The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-11

bill was introduced in the Legislature last night by Senator George F. Thompson of Niagara and Assembly, man Walter s. McNab of Schenec- tady, the dry leaders of the respec- tive houses. It is said to represent the type of law the league will in- troduce in each of the IS.
 The measure contains all the provi- sions of the present excise law which has been tested In the courts, and is no stronger than the law which has been enforced In dry territory In New York for twenty years, William H. Anderson of the Anti-Saloon League said in a statement explaining 1t.
 The main provisions of the bill to enforce prohibition arrange for the creation of officers to administer it; provide who may and who may not possess and sell liquor. and say how the prevention of it's possession and sale shall be enforced There is one paragraph acknowledging every mans house to be his castle, the bill setting forth at subdivision 5 of Section r that:
 'The keeping of liquor in any building not used exclusively for a dwelling, In which the possession of liquor is not allowed under the provi- sion of this chapter, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept in violation hereof But no warrant shall be issued to search a private dwelling occupied as such unless some part of 1t Is used as store or shop, hotel or boarding house, or for any other purpose than a private resi- dence, or unless such residence is place of public resort
 Officers to Be Named
 As to officers and administration the bill provides for the creation of a State Commissioner of Public Vel fare, to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate and who shall hold office for five years. He Is to receive a salary of $7,000 year and necessary expenses. He Is to have an office at Albany and may appoint a First and Second Deputy Commissioner at S5,000 and $4,OOO a year respectively. All applications for permits to have or sell liquor must be approved by him.
 The Commissioner has the appoint ment of forty special agents to help him in his work, and they are to be considered his confidential assistants Their salaries will not be princely For his first year an agent is to re- ceive only s1,000. for the second year $1,5O0 and for the third and fol- lowing years S1,S00. The agents may be paid their expenses on assignments or investigations outside their own home cities or town, but get no ex- penses when working where they live.
 Permits to have and sell liquor, but regardless of any alcoholic percent age, concerning which the bill Is si- lent all through, may be issued to:
 Manufacturers of ethyl alcohol
 Manufacturers of fermented wine for medicinal or sacramental use.
 Wholesale and retail druggists.
 Manufacturers of none-drinkabIe alcoholic toilet, medicinal, antiseptic, parations.
 Manufacturers of drinkable alco- holic compounds, whether proprietary or patented.
 In addition to the classes set forth special permits may be issued to:
 Hospital, museum, laboratory, art, educational Or other similar public institution, or manufacturing estab- lishment using alcohol in its process of manufacture.
 Clergymen, for sacramental pur- poses.
 Physicians engaged in actual active practice.
 Common carriers.
 But, coming to the question of en- forcement, the bill provides that the manufacturer and the druggist may sell liquor only to those who have special permits enabling them to buy it, with the exception that physician may prescribe 1t and the druggist honor his prescription to an individu- a1s but upon filling 1t must mark the l prescription cancelled and file it in 2 l docket kept for that purpose If the 1 druggist fails in the letter of honesty in the mater of these prescriptions he i loses his license. If the physician pre- scribes for a person not in need o1 1 liquor as a medicine he, upon convtc tton, suffers. in addition to a fine, the cancellation of his license to practice his profession.
 Common carriers are required to re- | ceive and deliver alcoholic fluids onl,
 between persons having proper per
 nits. The carrier must label each a1 ] coholic package for what 1t is, and fo1 i the offence of receiving or deliverin.
 wrongly he is subject not only to fine and the loss of his special licens
 but the vehicle (from Pullman car tt i f1ivver) in which the liquor is i'm properly carried may be seized and
 sold and it's proceeds paid over to the state.
 The tenuity of the special agents obvious salary is offset for hin-if he is of the proper crusading calfbre-in the final provisions of the bill relating to search, seizure and forfeiture. He
 may search any vehicle offhand, or
 land or water. without the formalit!
 of a warrant and may seize all alcoho ] found aboard which is not protecte, by & permit. He may appear before any magistrate, justice of the peace municipal judge, county judge or su- preme court justice, ask for search
 warrant against any building not ex
 clusively a dwelling and call upo
 all police, sheriffs. constables and dis
 trict attorneys to help him serve
 and search the premises under pail of removal from their offices. An'
 in case of any person known or alleg ed to be intoxicated he may call upol
 the court to summon the drunkar
 and the person suspected of havin
 given him drink, and should either C