The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-28

weight to be used exclusively for medicinal,
mechanical. scientific and sacramental pur
| poses. The person so designated shall ex-
ecute bond in the penal sum of one thou
I sand dollars for the faithful compliance
! with the rules and regulations so prescribed
I BY the prohibition commissioner, with ref
/ erence to the possession and sale of any
| such liquors. In the event of failure to
! comply strictly herewith the amount of
said bond shall be forfeited to the state of
/ Wisconsin and in addition the persons so
offending shall be liable to all other penal
1 ties herein prescribed.
! Section 1868. No person who shall
I Keep or have in possession for retail sale
Misunderstanding beverages as defined in
! section 1868 hereof shall at any time
/ have in his possession or under his control
/ in the building in which he conducts his
business or selling or dispensing any such
\ beverages any Intoxicating liquor as defined
| in said section. The prohibition commits
! sioner or his deputies shall have the right
/ OF access at all reasonable hours, without
notice, to the premises occupied by any SUCH
( retail dealer in Misunderstanding beverages.
/ to investigate if this provision is being
! violated.
/ Section 1863 No place in which nom
! Intoxicating drinks or beverages, as defined
/ in section 1868 hereof, are sold or dis
/ pensed for consumption upon the premises
/ where sold shall maintain a standing bar
Z OF counter RI which any SuCH VI
beverages containing alcohol in any degree
are permitted to be drank or consumed by
/ the purchaser.
! Section 1569-1O The common council Of
cities, the village board of villages and the
! town board of towns for the purpose of
| regulating and enforcing the sanitary con-
/ duct of places in which Notwithstanding
1 beverages as defined in section 1868
I hereof are manufactured or sold may pass
! ordinances fixing the terms and conditions
under which such places may be conducted
1 and operated and may limit the number of
| such places, and the locations at which such
| business or any part thereof may be con-
! Quoted and may require that any person
b who wishes to operate any such business
/ shall first procure a permit (which permit
may be revoked for failure to comply with
the conditions of this act or any ordinances
! relating to said businessl.- A fee of not
more than one hundred dollars per annum
may be exacted before the granting of such
| permit and shall be payable in such amounts
| and at such times may be fixed by ordi-
nance. The commodities to be sold under
| such permit may be separated into classes
and separate fee may be exacted for each
class not exceeding in all the maximum of
one hundred dollars.
| It shall be the duty of the treasurer Of
! each town, village or city in this state
wherein a fee is collected for permit az
| herein provided, to remit to the state treas
| lected five per cent of the total amount
/ collected, and such moneys when so received
| by the state treasurer shall be set aside and
constitute separate fund for the payment
| Of salaries and other expenses of the pro-
! hibition commissioner, and in carrying on
the work connected with the enforcement
of this act.
Section 1569-11 Whenever a number of
the qualified electors of any town, village
or city equal to or more than ten percentum
| of the number of votes cast therein for
governor at the last general election shall
present to the clerk thereof petition in
writing signed by them praying that the
electors thereof may have submitted to them
the question whether or not any permit
shall be issued under the provisions of this
act to sell any Notwithstanding beverages
as defined in section hereof, containing
alcohol in any degree whatsoever as a bev-
erage and shall file such petition with the
! clerk at least two weeks prior to the first
| Tuesday of April next succeeding, such
clerk shall forthwith make an order provid-
ing that such question shall be submitted
| on the first Tuesday in April next succeed
ing the date of such order. The city clerk
making such order shall give notice of the
election to be held on such question in the
manner notice is given for the regular city
election town and village clerks who make
such orders shall give notice by posting
written or printed notices in at least five
public places in the town village not
! less than two weeks before the day of cleo
! ton. The election on such question shall
be held and conducted and the returns cam
vRssed in the manner in which elections in
such city, town or village on other ques-
tions are conducted and the returns thereof
canvassed. The result shall be certified by
| the canyassers Immediately upon the deter
mination thereof and be entered upon the
/ records of the town, village or city, and
shall remain in effect until another election
| is held for the same purpose.
The ballots upon the question so submit
! ted shall be deposited in separate box in
each town and election district and shall
contain the words For permit" and
Against permit and shall otherwise con-
| form with the provisions of subsection of
section 623. If majority of the ballots
| cast upon such question be Against per-
NIT" then it shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or traffic in any Of the bev-
erages defined in section 1868 of this act
! as Notwithstanding which contain any al
| cohol whatsoever in the town, village or
| city so voting Against permit and any
| permit granted or issued therein so long as
the result of such election shall remain I'M
reversed by another election held for the
| same purpose shall be void, but if a major
ity of the ballots so cast shall be For per-
| NIT it shall be lawful for the town board
village trustees or common council. IS the
case may be, to grant permit for the sale
of such beverages.
The provisions of this act shall not au-
thorize the sale of beverages containing al
cohol in any town. village or city in this
state where such sale is now illegal until
| an election shall have been had under the
| provisions hereof permitting such sale I'M
der the conditions in this act prescribed.
Section 1569-12. Manufacturers md
chemists who use alcohol for industrial and
/ scientific purposes or in the manufacture Of
products not suitable for use as an intoxi-
| eating beverage, superintendent of hospi.
| tails, museums, laboratories, educational in
| stitutions, dentists, physicians and persons
i for lawful PURPOSES, may secure a permit
/ from the prohibition commissioner, author
izing the purchase and possession of alcohol
and liquors for the purposes permitted by
! this act, upon making due application
therefor in accordance with such rules and
requirements as the prohibition commissions
err may promulgate, and upon filing a bond
in such sum, not to exceed two thousand
/ dollars as in the discretion of the prohibit
/ ton commissioner shall be required, condi-
| toned that said alcohol and other liquors
| will be used only for the purposes stated in
the application and permit and in accord
ance with law. Such permit may be re-
voked by the prohibition commissioner If
the conditions thereof are not complied with,
after notice is given to the holder of such
permit to appear before said prohibition
commissioner and show cause why such
permit should not be revoked
Section 1569-13 This act shall not be
construed to authorize the confiscation or
seizure or make unlawful the possession Of
LIQUORS defined in section 1868 hereof as
| Intoxicating liquor, owned by individuals
and possessed and kept for the individual
use of the owners thereof at the time this
act becomes operative; provided such liquors