Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-07

Department of State.
City of Madison.
SIS.
I. MERLIN HULL, Secretary of State
OF the State Of Wisconsin. do hereby
certify that the following law 10 De
submitted to a vote OF the people at
General election to be held IN the sew
eral cities. towns, villages and election
precincts of the State of Wisconsin or
the first Tuesday of November, 1920
being the second day of said month
i''o'C HAPTER 556. Laws OF 1919.
AN ACT To suspend the operation OF
chapter Sc of the statutes of 1917 en-
eating liquors" and to create sections
1861 to 1559-22, inclusive. OF the
statutes. relating to intoxIefa arnns
ment of Article Is Of the Constitution
of the United States, providing penal
ties, making an appropriation ana
defining intoxicating liquor
The people of the State Of Wisconsin
reDreserted in senate and assembly, 90
enact as follows:
SECTION /. Chapter Sc of the statutes
of Wisconsin for. 1917 entitled Elk a@
else and the sale of intoxicating
liquors is hereby suspended and de-
cIared to be imperative so long as
this.act shall be and remain in Torce
and effect
SECTION 2 Twenty-Five new sections
are added to the statutes to READ
Section 1861. After this act pc
comes operative. the manufacture, s "a, g
Iiuuors. as herein defined, WITHIN. Ine
importatiOn thereof into, or tne eApoL
tation thereof from the state OF
consin. except as may pc herGin 6I
hereafter provided, is hereby promo
tied. hall Re
deemed to be an exercise OF the pow 81
reserved by and granted to TINS Statte
ri Of the constitution Ol LAC
United states. .4; liouor
within the purvieW or sald 49, ~
tionaI amendment and the provisions OF
this act shall be construed TO De anu
include all liquors and drinks OF VIVA
soeyer name or description. lhcluulit7
patent or proprietary medlclneS, -
able of beng used as a peNeFdSe III
tanning more than two and one nan
Dercentum of alcohol by weight at 80 81
Nv degrees Fahrenheit. But II tne ~
eress of the United states snail lei 20, =
Tar nv a valid act which shall oecottIe
fbe law of the land and be parahioSEI :
to any state laws on the suD5ect, oe II :
fhp words Intoxicating liquors dss
uaed in article IS of the constitution OF
the United States, then such dehhltlon'
from the time such act of congress pc.
comes operative, shall be the denhitio"
thereof under this subdivision
section 1864. Pure grain alconol,
wines and other liquors, containlns
more than two and one-halT percei 1s ~
of alcohol by weight may pc man or4aJ
turad in or imported into or eNpoIteu
from this state for medicinal, mechan-
icai scientific and sacramental pur-
Noses and sold for such purposes only
and may be so sold as herein pr9vlqedi
and not otherwise. Denatured aiconoi
va he freely manufactured and sold,
provided its manufacture complies
strictly with the laws now or hereafter
enacted by Congress relative tneret9
and the rules and regulations issued
nv the department of internal revenue.
Section 1888. There is hereby ere
ated the office of Prohibition Commits
sioner," on or before the sixteenth day
of January 1920. the governor shall, by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate. appoint a suitable person as
such prohibition commissioner. Such