The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-22
PART BONEDRY
LAWINEFFECT
SEVERAL SECTIONS OF LAW
WE'RE PASSED WITH EMER.
GENcY CLAUSE
pEuM ~ [nR VIM ATI0u K VERY cEvFRE
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION IS VERY SEVERE
Second offense Means Term In State
Penitentiary and Heavy
Fine

Interesting information has just been
given out at the state Anti-Saloon
League headquarters at Mitchell to the
effect that the new prohibition law
which passed with the emergency
clause. and which is not generally be-
lieved to become operative until July
/, next, contains several sections which
are in effect now The sections clos
ing saloons, prohibiting the manufac.
ture, sale, soliciting, advertising, trans
portation, receipt and possession of
liquors is not to take effect until
July /.
1t is pointed out, however, that Sec
ton IA of the new law which is com
monty called the club section, is in
effect now and provides that Every
person who shall directly or indirectly
keep or maintain by himself or by
associating or combining with others
or who shall in manner aid, assist or
abet in keeping or maintaining any
club room or other place in which in
toxicating liquor is received or kept for
the purpose of use, gift, barter or sale
as a beverage or for distribution or d.
vision among the members of any club
or association by any means whatever,
and every person who shall use, barter,
sell or give away or assist or abet an
other in using, bartering, selling or
giving away any Intoxicating liquors
SO received or kept, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor for the first
offense and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $3.50 nor more than $1,000. or by
imprisonment in the county Jail for
not less than 80 days nor more than six
months or by both such fine and i'm
%prisonment, and for the C and
every subsequent offense such person
shall be deemed guilty of a felony and
shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary for a period OF
not less than six months o more
than two years, and in addition thereto
the court may impose a fine of not
more thar $4,000. In addition to the
penalties herein provided, such place
or places may be proceeded against as
for a nuisance as herein provided. In
any proceeding under this section no
member If any such club, combina-
ton or association shall be excused
from testifying on the ground that his
testimony might tend to incriminate
himself, but in such case such witness
shall not be prosecuted for any offense
disclosed by any testimony he may
give"
The same provision, which appears
in the Kansas law, was passed upon by
the Kansas supreme court only a short
time ago and it was held that under
this law it is unlawful for members of
clubs to have or possess liquor in their
private lockers and tosuse such liquor
for their W private consumption.
Section 76, in effect now makes a
provision that whenever any person
shall be arrested for intoxication he
shall be questioned by the justice OF
the peace or municipal judge and re-
auired to state under oath as to where,
when and how he secured the liquor
causing his intoxication. Any person
refusing or failing to furnish such in
formation is subject to a fine of not
less than $50 nor more than 500, or
Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than ten nor more than 80 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment.