The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-04
DRASTIC MEASURE
TO ENFORCE Law
ironCIad Lid" Bill Is Framed in
the House of Represent
ativeS.
PROVIDES S3,5OO,OOO FUND
Declares Any Beverage Containing
More Than One-haIf of I Per Cent
of Alcohol Is intoxicating IL
quor-Names Punishments.

Washington, June 27.-Drastic leg
islation for the strict enforcement Of
both wartime and constitutional pro-
hibition was completed by the house
judiciary committee. With only slight
notifications the bill Chairman Vol.
same as that proposed by the ultra
drys.
An appropriation Of $3,5O0,OO0 is
provided to carry out the act. The
main provisions of the bill are:
Any beverage containing more than
One-half of l per cent Of alcohol Is
"intoximating liquor"
When the wartime prohibition act
or constitutional prohibition goes into
effect, 1t shall be unlawful to manu-
facture, sell, barter, give away, trans
port, Import, export, deliver, furnish,
receive or possess any intoxicating IL
quor except as authorized by this act"
The only exceptions are for medicinal,
scientific or sacramento purposes, or
where liquor is stored in private
homes before prohibition goes into eff
feet, for private use.
P~unishments for violations are rs
follows:
A fine Of not less than 500 nor more
than $500 for the first ~offense, and q
fine Of not less than 5000 nor more
than $1,000, with imprisonment from
30 TO 80 days, for the second Of
Tense.
A fine Of not less than $500 and i'm
prisonment from six months to two
years is provided for the subsequent
offenseS. In addition, courts may re-
quire bonds as security that violators
will not again break the law for one
year.
Enforcement Of the prohibition law
is lodged with the commissioner of in
ternal revenue and the department Of
justice.
Patent and proprietary medicine
missioner that their products cannot
be used In place of Intoxicating liquor.
Liquor may be prescribed for medi-
cinal purposes only by reputable ply
s%icians, and not more than one pre-
scriptiOn shall be given every ten
days. Pharmacists filling these pre-.
scriptions must be licensed.
Permits must be obtained to manu-
facture liquor for legal purposes, bond
being required. Transportation per-
mits also are required, both being fur
nished by the prohibition commission
er. Records Of all transportation must
be submitted.
All liquor must be clearly labeled as
such when sold for legal purposes.
Ten days after the passage Of the
act all liquor illegally held must have
been disposed of, or 1t shall be con-
sidered violation of the law. All IL
quor legally held must be reported to
the prohibition commissioner.
Railroad and express companies are
not permitted to deliver liquor except
on sworn affidavit and permit that it
is for legal purposes.
Advertisement of Intoxicating liquor,
by any method, or telling anyone where
he can get a drink is prohibited. Bill
boards with liquor ads must be re-
moved, or enforcement officers have
the power to paint them over or re-
move them.
Any picture Of a brewery, distillery,
bottle, keg, barrel or box or other re-
ceptacle designed to serve rs an adj
vertisement thereof, Is illegal.
No formulas or recipes for making
liquor, and any tablets, substances,
compounds or preparations for the
same purpose may be sold.
No newspaper or periodical can
print statements concerning the man
| ufacture or distribution of alcoholic
liquors, for which the paper receives
compensation, unless with the article
Is the following statement, printed as
paid ADVERTISING"
Drinking of liquor in public or in a
railroad train, automobile, dining car
or vestibule Of a train is prohibited
and conductors are given the power to
arrest.
Any person injured by an intoxicat-
ed person can bring suit for damages
against the person who sold or assist
ed In procuring the liquor for the in
toxicated person.
B~ootleggers shall be fined not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000 and i'm
prisoned for not less than n month
nor more than a year.
ANY violation of tho net on leased
premises shall constitute a forfeiture
Of the lease.
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