Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-10-20

entitled Excise and the sale of in |
tOxicating liquors" and to create |
sections 1861 to 1862, inclus-
i've, of the statutes, relating to in-I
toxieating liquors, to provide for !
the enforcement of Article Is of the |
Constitution of the United States, |
providing penalties, making an APP
preparation and defining intoxicat- |
ing liquor.
The people of the State of Wis
consin, represented in senate and as /
sembly, do enact as follows:
ECTION l. Chapter 66 of the statutes |
of Wisconsin for 1917 entitled Eek
else and the sale of intoxicating liq-
crs" is hereby suspended and declar-
ed to be imperative so long as this |
act shall be and remain in force and
effect.
ECTION 2. Twenty-Five new sections
are added to the statutes to read:
Section 1861. After this act be-
comes operative, the manufacture, !
sale or transportation of intoxicat-
ing liquors, as herein defined, with
in, the Importation thereof into, or
the expectation thereof from the
state of Wisconsin, except as may
be herein or hereafter provided, is
hereby prohibited
Section 1862. This act shall be
deemed to be an exercise of the pow
er reserved by and granted to this
state by Article IS of the constitu-
ton of the United States
Section 1868. intoxicating liq-
uor, within the purview of said con-
stitution amendment and the provi-
sions of this act shall be construed
to be and include all liquors and
drinks of whatsoever name or de-
scription, including patent or prop
rietary medicines, capable of being
used as beverage containing more
than two and one-half per centum
of alcohol by weight at sixty de-
grees Fahrenheit But if the Con-
gress of the United States shall here
after by valid act which shall be-
come the law of the land and be par
amount to any state laws on the sub
ject, define the words Intoxicating
liquors" as used in article Is of the
constitution of the United States,
then such definition, from the time
such act of congress becomes oper-
ative, shall be the definition thereof
under this subdivision.
Section 1861 Pure grain al
cohOl, wines and other liquors, con-
tanning more than two and one-half
percentum of alcohol by weight, may
be manufactured in or imported in
to or exported from this state for
medicinal, mechanical, scientific and
sacramento purposes and sold for
such purposes only and may be so
sold as herein provided and not 9TH
erWise. Denatured alcohol may be
freely manufactured and sold, pro-
vided its manufacture complies
strictly with the laws now or here
after enacted by Congress relative
thereto and the rules ard regula-
tons issued by the department of
internal revenue.
Section 1868. There is hereby
created the Office OF prohibition
Commissioner" On or before the
sixteenth day of January, 1920, the
governor shall, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the senate, APP
point suitable person as such pro-
hlbltlOn commissioner. Such prohi-
bition commissioner shall have his
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 af-
ter the date of his appointment and
until his successor shall be oppoint-
ed. Any vacancy occurring in said
office shall likewise be filled by ex-
executive appointment. Said prohibit
ton commissioner shall receive a
salary of four thousand dollars per
year and his actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the discharge
OF his duties. He shall take and sub
scribe the constitutional oath of of
fee and file bond, for the faithful
discharge of his official duties, in
the sum OF twenty-five thousand dol
lars, which shall be approved by
the governor. Such prohibition
commissioners may appoint neces-
sary deputies, to be known and des-
ignated as Deputy Prohibition Com
missioners," and may employ all ne
cessary clerks and fix the compen-
satiOn and remuneration of all such
deputies and clerks so appointed and
file all sucii apo tments
tog t Ter with a sta te-
ment showing the compensation or
salary so fixed, prior to the employee
or appointee entering upon his du-
ties or employment, with the secre-
tary OF state; and such appointee or
emplOye shall receive the compensa-
ton so fixed, to be audited, allowed
and paid on the certificate of the
prohibition commissioner in the same
manner as salaries and compensa-
tions are now allowed and paid to
state officials and employees The
prohibition commissioner shall have
and possess suitable official seal,
and all permits issued by him under
the provisions of this act shall have
affixed thereto clear impression of
said official seal. Other documents
may be authenticated by a printed
copy of the impression of said Off
cial seal. Said deputies may per-
form all or any Of the duties herein
provided to be performed by the pro-
hibition commissioner All such
deputies shall file such bond as tie
prohibition commissioner shall re-
quire, to be approved by the prohi-
bition commissioner. 1t shall be the
duty of the prohibition commissioner
to exercise and perform all the du-
ties and acts required of him by this
act For failure TO nnrfOrm Such dI1-