The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-30
ORDINANCE 10. -.

ton thereof.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and council
men of the City of Hays, Kansas
Section L That 1t shall be unlawful for
any person TO keep or have in his possession
for personal use or otherwise. any intoxicat-
ing liquors, or permit another to have or
keep or use Intoxicating liquors any
premises owned or controlled by him, or TO
give away or furnish Intoxicating liquors to
another, except registered druggists,
pharmacists hereinafter provided Any
person violating the provisions of this sec
ton snail be deemed guilty Of a misdemea-
nor ana on conylctlon thereof shall be fined
not less than SIO0, nor more than $500,
and imprisonment IN the city jail not less
than thirty days nor more than six months.
Section ? 1t shall be unlawful for any
common carrier, firm corporation any
other person for hire or without hire TO
bring or carry into the City of Hays, or
carry from one place to another within the
City OF Hays, Intoxicating liquors for anOth-
er for himself. even when intended for
personal use; and 1t shall be unlawful for
any common carrier. its agent employees
to deliver any Intoxicating liquors that may
be IN its possession to any person for any
any OF the provisions of this ordinance
shall, conviction be guilty of INSIDE
meanOr and punished by a fine OF not less
than 500 nor more than $500 and by I'M
prisonment IN the county Jail not less than
thirty days, nor more than six months, and
if a corporation by fine of not less than
S1O0, nor more than $500
Section > It shall be unlawful for any
person in the City of Hays, 10 receive di-
rectly or indirectly, Intoxicating liquor from
u common carrier or other carrier or per-
son. and shall be unlawful for any
person in the City of Hays to possess in
tOxicating liquor received directly in
directly from a common carrier other carrier
person
This section shall apply to such liquor in
tended for personal use as well as otherwise
and to interstate as well as interstate car
riage- Any person violating any of the
provisions OF this section shall be deemed
guilty OF q misdeneanOr and IN conviction
he
than 5000. and be imprisoned the city
jail not less than thirty days and not more
than six months
Section l. Nothing in the ordinance
shall be construed to prevent and regular
lily ordained minister regular priest of
any church IN the city OF Hays from receiv-
ing possessing wine for communion pur-
poses or to prohibit any common carrier
from receiving such wine for shipment and
delivery TO such regularly ordained minister
priest Tor communion purposes, re-
ceipJ OF the same shall file with the COM
mon carrier delivering such wine state
menI setting out the IactS that the recelV-
OF such a regularly ordained
clergyman priest, the church over which
he pastor priest, and that said VINE
receIed for communion purposes to be
used in the church over which ne pastor
priest, and said statement shall be, by
SAID common carrier, filed with the county
clerk OF Ellis County, within ten days after
being made by the person receiving the
wine \ common carrier delivering such
VINE without taxing such statement and any
person making q false statement, shall
conviction be adjudged guilty of q INSIDE
meanOr and be punished by fine of not less
than $500 nor more than $500 and by I'M
prisOnmenU the city jail not less than
thirty days nor more than six months.
Section s. Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as prohibiting any per-
son, cOpartnership corporation engaged IN
the wholesale drug business L the City of
Hays, and having a stock exclusive OF al
cOhol, OF not less than $4,000 from sell
ing alcohol for medical, mechanical and
scientific purposes to hospitals, school and
manufacturers provided 8,
and to pharmacists VINO are actually and IN
good faith engaged in the retail drug busI-
ness and nothing herein provided shall pre-
vent any such person, copartnershIp cor
pOration engaged in the wholesale drug busI-
ness from receiving alcohol in quantities
for the purpose OF selling the same to reg
ed; and nothing herein contained shall be
Onstrued prohibiting a common carrier
from delivering to such person, corporation,
or copdrtnershlp engaged IN the wholesale
drug business such regis tered pharma-
clsts who actually and good faith
gagged the retail drug business, the al
cohol sold provided for; provided, that
before any such alcohol shall be delivered
to any such registered pharmacists, such
registered pharmacists must make and file
with the common carrier statment set
ting out that he Is regis tered pharmacist,
and that he is receiving the alcohol TOR the
purposes herIn mentioned and other,
which statement shall be filed with the coUn-
ty clerk of Ellis County within ten days
from the date of its filing with the common
mon carrier who shall make delivery to any
registered pharmacists without the state
ment above required or who shall make de-
liVery to any registered pharmacist OF any
alcohol except as herin provided, or any
pharmacist who shall receive any alcohol
as herein provided, or who shall make any
and any person, copartnershIp corpora
ton engaged in the wholesale drug business
as herein provided who shall receive or sell
any alcohol except as herein provided shall
on conviction be adjudged of misdemeanor
and be punished by fine of not less than
500 and not more than $500 and by i'm
prisonment in the city jail not less than
thirty days more than six months; pro-
vided. further, that any regis tered pharIna-
cist who shall violate any of the provisions
OF this ordinance shall forfeit his certificate
of registration a registered pharmacist
and II snail be made the duty of the State
Board OF Pharmacists, whenever complaint
IS made that any registered pharmacist
has violated any of the provisions of this
ordinance to forthwith investigate such
complaint and If 1t finds such complaint to
be true, such Board shall Immediately re-
woke the said certificate of Regis ration of
such registered pharmacists
Section 6. Nothing in this ordinance shall
be construed prohibiting any regular es-
tablished hospital i'm the City of Hays, that
IS engaged IN caring for the sick or in
Jured, or any school providing a medical
scientific, mechanical course, or any per-
son, company or corporation regularly en-
gagged IN manufacturing, from duly receiv-
ing and possessing such amounts of alcO-
hol as are necessary for their respective
anu ScAeAIluC purposes only ana nothing
herein contained shall be construed as pro-
hibiting common carrier from delivering
to the above mentioned hospitals, shoots,
or manufacturers, their authorized agents,
the alcohol herein provided for, provided.
that before any such alcohol shall be deIiy-
cred to any such hospitals, schools manu-
facturer authorized agents, shall make
and hle with the common carrier OF the in
stitutiOn and the fact that the alcohol so
received Is for the purpose herein mentioned
and no other; which statement must be filed
with the county clerk of Ellis County within
tenS days from its fling with the common
carrier
A cOmon carrier delivering such alcohol
without taking such statement and any per-
son making false statement, shall on con-
victiCn, be adjudged guilty of a misdemanor
and be punished by fine of not less than
500 nor more than $500 and imprisonment
IN the city jail of not less than thirty DAYS
and not more than six months: provided far
Their any person, company corporation
permitted to receive alcohol for medical pur-
poses, mechanical or scientific purposes as
hereinbefore set forth, that shall sell give
away permit to be sold given away or
carried away alcohol secured for purposes
herein mentioned shall be guilty of q mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not less 500 nor more
than $500 and such persons, company or
corporation so convicted, shall in addition
to punishment above prescribed, forfeit the
right from the date of such conviction to
purchase, secure or have hand any al
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