Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-07-24
Prohibition Bill Passed By House.

The House of Representatives on
Tuesday passed the bill providing for
enforcement of the national prohibit
ton amendment The bill, which now
goes TO the Senate, is good and strong,
and its provisions are drastic enough
to suit the most ardent prohibitionists.
Ii is believed that it will effectually
kill the liquor business in this country
and that never again will the saloon be
reopened. The measure withstood all
the attacks of the liquor interests, who
sought to delay and emaSculate it by
every device possible, and was finally
passed by vote of nearly three to one.
There were 2S7 in favor of the bill and
exactly 100 against it-52 Democrats
and 4S Republicans.
The prohibition enforcement bill as
it passed provides as follows.
After January 20, 1920:
Every person, permitted under the
law to have liquor in his possession,
shall report the quantity and kind to
the Commissioner of Internal Reeve
nue.. This applies TO chemists,
physicians, ETC.,
After February |, 1920:
The possession of any liquor, other
than as authorized by the law, shall be
prima facie evidence that it is being
kept for sale or otherwise in violation
of the law.
II will not be required, however, to re-
port, and it will not be illegal to have
in ones possession liquor in private
dwelling while the same is occupied
and used by the possessor as his prl-
vate dwelling, and the liquor is used
for personal consumption by the owner,
his family or his guests.
The posseSsor of such liquors, how
ever, bears the burden of proof that the
LIQUOR was acquired and is possessed
lawfully.
intoxicating liquor is defined as a
beverage containing more than one
half per cent of alcohol.
ANY house, boat, vehicle, or other
place where liquor is manufactured or
sold, is declared nuisance.
No person shall manufacture, sell,
barter, give away, transport, import,
export, deliver, furnish or receive any
intoxicating liquors.
Liquor for nonbeverage purposes
and wine for sacramento use may be
sold under specified regulations.
Denatured alcohol, medicinal pre-
parations (including patent medicines)
unfit for beverage purposes, toilet ar
tcleS, havoring extracts and vinegar
are exempt.
Registered physicians are auth
orized to issue prescriptions under
strict regulations for the use OF liquor
in cases where il may be considered
necessary as a medicine.
Liquor advertisements OF all kinds
are prohibited.
Sale, manufacture or distribution Of
compounds intended for use in the
unlawful manufacture of liquor is pro-
hibited, together with sale or publica-
ton of recipes for home manufacture.
Use of liquor as beverage on any
public conveyance, train, boat or jit-
ney bus is prohibited.
Broad powers are given under the
search and seizure section to officers
charged with enforcement Of the law.
They may enter a dwelling house in
which liquor is sold and seize it, to-
gether with implements of manu-
facture.
Seizure of all craft or vehicles used
in the transportation of liquor is au-
thorized.
Enforcement of the wartime act and
the constitutional amendment is pro-
vided for in the measure and in practi-
cally the same manner.
For first offense violators the maxi
mum fine is $1,000 or six months i'm
prisonment and for subsequent Of
lenses fines range from $500 to $1,000,
or one month to five years imprison-
ment.
Enforcement of both the wartime
act and the amendment is reported in
the internal revenue bureau and the
Department of Justice.