The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-07
DRY LAW WHICH GOES INTO
 EFFECT THIS NEW YEARS DAY

Many people are unacQuainted with the exact provisions of the dry law which went into etfect at mld- nIsnt iast nAs,,s, s.nu uS n.. u....-- stand now the law works. For this reason an explanation of various parts OI II Is given DeIow followed by lew or tile niosL iiAipv. .aii. c..u.~..
 Tie ea.iy palt Of the law provides that no person, firm, company, cub Or any Ofganlzatlon or individual may sell, give away, or dispose of in iA! m.ilior any Intoxicating liquor or alcohol in the Territory of A,aa- ka, nor have it in their possession or transport it within the territory. Any person found guilty of this is guilty Of misdemeanor and may be punished by tine of $l,000 or i'm prlsonment for one year or both.
 For any pharmacist to obtain alco- hol for scientific purposes, he must procure permit from the district judge. aftre fling statement in writing under oath that he wants the alcohol for purely scientific, artistic or mechanical purposes, or for com pounding, preserving, or preparing medicines. The permit issued by the judge is a fixed form contained within the act. The permits are to be recorded. and will then be placed in a conspicuous place on the pack age which is to be imported. Ex- press companies and transportation companies must keep separate book in which they record the names of persons to whom alcohol is ship ped, the name of the shipper and the amount shipped. Wine for sac ramental purposes may be accepted for transportation by any express company or transportation company when a fixed form swearing that the wine is for sacramental pui. poses is affixed to the shipment in a conspicuous place.
 Anyone who wishes to purchas. alcUnol tor sclentlnc, artistic or me chanlcal purposes must nrst obtai.. permit of fixed form from th> judge.
 1t will be unlawful to permit the transportation or manufacture or dis posal or even keeping of intoxicat- ing liquor in any building, vehicle, car or boat. It will be unlawful to import, ship, deliver, receive or have anything to do with intoxicating liquor, except as provided in the act. The keeping or giving away of liquor to evade the dry law will be pun ished as a misdemeanor.
 If any one or more competent persons make charge that some one is selling or keeping intoxicating liquor, before the marshal, the lat ter shall issue warrant and search the premises where the liquor is supposed to be, and if any is found shall seize it and hold it for evidence.
 It is not necessary under the dry law to prove actual manufacture, sale or delivery of alcoholic liquors, but the evidence of keeping them on hand, taking orders for them or giv- ing them away, will be sufficient to convict. It shall not be neces- sary in warrant to state the spe- cific kind of liquor which is made the subject of a charge of a viola tion of the act. Any building, boat, etc., selling or otherwise disposing of any liquor. shall be deemed a public nuisance, and any person maintaining such place shall be guilty of violation of the provi- sions of the law. Any district at torney may begin an action in equity to abate and enjoin such nuisances.
 If any tenant of building is found guilty of violation of the provi- sions of the act. his lease will be cancelled. However. anyone who owns a building and knowingly permits a tenant to sell or manufacture liquor or in any other way violate the dry law, will be held guilty of complicity in the violation. All liq uors seized by the courts as evi dence may be destroyed after they have been used as evidence. If a pharmacist is convicted under this act. besides the punishments con tained in the act. his license may also be revoked.
 It shall be the duty of the gover- nor of Alaska, all marshals and depu- ties and all civic officers and gov ernment officers to enforce the pro- visions of this act.
 In addition to this federal act, the city council has passed an act of similar nature, forbidding the sale or manufacture, etc.. of liquor in the city, and making it punishable by one hundred dollars fine and i'm prisonment in the city jail. or both. A person may be arrested and found guilty under both the federal and city laws, and be punished under both. The chief provisions of the