Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-06
SENATOR MAPP REv|sES
PROHIBITION STATUTE
Amended Bill Follows Recommen-
dations OF Prohibition Conn
missioner Peters.
ALL DRUG STORES ON EQUALITY
Patron Provides How Ono May Pro-
euro Liquor for Medicinal Pur-
poses - Tightens Up Regulations,
Eliminating Onc.Quart Clause.

Senator Mapp's prohibition law. which
has been introduced In the Senate with
numerous amendments and which is To
be re-anacted as new law, Virtually
puts Into effect the recommendations
contained in tho annual report % Pro
hibltion Commissioner Peters. II asks
for an appropriation of 100000. II
strikes out the exempted counties and
elites from the regulation allowing
tho sale OF ardent spirits In dug stores,
putting them on the same footing with
reference to their sale for medicinal
purposes.
IT make the State law conform to the
Reed Federal act with reference to the
quart provision and the provision re-
ferring to newspapers. by which State
papers and extra State papers circu-
lating In Virginia arc put on parity,
The result being that no paper can be
circulated in the State contaiaing
liquor advertisements. Unregistered
stills arc made contraband.
The commissioner Is given control OF
the sale Of n'ilts containing malt end
alcohol. He IL given the cooperation
OF the State comm ission OF fisheries, tho
commanders Of ali oyster boats baing
constituted special policemen for the
enforcement OF the prohibition laws.
The amount of whisky one may procure
In the manner proposed Is not limited
to quart, any amount In proper cir
cumstanccs being allowed for medicinal
uses; while search warrants Issued by
one mag istratc are asked TO be made
returnable to any magistrate in the
state wherever the offender may be
found.
pUTs DRUG STORES
ON EQUAL FOOTING
Senator Mapp is inclined to follow the
broad equities in a matter of the sort
involved. and as n result has amended
the prohibition law in the proposed bin
TO allow all drug stores TO sell for
medicinal purposes on affidavit from u
physician, and goes farther In removing
the quart limit. But in the Gaze of
transfers Of ardent spirits the person
must first procure an affidavit from a
physician, then apply TO the Commits
sioner OF Prohibition for permit to
order In compliance herewith. This
permit lis issued in tr!plicate. ono copy
being required to be attached 20 the
shipment rs the conclusive right OF the
railway or express company TO carry
the goods to the consignee.
Although tho new act ~ lenient In
allowing ardent spirits to bc obtained
Tor medicinal usea, It's teeth are sharp
ened to catci; malicious cvadcrs a re-
ward OF $50 is offered for the capture of
any unregistered stln, One may retain
MS sim as q property value IL he Will
have II properly registered. Unregister-
Cd stlla arc declared contraband and
arc subject TO seizure and con!iscation
This is an entirely new section. The
bill extends the offcnsc Of drinking in
pubic place TO offering another per-
son drink in = public place. /, adds
|? the section Furnishing unlawful
transportation of ardent spirits after
the word transport" the words .or
cause 10 transport" 10 catch those who
would saddle their crime on the
shoulders Of another. The penalties re-
inain substantially the same as in the
original act.
ALL LIQUOR TO nE PLACED
IN HANDS OF COMMISSIONER
The new act provides that after ten
days undcllvcrcd packages OF l!duor
small be reported to the commissioner
who may have them forwarded to him
II Of sufficient quantity. otherwise
poured out In reference to evidence
tho State can by the new act under
guarantee OF immunity. compel one 10
testify against another, though II in
c[iminate the witness. \ license tax
OF $500 Is assessed against every nom
resident wholesaler OF soft drinks who
shall maintain warehouse In this
State.
The hill provides for placing conhs-
Gated liquor in the hands Of the Com.
missioner OF Prohibition. TO he supplied
TO hospitals. clcemosynary institutions
otherwise. The original act provid-
Cd for the destruction OF all confscated
liquor This provision has been gen
orally Ignored, with the result that
many Police Courts have enormous
quantities OF whisky, which the new
act proposes 10 save for beneficial uses
NEWSPAPERS FROM OUr OF STATE:
CANNOT CARRY LIQUOR ADS
The original act made Il unlawful for
Virginia papers to carry advertise
ments of whisky houses or whiskys
hut did not apply 10 papers published
IN other cities adjacent and widely cir
culated In this state. Now, TO comply
with the Reed act and TO remove the
injustice done State papers. the re-
s:rict!on applies TO all papers circu-
lated in Virginia. This trend towards
euualizing and gencralizing the opera
lions OF the law IL further carried out
in the removal OF exempted districts
from the provision relating TO drug
store sales of ardent spirits. And at
tho same time the machinery for ac-
curing whisky for medicinal uses Is
made more liberal and equitable.
The amendment referring to tho
search warrants Is the result of many
offenders coming through the State on
trains and In automobiles, which makes
1t almost impossible TO procure the
warrant after the offender is located
and then arrest him in tho jurisdiction
of the warrant; while the attempt TO
smusglc goods in by means of boats In
the tldewater section appears to re-
uuirc the co-oDeration Of the Commits
,to re TISh