Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-09-16
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ELEC-
TION on the PROHIBITION EN-
PORCEMENT ACT.

TION on the PROHIBITION EN-
FORCEMENT ACT.
("Mulberger BilD
STATE OF WISCONSIN, Depart
ment of State, City of Madison-ss.
I, MERLIN HULL, Secretary of
State of the State of Wisconsin. do
hereby certify that the following
law is to be submitted to vote OF
the people at a General election to
be held in the several cities, towns,
villages and election precincts of the
State Of Wisconsin on the first Tues
day of November, 1920, being the
second day of said month.
NO 146, S.
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1919
AN ACT To suspend the operation
of chapter Sc of the statutes of 1917
entitled Excise and the sale of in
toxicating liquors" and to create Sec
tions 1861 to 1922, inclus-
i've. Of the statutes, relating to in
toxicating liquors, to provide for the
enforcement of Article IS Of the Con-
stitution of the United States, pro-
viding penalties making an appro-
priation and defining intoxicating
liquor.
The people Of the State of Wlscon-
sin. represented in senate and as
sembIy do enact as follows:
SECTION /. Chapter sc OF the
statutes of Wisconsin for 1917 en-
titled Excise and the sale of intox-
icating liquors" is hereby suspended
and declared to be imperative So
long as this act shall be and remain
in force and effect.
SECTION 2. twenty-five new
sections are added to the statutes 10
read: Section 1861. After this
act becomes operative the manufac-
ture sale or transportation OF IN
toxicating liquors, as herein defined,
within. the importation thereon into,
or the expectation thereof from the
state Of Wisconsin, except as may pc
herein or hereafter provided, is mere
by prohibited.
Section 1863 2. This act shall
be deemed to be an exercise or the
power reserved by and granted TO
this state by Article Is of the con-
stitution of the United States.
Section 1863 Intoxicating lid
uor, within the purview of said con-
stitutional amendment and the pro
visions of this act shall be construed
TO he and include all liquors ana
drinks of whatsoever name or de-
scription, including patent or proprl-
etary medicines, capable or Delng
used as a beverage containing more
than two and one-half per centum
of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees
Fahrenheit. But if the Congress OF
the United States shall hereafter by
q valid act which shall become the
law of the land and be- paramount TO
anv state laws on the subject, dehne
the words Intoxicating liquors" as
used in article 18 Of the constltu-
tion of the United States. then such
definition from the time such act OF
congress becomes operative. shall
be the definition thereof under this
subdivision.
Section 1863 4. Pure grain alco-
boI. wines and other liquors, contain
ing more than two and one-half per
centum of alcohol by weight, may pc
manufactured in or imported into or
exported from this state for medic
inal, mechanical, scientific and sac
ramental purposes and sold for such
purposes only and may be so sold as
herein provided and not otherwise.
Denatured alcohol may be freely
manufactured and sold, provided its
manufacture complies. strictly win
the laws now or hereafter enacted
bv Congress relative thereto and the
rules and regulations issued by the
department of internal revenue.
Section 1863 5. There is hereby
created the office Of prohibition
Commissioners" On or before the
sixteenth day Of January, 1920, the
governor shall, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the senate, ap-
point a suitable person as such pro-
hibition commissioner. Such pro-
hibition commissioner shall have MS
office in the capitol, at Madison, to
be provided at public expense, and
such officer shall hold his office for
the term of four years from and after
the date of his appointment and un-
stil his successor shall be appointed.
ANY vacancy occurring in said Of
flee shall likewise be filled by exec
utive appointment. Said prohibition
commissioner shall receive salary
of four thousand dollars per year
and his actual and necessary ex-
penses incurred in the discharge OF
his duties. He shall take and sub
scribe the constitutional oath of Of
flee and file a bond, for the faithful
discharge of his official duties, in the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars,
which shall be approved by the gov
ernor. Such prohibition commits
sioner may appoint necessary depu-
ties. to be known and designated as
Deputy Prohibition Commissioners
and may employ all necessary clerks
and fix the compensation and remu-
neration of all such deputies and
clerks so appointed and file all such
appointments, together with state
ment showing the compensation or
salary so fixed, prior to the employe
or appointee entering upon his duties
or employment, with the secretary of
state; and such appointee or en-
ploye shall receive the compensation
so fixed, to be audited, allowed and
paid on the certificate Of the prohi-
hilton commissioner in the same man