The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER 72S5-(No. 2O.

AN ACT to Amend Section of An Act G
the Legislature of the State of Florida
Approved May l, 1917, entitled, IAN AC'
Prohibiting the Receipt of lntoxicatin
Liquors Wines, or Beer from Common o
Other Carrier, Prohibiting the Possession
of Such Liquors Hereafter Received from
a Common or Other Carrier, and Prohibit
ing the Shipment and Personal Transpor
tation of Such Liquors into Counties o
Election Precincts in This State Whicl
Have or May Hereafter Vote Against tn
Sale of Such Liquors, Wines or Beers from
outside this State or Between Points II
This State: With Certain Exceptions
Whether Intended for Personal Use o.
Otherwise and Authorizing the Seizure ant
Destruction of Such Liquors, Wines O
Beer Providing for Fees for Officers il
Such Cases. and Making Certificate 0
Clerk of Circuit Court Best Evidence o
Certain Facts in Certain Cases"
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature Of thu
State of Florida:
the Legislature of Florida, approved May l
1917, entitled IAN ACT prohibiting the Re
ceipt Of Intoxicating Liquors. Wines or Beef
From a Common or other Carrier, Prohibit
ing the Possession of Such Liquors Hereafter
Received from a Common or Other Carrier
and Prohibiting the Shipment and Persona
Transportation of Such Liquors into Counties
or Election Precincts in This State Which
Have or May Hereafter Vote Against the
Sale Of sue Such Liquors Wines Or Beer from
State; With Certain Exceptions; Whether
Intended for Personal Use or Otherwise; and
Authorizing the Seizure and Destruction OF
Such Liquors. Wines or Beer; Providing for
Fees for officers in Such Cases, and Making
Certificate of Clerk of Circuit Court Best
Evidence of Certain Facts in Certain Cases.
be and the same is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
Sec. s. That nothing in this Act shall
make 1t unlawful:
% For druggists to receive and possess
alcohol and other intoxicating liquors and
such preparations as may be sold by drug
gists for the special purpose and in the man
Or hereafter DrOVtded
the manufacturers of medicines that con-
form to the provisions of the Pure Food and
Drug Act of this State and the United States
or for bona fide hospitals or for manufactur-
ers of perfumery and toilet articles to re-
ceive and possess alcohol, for the use Of
bona fde patients of such hospital, or in
the manufacturing of such medicines or ia
voring extracts, or perfumery and toilet
ticles. or for any common or other carrier
to ship or transport such liquor or alcohol
for said purposes to such druggists or hos
pitfalls, manufa Cturers of medicines or
of flavoring extracts, or of perfumery of
toilet articles in the counties Of this State
which have or may hereafter vote against
the sale of intoxicating liquors, wines
beer: provided that such consignee ad-
drcssee or his or its duly authorized agent
shall at the time of delivery to him of said
alcohol or liquors make an affidavit and de-
liver to such common or other carrier that
such alcohol or liquors is ordered for and
will he used for the purposes specified herein
and he shall in said affidavit name the pur-
pose of those specified herein for which same
other purpose.
C2l For any person for the use OF himself
for the use of his own family residing with
him. to personally transport to his own
home, or TO possess or to receive from any
common or other carrier. shipped from with
lut the counties election precincts which
have or may hereafter vote against the sale
II Intoxicating liquors, wines or beer, not
exceeding one quart of intoxicating liquor
n wine and not exceeding six quarts of beer
IT malt where said beer or malt does not
contain more than five per centum OF alco-
lol during any period of thirty consecutive
lays, or for any common or other carrier to
hip or transport TO any peson In any county
VI election precinct in this State which has
II may hereafter vote against the sale of
liquors. wines or beer for the
PERSONAL use OF such person. or for the use
Z the members OF his family residing with
I'm, not exceeding one quart Of Intoxicating
Z beer or malt where said beer or malt does
OF contain more than five per centum OF all
ohol during any period Of thirty consecutive
avs,
C5) For any priest or minister Of any re-
gious denominat ion or sect 10 receive and
ossess wines for sacramental purposes, or
1r any common carrier. or other carrier, to
riest or minister Of any religious denomina-
on or sect
~ For any person, firm or corporation
receive and possess alcohol to be used in
1enical laboratories for scientific purposes.
: for any common carrier or other carrier
ship, transport and deliver for said pur-
oses to any person, firm or corporation.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take erect upon Its
'ssage and approval by the Governor or
BON It's becoming a law without his APP
-ovsl
Approved May 81. 1911