Evening star., 1917-01-07
SAY SHEPPARD BILL
WILL PASS SENATE
Friends and Opponents of Pro-
hibition Measure Foresee
Affirmative Vote.
TO MAKE THE DISTRICT DRY

The Senate will vote on the Shep-
pard District prohibition bill and all
amendments thereto Tuesday. accord
ing to unanimous consent agreement
BY that agreement the bill is to be
taken up at l o'clock and kept before
the Senate until finally voted upon that
day. After o'clock the senators will
be limited to brief speeches-not ex-
ceeding five minutes on the BILL nor
exceeding three minutes on any amend
| ment.
1t is confidently predicted by its sup
porters and admitted by it's opponents
that the bill will pass the Senate the
real question at issue. and over which
there is still considerable doubt, is
whether the Underwood amendment
providing for referendum OF the pro-
| hibition bill to the people of the DIS
trict will prevail. BY tie vote this
| amendment was defeated in commit
tee Of the whole during the considera-
tion of the bill before the Christmas
| holidays. 1t is expected the vote on
the amendment will be very close. Tne
| Vice President is not expected to De
back in the Senate by Tuesday to cast
tie.
Few Amendments Pending.
The Sheppard bill was perfected in
| the Senate before the holidays. and
with the exception of the Underwood
amendment and an amendment offered
by Senator Reed of Missouri. which
would prevent the expectation OF
| grain alcohol from the District Tor
any purposes whatever, and an amend
ment offered by Senator Lee OF Mary
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ments of Importance pending. OF
course, senators still have the right
to offer further amendments when the
| bill is again taken up Tuesday.
| Senate is an anti-saloon bill rather
| than a prohibition measure. 1t per-
| mits the importation of liquors. wines
| and beer into the District for the per
/ It fixes no limit to the quantity that
| NAV be so imported. but makes it ille-
\ gal to import alcoholic beverages and
use them to defeat the purposes OF the
law. The provisions OF the law are as
Absolute prohibition of the manufac-
ture for sale or gift, Importation for
sale or gift, the sale. the expectation
liquors for beverage purposes or for
| any other than scientific. medicinal,
| pharmaceutical, mechanical, sacrament
al or other non-beverage purposes.
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whisky. brandy. rum. gin. wine, ale,
porter. beer, cordials, hard or ferment-
ed cider, alcoholic bitters. ethyl alcohol,
all malt liquors and all other alcoholic
| liquors.
| Penalties Imposed.
| Any person, company, association.
| club or corporation, his, it's or their
| agents or officers who shall directly or
indirectly violate these provisions shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
| and upon conviction shall be fined not
j less than $500 nor more than $1,000,
and shall be imprisoned in the District
| iail or workhouse for a period of not
less than thirty days nor more than
| one year for each offense.
Druggists are permitted to sell alco-
holic liquors for medicinal purposes on
prescriptions of physicians under regu-
lations provided in the bill. They may
ing malt extracts or alcohol. provided
they are unfit for beverage purposes.
| without a prescription of physician.
No prescription shall be filled more than
| once. The druggists selling alcoholic
liquors for medicinal purposes are re-,
quired to keep an accurate record of
sales. open to public inspection.
The manufacture of ethyl alcohol or
| of alcoholic liquors for sacramental
| purposes shall be restricted to manu-
| facturers and druggists licensed re-
| spectively to make and sell alcohol and
alcoholic liquors for scientific. mechani-
| cal, pharmaceutical, medicinal or sac
ramenta1 purposes.
! When any minister, pastor or priest
Of religious congregation or church
desires wine for sacramental purposes
he may apply to the District Commits
sioners for a permit stating the amount
| desired. for what period and for what
satisfied Of the good faith of the ap-
plication, shall grant a written permit,
allowing the shipment to him or the
purchase by him. The amount of wine
permitted to be shipped or purchased
| under one permit shall not exceed five
gallons. A permit may be used only
once.
Transportation Records to Be Kept.
All transportation companies of any
kind which shall ship intoxicating
liquors into the District are required to
keep a record In which shall be entered
the name of the person to whom
shipped and the kind and amount of
liquor, together with an afidavit of
the person receiving the intoxicating
liquors This record shall be open to
public inspection. Any employe or
agent of a transportation company
charged with the duty of keeping such
a record who shall fail to keep the rec
ord shall be guilty. OF misdemeanor.
Any transportation company which
fails to require its employees to keep
such a record shall be fined not less
than $25 nor more than si0o for every
day or portion thereof during which
| such failure shall continue.
| Any druggist who shall sell or dis
| pense any alcoholic liquors except In
accordance with the provisions of the
law shall be guilty of a m;sdemeanor
and fined not less than 5000 nor more
THAI $1,000. and imprisoned for not
less than thirty days nor more than a
year Upon a second conviction drug
gist shall have his license to practice
pharmacy in the District revoked.
| Any physician who shall prescribe
any alcoholic liquor except for treat
mcnt of disease shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, fined not less than
500 nor more than $500. or In default
Of payment shall be imprisoned for
not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days. Conviction of a second
offense will cause his license as a ply