The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-22
FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS IN ACCORD ON PROPERTY SEIZURE
 IN LIQUOR CASES
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ted States of the tax on the spirits dis titled by him, or of any part thereof, shall, for every such offense, be fined not less than 5000 nor more than $5000 and imprisoned not less than six month nor more than two years. And all dis titled spirits or wines, and all stills or other apparatus fit or intended to be used for the distillation or rectification of spirits, or for the compromising ot liquors, owned by such person, wherever found, and all distilled spirits, or wines and personal property found in the distil- lery or in any building, room, yard. or inclosure connected herewith, and used or constituting a part of the premises, and all the rights, title and interest Of such person in the lot or tract of land on which such distillery is situated and all right, title and interest therein Of every person, who, knowingly has sur- fered or permitted the business of dis tiller to be carried on, or has connved at the same; and all personal property owned by or in possession of any per son who has permitted or suffered any building, yard or inclosure, or any part thereof, to be used for such purposes Of ingress or egress to or from such dis tillery, which shall be found in any such building, yard or inclosure, and all the right title and interest of every person in any premises used for ingress or egress to or from such distillery, who has know ingly suffered or permitted such premises to be used for such ingress or egress. shall be forfeited to the United State Act of July 20, 1868, chapter 1S6, 15 stauto laws 142; act of June 6, 1872, chapter 3lS, r statute laws 240 These provisions were re-enacted with slight changes in act of February 8, 1875, chapter 36 sec tion 16. valume 3, page 1oS3.
 UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
 The provision of this section relating to the forfeiture of land ths supreme court of the United States has held to be constitutional, the court. in United States vs. Stowell (1Ss0) 133 U. s. l. 10 Sup. Ct. PA; 34 U. S. tL. Ed.) 555 hold ing that the words "connected thero- with" aptly designate real estate and machinery and grammatically relates to and qualify any building, room. yard or enclosure" and not "all distiil- ed spirits or wine and personal prop srty."
 The provision the court held in this case, is not limited to personal prop erty owned by the illicit distiller, nor
 s it restricted to the property fit or intended to be used for the distillation If spirits.
 Section 12 of the act recently passed 5y the Alabama legislature reads:
 That all appliances which have been used or are used or ready to be used ,or the purpose of distilling or manu- featuring any prohibited liquors or beverages, are hereby declared to be .ontraband and no person, firm or cor ooration or association of persons shall nave any property rights in or to tho ,ame, and when said appliances or ap- ,aratus so used and ready to be used 1T that have been used for the mana- 'acture of any prohibited liquors or beverages, he found by any sheriff or ,ther officer of the state or of any county in the effort to enforce the prohibition laws of the state. the same
 hall be by said officer at once sum narily destroyed and rendered useless for service. And the officer shall also summarily destroy any liquor or liquids the product of distillery or plant for