The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-26
HOUSE PASSES
DRY MEASURE
Adopts Enforcement Act 287 to
100; Bill May Be We
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ONE half PER CENT IS LIMIT
Possession of Liquor In Private Dwell.
ings Held LaWful--Broad Powers
Given Under Search and
q Seizure Section OF Bill.

ton enforcement bill, described by op-
ponents Of the measure as drastic
enough to invite veto by President
Wilson. was finally passed by the
house.
The bill was passed after motion
| by Representative Igoe to recommit It
| was defeated by q vote of 255 to 1875.
The vote on the passage Of the bill
| was 2ST to 100, with three members
| voting present
OF the 100 members voting against
the bill 81 were Democrats and 48 Re-
publicans, as follows:
| Democrats-Babka, Bee, Blackmon,
J Buchanan, Carew, Casey, Cleary,
/ Coady, Cullen Dent, Dewalt, Donovan,
Dooling, Dupre, Eagan, Fitzgerald,
! Gallagher Gallivan, Ganly, Gard, Gold
fogle, Griffin, Humphreys, Igoe,
Johnston, Lazero, Lea, Linthicum,
Lonergan, McAndrews, McGlennon,
McKiniry, McLane, Maher, Martin,
Mead, Minahan, Mooney, O'Connell,
| O'Connor, Pell, Phelan, Pou, John W.
Rainey Qn), Riordan, Rowan, SABBATH,
Sherwood, Small, Smith IN. W, Steele
and Sullivan. Total 81.
Republicans Bachrach, Britten,
Burdick, Burke, Curry, Dyer, Edmonds,
Freeman, Garland, Glynn, Haskell,
Hull, Hustled, Jefferis, JUL, Kahn,
Kennedy, Kleczka, La Guardla, Lam
| pert, Lehlbach, Longworth, Macarthur,
MacCrate, Madden, Mann, Merritt,
! Moore, NORM, Mudd, Newton, Nolan,
| Ogden, Porter, Radcliffe, Ramsey. Re-
Der. Rodenberg, Sanford, siegel, Sny-
der sStenhenas Tux Xares Yolghs
Walsh. ward md watson Total AZ.
| What the Bill Provides.
The enforcement bill, as 1t passed
the house. provides:
After January 16. 1920:
Every person permitted under the
law to have liquor In his possession
shall report the quantity and kind to
the commissioners of internal revenue.
(This applies to chemists, physicians,
etc.,
After February 1, 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 VI
olation of the law.
1t will not be required, however, to
report, and 1t will not be Illegal to
have In ones possession liquor in a
private dwelling while the same is oc-
cupied and used by the possessor as
his private dwelling, and the liquor
Is used for personal consumption by
the owner, his family or his guests.
| The possessor of such liquor, how
ever, bears the burden Of proof that
the liquor was acquired and is pos
sessed 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.
No Drinking on Trains.
| Use of liquor as a beverage on any
public conveyance, train, boat or jlt
ney bus is prohibited.
Broad powers are given under the
search and seizure section to officers
changed with enforcement Of the law.
They may enter a dwelling house In
which liquor is sold and seize 1t, to-
gether with implements Of manufac-
ture.
Seizure of all craft or vehicles used
In the transportation Of liquor is au-
thorized.
Enforcement Of the wartime act and
II the Constitutional amendment Is pro-
yided for In the measure and In prac-
tically the same manner.
For first offense violators the max
imum fine is $1,000 or six months Inn
prisonment and for subsequent Of
lenses fines range from 5000 to $1,000
or one month to five years in prison.
/ Enforcement of both the wartime
act and the amendment is reposed in
the internal revenue bureau and the
department Of justice.
Registered physicians are authorized
under strict regulations for the use Of
liquor In cases where It may be con-
sidered necessary as medicine.
Liquor advertisements Of all kinds
are prohibited.
The SHELTERS Of the Fort smi,n
fArk.) speIter company and the Attn.
letic Smelling and Mining company
suspended operations as result Of 2
strike Of 800 employees. A ten per
cent cut In wages, effective April !,
J Is the cause Of the tieup-