement is convicted Of using such premises or any part thereof or maintain | ing a common nuisance, as hereinbeforP | dellned or of knowingly permitting such use by another, the conviction of such use 1 shall render void the lease under which he | holds, and shall cause the right Of posses | sion to revert to the owner or lessor, who may, without process of law, make lmmedi-
 ate entry upon the premises, or may avail 1 himself of the remedy provided for the ! forcible detention thereof.
 1 Sec. 22. That anyone who knowingly permits any building owned or leased by him or under his control, or any part | thereof, to be used in maintaining com mon nuisance herenbefOre described in Sec. t9 of this act, neglects to take all reasonable measures to eject therefrom the
 n""SNn So using the same, shall be deemed guilty Of assisting in maintaining such nuiS- ance.
 Sec. g. That no property right of any kind shall exist in alcoholic liquors or bev Hrages illegally manufactured, received, possessed or stored under this act, and in all such cases the liquors are forfeited to the United States, and may be searched
 for and seized and ordered to be destroyed by the court after conviction, when such liquors have been seized for use as evil dence, or upon satisfactory evidence to the court presented by the district attorney
 that such liquors are contraband.
 Sec. 24. That any person convicted of violation of any of the provisions of this act where the punishment therefor is not herein specifically provided shall be pun ished as provided by Sec. of this act. Sec. 25. That in case pharmacist is | the judge of the district court, in addition to the penalty provided in this act, may, in his discretion, revoke his license to prac- | tice pharmacy, and thereafter he shall not receive license for one year.
 Sec. 2G. That the issuance by the United States of any internal revenue spe- l cial stamp or receipt to any person as a dealer in intoxicating liquors shall be
 Drima facie evidence of the sale of intoNi eating liquors by such person during the l time the stamp or receipt is in force and effect. A copy of such stamp or receipt CT of the record of the issuance thereof, revenue onlcer having charge of such | record, is admissible as evidence in like case and with like effect as the original stamp or receipt
 Sec. 27. That it shall be the duty of the governor of Alaska the United States mar ehals and their deputies, mayors, and mem- berS Of town councils, town marShalS, and police ot1iccrs of all incorporated towns in Alaska, all federal game Wardens agents of the bureau Of fisheries and forestry | service, customs collectors and their depu- ties, enploycs of the bureau of education, prosecuting attorneys and their deputies, mad all other federal and territorial eyccu- l tive officers. to enforce the provisions of l this act.
 Sec. 28. That prosecutions for violations I If the provisions of this act shall be on , information filed by any such officer before any justice of the peace or n any grand jury of the territory of Alaska. l and said United States district attorney or his deputy shall file such information upon the presentation to him or his assist ants of sworn information that the law has been violated; and in such prosecutions anyone making a false oath to any materia.
 fact shall be deemed guilty of perjury. Sec. 29. That any person, company or corporation who shall import or carry | liquors into or upon the territorial waters | of Alaska, in or upon any steamship, steam- boat vessel, boat~or other water craft, or shall permit the same to be so imported or | carried into or upon said waters, except under the provisions of this act, shall be 1 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic. | tion shall be punished as provided in See. | 1 of this act.
 | now exercised the judges of the district | courts of Alaska may grant liquor licenses ! for any period of time less than one year l upon pro rata of the license fee for one E'di, buI 1ot to thItilu btSnhu lllt HFAt 1 day of January, 1918, under the provisions 1 f law now in force there so far as the same is applicable.
 1 Sec. 31. That the legislature of the ter
 ritory of Alaska may pass additional Iegis l lation in aid of the enforcement of this i act not inconsistent with it's provisions. Sec 32. That in the interpretation of
 this act words of the singular number shall | be deemed to include their plurals, and
 words of the masculine gender shall be | deemed to include the feminine as the | ease may be.
 Sec. 33. That this act shall be in full | force and effect on and after the first day l of January, 1918, and all laws and parts | If Jaws inconsistent herewith be and they ] are hereby repealed as of that date. Approved February 4, 1917.
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