The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27


AN ACT to Make Effective Article XIX o
the Constitution of the State of Florida a
Amended, Prohibiting the Manufacture, Sale
Barter or Exchange Of Alcoholic Liquors
for Beverage Purposes, to Provide Penatie!
for the Violation Thereof, and to Refund the
Unused Portion of the License.
Whereas, The Legislature of the State Of
Florida in due and legal manner submitted tc
the voters of said State a Joint Resolution
proposing an amendment to Article XIX Of
the Constitution of the State of Florida for
ever prohibiting the sale, manufacture, barter
or exchange OF alcoholic liquors, except alco.
hol for medical, scientific and mechanical pur.
poses and wine for scramental purposes; there.
fore :
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature Of the State
OF Florida:
Section l. That all penal laws now in effect
prohibiting the sale of liquors in counties and
precincts voting dry snail, on and after. the
first day Of January, 1919, apply throughout
the State OF Florida, and all laws for the en-.
forcement of such penal laws shall, as far as
applicable, be continued in full force and ef-
feet throughout the State of Florida, TO make
effective provisions Of Article KIN as amend
ed.
Sec 2. Whoever manufactures or causes to
be manufactured any SprituouS, vinous malt
or other alcoholic liquors on or after the
first day OF January, 1873 within the State of
Florida, shall be punished the same as if he
had sold such liquors in violation OF this Act,
and each day that any person shall be en-
gagged in the manufacture OF such alcoholic
liquors or cause another to be so engaged,
shall constitute separate ottense.
Sec. 8. The provisions of this Act shall not
prevent the manufacture and sale at wholesale
to licensed druggists only Of pure grain aco-
hol for medical, pharmaceutical, scientific and
mechanical purposes or wine Tor sacramental
purposes, or prevent the sale and keeping for
sale by licensed druggists OF 0ure grain
alcohol for medical, pharmaceutical, scientific
and mechanical purposes. or OF wine for sacra.
mental purposes by religious bodies, nor shall
the provisions of this Act prevent the sale by
licensed druggists, drug store and soda foun-
tains wholesale and retail groceries or general
stores of any preparation which is exempt by
the provisions OF the National Pure Food
Laws, and the sale OF which does not require
tax But no druggist shall sell any such grain
alcohol except for medicinal, pharmaceutical,
scientific mechanical purposes, or wine for
sacramento purposes, and the same shall not
be sold by such druggist for medicinal pur-
poses, except upon a written prescription Of
a regular licensed physician in actual practice,
and not OF incorporate habits or addicted to
the use OF any narcotic drug, prescribing the
amount of alcohol, the disease or malady for
which it is prescribed, and how it is to be
used, the name of the person for whom pre-
scribed. the number OF previous prescriptions
given by such physician to such person within
the next preceding year from the date OF the
and stating that the same is alb
solutely necessary for medicine, and not to be
used as a beverage, and that such physician,
at the time such prescription was given, made
a personal examination of such person, and
that such person is known to such physician
not to be addicted to the Of alcoholic
liquors or narcotic drugs and only one sale
IAN be made upon one such prescription, and
such prescription shall be kept on file at all
lines by such druggists and open TO the in
,pecton of all State, County and Municipal
officers. Such druggists shall register in a
book kept for that purpose all prescriptions
rom physicians mentioned in this Section,
Eating the name of the person for within pre-.
cribed the date of the prescription. the name
Quantity Of alcohol and the use for which
Prescribed and such record shall at all times
e open to the same inspection such pre-.
criptions.
1t shall be lawful for a druggist to sell
rain alcohol for pharmaceutical, scientific and
lechanical purposes or wine for sacramento
by religious bodies, only to any per-
on not minor and who is not of intemper.
te habits or addicted to the use of narcotic
rugs, who shall at the time and place of such
ale, make an affidavit in writing signed bv
imself before such druggist or a registered
harmacist at the time and place in the EN-.
10y OF such druggist, stating the quantity
nd the time and place and for What purpose
nd by whom such alcohol or wine is TO be
sed, that affiant is not of incorporate habits
r addicted to the of any narcotic drug
nd that such alcohol or wine is not TO be
sed as a beverage or for any purpose other
ian stated in such affidavit. Such affidavit
lall be fled and preserved by such druggist