The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-01-31
THE SALOON
OR (SO-CALLED)
BEER AND WINE AMEND
MENT.
What 1t ls and
What 1t Is Not
What ltls and
What II Is Not

On April 7th next each voter will be
handed ballot whereon he or she is
to vote yes or no on the so-called beer,
and wine amendment to Article XVI,
of the State Constitution. 7.tv}
The proposed amendment is intend,
ed to stand as section IL of Article,
XVI and reads: 81
Sec. IL. 81 shall be forever lawful.
in this state to import, transport, man
ufacture, use, barter or furnish every,
kind of Cider, Wines, Beer, Ale and
Porter and to possess the same in Ia
private residence. So much of Sec
tion IL, Article XVI of this constitu-
tion as prohibits Che manufacture,
sale, keeping for sale, giving away,
bartering or furnishing of vinous,
malt, brewed or fermented liquors,
is hereby repealed. The legislature
| by general laws shall reasonably Ii
cense the manufacture of, and reason
ably license and regulate the sale and
keeping for sale of vinous, malt,
brewed or fermented liquors; Provid-
ed, however, that the electors of each
citl, village, or township forever shall
have the right to prohibit the manu-
facture, sale, or keeping for sale of
vinous, malt, brewed or fermented
| liquors within such city, village or
township"
Before you go to the polls you should
thoroughly understand its full signi-
| ficance. For your convenience this
analysis is presented at this time:
l.. If adopted the amendment will
take effect May 7th, 1919.
2. Saloons will be permitted for
the sale and keeping for sale of beer,
wine, ale, porter and fermented cider.
3. Breweries will be legal.
A. The local option law will be re-
pealed.
5. The legislature cannot pass a
new local option law giving county
a right to prohibit such liquors. r.-
g. The people could not initiate
such law by petition.
7. The legislature cannot pass
home rule act giving cities or villages
the right, even upon popular vote, to
prohibit the giving away, furnishing.
importing or transporting of such Ii
quors.
8. The people can not initiate such
a home rule act by petition.
8. The present state wide prohibi-
tion amendmen (Sec. IL, Art. XVII
will be repealed in so far as it prohib-
its the manufacture, sale, keeping for
sale, giving away, bartering or furn-
ishing of vinous, malt, brewed or fer
mented liquors. d.
10. Beer, wine, ale, porter and hard
cider fall within one or more of the
classifications, vinous, malt, brewed
OF fermented liquors.
IL. Such liquors could be imported
and transported by the bottle or the
car load.
IL. The legislature shall reasonably
license the manufacture of vinous,
malt, brewed and fermented liquors.
Is. And shall reasonably License
and regulate the sale and keeping
for sale Of such liquors.
Ia. 1t is questionable whether un-
der the proposed amendment the leg
islature can regulate" the manufac-
ture of such liquors by prohibiting the
location of breweries near school,
churches, in residence districts or 9TH
erwise.
Is. After the legislature has pro-
vided the necessary election machin-
cry and the people have so voted, ci-
ties, villages or townships may pro-
hibit the manufacture, sale or keep
! ing for sale of such liquors
16. The legislature cannot prohib-
it or regulate the giving away or use,
importing or transporting of such
liquors except in places having Ii :
cense (breweries and saloons).
II. Nor can cities, villages, or
townships prohibit or regulate such
gift, use, importing or transporting.
18. The people could not initiate
laws or ordinances for the purposes
mentioned in the last two paragraphs.
g. Any person may therefore give
by the drink or by the barrel any or
all of such liquors at any place, public
or private Except licensed saloons or
breweries), to any boy or girl, jitney
driver, locomotive engineer, electric
motorman, member of fire department.
on duty, habitual drunkard, posted
person, inmate of county poor houses,
prisoner inside of Jail or prison, po-
liceman on his beat, inmates of in
sane asylums or any one else.
20. And such giving could not be
stopped by furnishing the user, for the
use is made forever lawful by the
proposed amendment.
21.. Neither the Legislature nor any
municipal council, nor the people by
any initiated state law or local ordi-
nance could punish any person no mat
ter what his employment, age or com
dtion for accepting and using any
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