The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-07

toxicating liquor," or intoxicating liquors" Is used in this act 1t shall be deemed to include whisky. brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter. beer, cordials, hard or fermented cider, al coholic bitters, ethyl alcohol, and all malt liquors. including all alcoholic compounds classed by the United States internal revenue bureau as compound liquors": Provided, That this act shall not apply to methyl or wood alcohol.
 That any person or persons, or any house. company, association. club or corporation, his, its or their agents officers. clerks or servants, who shall, directly or indirectly. violate the pro visions of this section shall be deem cd guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,O00 or shall be i'm prisoned for a period of not more than one year, or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
 Sec. 2. That before a pharmacist shall be authorized to transport pure alcohol for scientific, artistic. or me- chanical purposes or for compound ing or preparing medicines, as pro- vided by this act, he shall procure a permit for that purpose from the judge of the district court in the division where the applicant resides.
 Sec. 13. That it shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, or occupying or in possession or con trol of any premises, building, ve- hicle, car or boat to knowingly per init thereon or therein the manufac- ture, transportation. disposal or the keeping of intoxicating liquor with intent to manufacture. transport, or dispose of the same in violation of the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 14. That 1t shall be unlawful for any person to import, ship. sell, transport, deliver, receive or have in his possession any intoxicating liq- uors, except as in this act provided.
 Sec. 15. That any person who shall in or upon any passenger coach, street car, boat. or in or upon any other vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform, or waiting room drink any intoxicating liquor of any kind, or any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated in any public or private road or street, or in any passenger coach. street car, or any public place or building, or at any public gathering, or any per son who shall be drunk or intoxi- cated and shall disturb the peace of any person, shall be guilty of mis- demeanor.
 The keeping or giving away of al. coholic liquors, or any schemes or devices whatever, to evade the pro- visions of this act shall be deemed unlawful within the provisions of this act.
 Sec. IS. That it shall not be nee essary, in order to convict any per son, company. house, association, co partnership, club or corporation, his. it's or their agents, officers. clerks or servants of manufacturing, i'm porting, or selling alcoholic liquors, to prove the actual manufacture, i'm porting, sale, delivery of. or payment for any alcoholic liquors, but the evi- dence of having or keeping them in hand, stored or deposited, taking orders for, or offering to sell or bar ter, or exchanging them for goods or merchandise, or giving them away shall be sufficient to convict; nor shall 1t be necessary in a warrant, information, or indictment to speci- fly the particular kind of alcoholic liquor which is made the subject of la charge of violation of this act.
 Sec. 27. That 1t shall be the duty |of the governor of Alaska, the Unit ed States marshals and their depu- ties. mayors. and members of town councils, town marshals, and police officers of all incorporated towns in Alaska, all federal game wardens, agents of the bureau of fisheries and forestry service, customs collect DTS and their deputies, employees of the bureau of education, prosecuting attorneys and their deputies, and all other federal and territorial execu- tive officers to enforce the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 28. That prosecutions for vio- lations of the provisions of this act shall be on information filed by any such officer before any justice of the peace or district judge. or upon indictment by any grand jury of the Territory of Alaska, and said United States district attorney or his deputy shall file such informa- tion upon the presentation to him or his assistants of sworn informa- tion that the law has been violated; i; and in such prosecutions anyone mak- ing a false oath to any material fact