Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-30
ENFORCEMENT BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Drastic Dry Measure Is Adopted
by 287 to 100.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE BROAD
Powers Given Officers Under Act Prac.
ticalIy Without Limit-Possession
of Liquor in Private Dwellings
Held Lawful When Reported.

Washington, July 23.-The prohibit
tfon enforcement bill, described by OPP
ponents of the measure as drastic
enough to invite veto by President
Wilson, was passed by the house.
The bill was passed after motion
by Representative Igoe to recommit 1t
was defeated by vote of 255 to 1876.
Nearly every member of the house
was in attendance, and SO great was
the noise that Representative Mondell
was recorded as supporting the Igoe
motion, but was permitted to change
| his vote.
The vote on the passage of the bill
was 287 to 100, with three members
voting present.
Of the 100 members voting against
the bill SO were Democrats and 4S Re
publicans, as follows:
| Democrats-Babka, Bee, Blackmon,
Buchanan, Carew, Casey, Cleary,
Coady, Cullen, Dent, Defalt, Donovan,
| Dooling, Dupre, Eagan, Fitzgerald,
Gallagher, Gallivan, Ganly, Gard, Gold
fogle, Griffin, Humphreys, Igoe,
Johnston, Lazero, Lea, Linthicum,
Lonergan, McAndrews, McGlennon,
McKiniry, McLant, Maher, Martin,
Mead, Minahan, Mooney, O'Connell,
O'Connor, Pell, Phelan Pou, John W..
Rainey Qll.), Riordan. Rowan, SABBATH.
Sherwood, Small, Smith IN. ", 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 Guardia, 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 Stephens, Tinkham, Ware, Voigh,
Walsh, Ward and Watson. Total, 4S.
What the Bill Provides.
The enforcement bill, as it passed
the house, provides:
After January Is, 1920:
Every person permitted under the
law to have liquor in his possession
shall report the quantity aand kin 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
violation of the law.
1t will not be required, however, to
report, and it 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 beverage on any
public conveyance, train, boat or jit-
ney bus Is prohibited
Broad powers are given under the
search and seizure section to officers
charged with enforcement of the law.
They may enter a dwelling house in
which liquor is sold and seize it, 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
the Constitutional amendment is pro-
vided 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 i'm
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 a medicine.
Liquor advertisements of all kinds
are prohibited.