The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-11-07
Intoxicants Are Defined as Ii
quor Containing One-half of l
Per Cent or More Alcohol
by Volume; 2.75 Per
Cent Booze Is Taboo
SPEAKEASIES DECLARED
COMMON NUISANCES
Persons Injured by Intoxicated Per-
sons Have Right of Action Against
Any Person Contributing to
Such Intoxication by Selling
or Securing Liquor

week, Immediately following the ac."
ton of Congress, in passing the bill
over the Presidents veto, contains
these important provisions:
The words beer, wine or other in
toxicating malt or vinous liquors."
contained in the war Prohibition act,
shall be hereafter construed to mean
such beverages which contain one
half of per cent or more of alcohol
by volume. The sale of us per cent
beer is illegal.
The Commissioned of Internal
Revenue and his assistants will in
vestigate violations of the war Prohi-
bition act and report to the local
United States attorney, who is direct
ed to prosecute offenders under the
Attorney Generals direction.
Places where Intoxicating liquors
are sold in violation of the war Pro-
hibtion act are declared a common
nuisance, with penalties on persons
maintaining such nuisances, fines andl
costs to be lien on the premises if
the owner has knowledge.
The district attorneys or other Of
fcers are designated to prosecute
e. oh ~
sance in any court of equity, United
States and state courts being given
concurrent jurisdiction.
Revenue officers and officers
charged with enforcing criminal laws
to have the same power for enforcing
the Prohibition act as for enforcing
any federal law concerning the manu-
facture or sale of Intoxicating liquors.
Under the constitutional Prohibi
ton section of the law, manufacture,
sale, transportation, importation, ex-
portation, possession, barter, furnish
ing, ETC., of Intoxicating liquors is
prohibited from the date when the
Eighteenth Amendment takes effect,
except as otherwise provided in the
bill.
Advertising of liquors by any means
or method is prohibited, except that
manufacturers and wholesale drug
gists may furnish price lists to per-
sons permitted to sell liquor.
1t is unlawful to solicit or receive
from another an order for liquor or to
give information as to how it may be
obtained or permit an employee to
give information.
| Persons injured by intoxicated per-
sons have the right of action against
any person contributing to such in
toxication by selling liquor or assist
ing in securing it.
Beer containing less than one-hali
OF per cent of alcohol is not included
in Intoxicating liquor, but the sale for
beverage purposes under the name of
beer is prohibited.
Stocks of prohibited beverages held
! for sale will be conhscated Stills
and other property used in the manu-
| facture of same will be destroyed.
No property rights exist in either
case.
You can not get a doctors liquor
prescription calling for more than one
pint, get it filled oftener than every
| 10 days, or accept it from any other
than a physician holding permit to
prescribe Intoxicating liquor.
| You can not store liquor in room
or rooms of hotels, lodging houses,
part of which is used for business pur-
poses.
You can not accept a consignment
of liquor or transport such in any
wagon, automobile, water or aircraft,
or other vehicle. q
You may distribute wine for sacra-
mental purposes.
Industrial plants may receive per-
mits to manufacture and sell alcohol
to be used exclusively for other than
beverage purposes.
Under the law no search warrant
shall be issued to search any private
dwelling occupied as such, unless it
is being used for unlawful sale of in
toxicating liquor, or unless it is used
in part for some business purpose.
such as store, shop, hotel, or boarding
house.
1t is lawful to store liquor in ones
private dwelling and to serve it to
bona hde guests if the liquor was pur-
chased legally before the dry law be-
came effective.
The term private dwelling" is con-
strued to include the room or rooms
used and occupied, not transientlyl but
solely as residence in an apartment
house, hotel or boarding house.
Punishment is provided by fines
ranging from $500 to $1,000, and i'm
prisonment sentences from 80 days to