The New York herald., 1920-01-28
HOPES OF VETS
ENDED BY BILL
In LEGISLATURE
Republican Dry Enforcement
Measure Goes Beyond Vol
stead Law Provisions.
NEW EXCISE COMMISSION
Fees from Privileged Dealers
and Fines to Pay Boards
Expenses.
Special Despatch to the Rera1d.)

(SpectdI Despatch &c the HeTdld.)
ALBANY, n. Y, Tuesday.-The last
blow to hopes of the vets that there might
be relief from the State Legislature from,
the aridity OF the Volstead act was struck
tonight when Assemblyman Bert i. Gage
of Wyoming, chairman OF the Assembly
Excise Committee, introduced In the Leg
islature the Republican plan for prohibi.
ton enforcement In New York State, which
will ban all liquors containing more thar
one-half per cent OF alcohol. Its hackers
declared the measure ia the best prohibi-
tion bill yet offered and that IT would pass
the Legislature.
The bill alters the State Excise Commits
sion, now composed chiefly OF Republican
Officials, into a prohihition enforcement,
body, which is expected to be sustained
solely by the license fees required by the
bill and penalties resulting from violations
The Republican enforcement bill pro
vides for the following four classes OF
traffic to be permitted under certificates
granted by the Excise Commissioner aftei
the filing of proper bond
Liquors for use internally, to be sold
by a pharmacist upon a physicians
prescription, or for religious purposes
Patent medicines and extracts con-
tanning more than one-haif OF one per
cent of alcohol.
Manufacturing liquors for sale to
pharmacists or for religious purposes
or to be used In the manufacture of
other articles containing alcohol.
1a1A IL
sale dealers in drugs,
"A tax or Us year for pharmacists
certificates, $40 on patent medicines and
Sl00 on manufacturers and wholesalers Is
to be charged. A bond of $500 Is required
for the first three certificates, and $20l
for wholesalers certificate.
Goes Beyond Federal Inv.
Backers of the bill said that a regula
tory commission was necessary for va
rious reasons, among which are that g
very considerable latitude in the traffic
in liquors is permitted under the fed
eral enforcement act. which traffic
should be regulated: that the fedora
government has not created and cannot
Immediately create force sufficient
WilHuQI dlU 10 enforce. the pro
visions OF The act and that local Stat,
peace officers have never been and will
not be in all cases an efficient enforce
ment medium.
All taxes, fines, penalties and bond for
FIXTURES are payable to the State under
the bill instead of to the federal govern.
ment, as provided in the federal enforce
ment bill.
Restrictions Arc Similar.
The bill retains all the restrictive pro
visions of the present State liquor law
The definition of liquor is substantiallS
that contained in the fedora lact, and in.
cludes all articles of a liquid nature con
tanning one-half Of one per cent or more
Of alcohol. All persons having liquor al
the time the law goes into effect must re.
port the kind and quantity OF the same
10 the Commissioner OF Excise unless the
liquor is stored in private residence OF
owner for personal use. All persons man
ufacturing liquor must seal and labe
the containers Immediately upon being
filled. That the liquors can be sold by a
manufacturer only to persons holding q
certificate to sell at retail or for re.
ligious purposes.
record must be kept OF all the sales OF
purchases. showing the name and address
of parties involved and the kind and quan.
tity of the liquor sold. All shipments mus
bear a permanent label, showing the kline
and quantity Of liquor shipped, which lab
must remain on container until empty. Nc
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