The border vidette., 1919-11-22

On November If, at Hermo- sillo, the Congress of Sonora, decreed the following:
 Law which prohibits and pun ishes manufacture, elaboration, traffic and sale of intoxicating beverages within the state, and grants authority to the Execu- tive of the State to regulate, pro- visionally, traffic and sale of alcohol for medicinal uses, scien- tific and industrial purposes.
 Article 1. There are prohibit ed in the State of Sonora, man. ufacture, elaboration, tra fife and sale of intoxicating beverages; and all beverages will be con- sidered and held to be intoxicat- ing when containing in prOpor- tion to the whole moro than 6 per cent of alcohol, except table wines made from grapes, cider and champagne.
 Article 2. Manufacture and elaboration of alcohol and traffic and sale of said product are also prohibited, except by permit from duly constituted authority, which permit will be given only for medicinal uses, scientific and industrial purposes, subject to the respective law of regula- tiOnS.
 Article 8. Any party or part ies guilty of infractions of any of the preceding provisions con tained herein, and comprehended in any of the three sections of Article 39 of the Penal Code, will be punished by imprison- ment of three months to one year, and a fine of from $2OO to $2OOO; or in failure to pay such fine, an additional term of i'm prisonment of from ten days to three months.
 Article f. Municipal Presi- dents, Councilmen, Police Comis- saries. Inspectors of Police, and functioparies of the State and Municipal Governments, that by their offices are charged with the duty of preventing or pun ishing offenses defined in the preceding artices of this law, shall charge themselves directly and indirectly with the duty of apprehension of violators of this law, and they are not to hinder apprehension of known violat- ors of the law, or favor them with immunity. In cases of con- viction the courts will impose the penalties established by Article 3 of this law.
 Article 5. FunctionarieS and employees of all municipalities charged with the duty of pre- venting and punishing offences defined herein who fail to com ply with these requirements will be taken and considered accom- plices of the offenders.
 Article 6. Accomplices of the crimes defiued will be punished in accordance with Article 159 of the Penal Code, and to those who conceal such offences there will apply the penalties estab- lished by Articles 16O, 161. 162 of the same Penal Code.
 Article 2. Attractions by in- tent or design will be punished in the form and under the terms provided in Chapter III, Fifth Title, Book 1 of aforesaid Penal Code.
 Article 8. Besides the penal ties established in the preceding Articles all functionaries or em- ployes of the State or Municipal Governments who are convicted as accomplices of violators of the law, shall be discharged from their respective employments.
 Article 9. Authorities or en- ployes who seize alcohol or in toxicating beverages under pro- visions of this law shall seal carefully, in the presence of the person owning or claiming the same, ali bottles, containers or boxes containing such beverages or alcohol; and the investigation ended they shall proceed in ac- cordance with Article 67 of the Penal Code. Destruction of such intoxicating beverages or alec hol shall be effected publically and in the presence of an in spector appointed by the Execu- tive of the State.
 Article 10. Article 2 of De- cree No. 6, of October 18th, past, is amended in conformity with Article l of this law.
 Article II. Popular action is granted tO denOunce iufractiOns