The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-13
CHANGES MADE
IN DRY BILL
TAKEN UP By SENATE
CONIMITTEES--LIGHT WINES
In THE HOMES

hibition enforcement legislation has
advanced another step in congress.
The senate judiciary committee hasl
begun consideration of the bill pass
ed by the house last June as amend
ed and liberalized by the judiciary
subcommittee.
The subcommittee eliminated sew
eral drastic house provisions ana
modified others. In its work the sub
committee, comprising Senators Stor-
ling, republican, South Dakota, chair
man; Fall of New Mexico, and Nor
ris, of Nebraska, republicans, and
Overman, Of North Carolina, Walsh,
of Montana, and King, of Utah, DEM
ocrats, first revised the senate en-
forcement bill and then incorporated
the house bill.
The subcommittee left unchange>
the house definition of intoxicating
beverages as those containing one
half of per cent or more of alcohol.
AS revised the bill will not inter-
fere with storage and personal use of
intoxicating liquors in homes.
Probably the most liberal amend
ment to the house bill is provision
exempting from penalties, any person
manufacturing Misunderstanding ci-
der and fruit juices exclusively for
use in his, house"
This would permit homie manufac-
ture of light wines and cider for per-
sonal consumption and the amend
ment, except for implication in con-
nection with the definition of intox-
icants, does not define "nonintoxi-
eating" beverages.
Stricken from the house bill was
the provision making it unlawful for
persons 10 be intoxicated or to drink
lHquor ON trains, street cars, jitneys
boats Or other public conveyances.
Another relaxation of the house
bill was made in it's provision for
penalizing persons having reason tC
believe their property is being used
unlawfully. :"
i The senate amendment requires
: personal knowledge" of such use.
The house provision declaring tha
+ after February /, 1920, the posses
\ sion of liquor unauthorized by Law
: shall be prima facie evidence that /
! is being kept for sale is retained, ant
/ strengthened by an addition provid
ing that, in proceedings under thi
q section the burden of proof shall b.
! on defendants to prove that such bev
erages do not contain more than one
. half of one per cent alcohol.
The subcommittee revision retain
= the following exemptions as provides
by the house:
= Denatured alcohol, medical pur
. poses, patent medicines. toilet an
L medical preparations, flayoring eS
tracts, syrups. vinegar and frui
!, juices. The subcommittee, however
j struck out the house clause that sue
articles be potable" preserit
- ing merely that they shall be rnnfi
"a for beverage purposes" +"
III A house clause requiring alcohol
20 content of toilet medicinal and ant
mi septic articles to be labeled wa
i stricken out.
o. Retaining the house provision pr'
:. hibiting manufacture, sale, purchas
.is transportation on prescription OF il
ar toxicants without "a. permit from Il
e-i internal revenue. commissioner, =
on lrevised bill contains a sproyision tn
ba such acts shall be expressly antho
,is ized upon receipt .ef. permits
,a The house limit OF ten days on pc
or mits TO purchase. .iptoxicants also
,r- extended in the revised bill 10 nine
~ days. Pharmacists only may sell
IN retail, and licensed physicians on
ri may prescribe liquor.
The house requirement for physic
III examination by physicians of app
as cants for liquor prescriptions, ho'
ever, was eliminated.
20 The house provision limiting ph
is sicians dispensing to one pint
ar liquor in ten days for the same pc
NO son is retained. but modified to pr
on vide that such limitation shall app
,s- only to prescriptions ITO be taken
ole ternally"
re- More rigorous provisions guardi
RI transactions IN wines for sacrament
. and religious purposes are provid
,ds by provision requiring issuance
rae such permits only to ministers, rabl
: J, or other ecclesiastics.
House provision regarding adv'
tising of beverages are made mo
stringent in some respects and me
liberal in others. The subcomm
lxy tee struck out provisions prohibit
~ sign or billboard advertising, b
added clause penalizing adyerti'
ments of intoxicants anywhere
on any means or method
Dry Also stricken out was a hot
the clause authorizing obliteration
MIA liquor advertising or the use OF p
es.'tures Of distillery, bottle, keg. b