Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-15
Notice of Referendum Elec.
k ton on the Prohibition
Enforcement Act
"Muibereer BlHs)
STATE OF WISCONSIN; TREATMENT OF


STATE, CITY OF MADIS0N-SS.
i. Merlin Hull, Secretary Of State Of the
State of Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the
following law is 70 be submitted 70 q 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
day of said month
| 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 intoxicating LIQUORS" and to create
sections i56e-1 to 1852, inclusive, of the
provide for the enforcement of Article Is of
the Constitution of the United States, provio-
ing penalties making an appropriation and
defining intoxicating liquor.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin. re-
presented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. Chapter 6e Of the statutes of
| Wisconsin for 1917 entitled Excise and the
sale of Intoxicating liquors" is hereby sus-
pended and declared TO be imperative so long
effect.
Sections 2. Twenty-Five new sections are
| added 70 the statutes to read Section 1861.
After this act becomes operative the manu.
faeture, sale transportation of intoxicating
liquors, as herein defined, within the impor-
| tation thereof into. the expectation thereof
from the state of Wisconsin, except as may be
herein or hereafter provided. is hereby pro-
hibited.
Section 1862 This act shall be deemed
TO be an exercise of the power reserved by and
granted to this state by Article Is of the con-
stitution of the United States.
| Section 1858 Intoxicating liquor, within
the purview of said constitutional amendment
| and the provisions of this act shall be constru-
ed to be and include all liquors and drinks
| Of whatsoever name description, including
| patent proprietary medicines. capable of
being used as a beverage containing more than
two and one-haf per eentum of alcohol by
weight at so degrees Fahrenheit. But if the
| Congress of the United States shall hereafter
by valid act which shall become the law of
the land and be paramount to any state laws
| on the subject, define the words Intoxicating
liquors used in article is of the consttu-
tien of the United States, then such defna-
ton, from the time such act of congress
becomes operative, shall be the defnation there
Of under this subdivision.
Section 1868. Pure grain alcohol. wines
and other liquors. containing more than two
and one-half per centum of alcohol by weight,
may be manufactured in or imported into or
exported from this state for medicinal, me
chanical scientific and sacramento purposes
and sold for such purposes only and may be
so SID as herein provided and not otherwise.
Denatured alcohol may be freely manufactured
and sold. provided its manufacture complies
strictly with the laws now or hereafter en-
acted by Congress relative thereto and the rules
and regulations issued by the department of
internal revenue.
the Office of Prohibition Commissioner. 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 per-
son such prohibition commissioner. Such
prohibition 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
after the date of his appointment and until
his successor shall be appointed. Any vacan-
cy occurring in said Office shall likewise be
filled by executive appointment. Said prohibi-
ton commissioner shall receive a salary of
four thousand dollars per year and his actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the dis
charge of his duties. He shall take and sub
scribe the constitutional oath Of Office and
file bond, for the faithful discharge of his
official duties, in the sum of twenty-five thou
sand dollars, which shall be approved by the
governor. Such prohibition commissioner may
appoint necessary deputies. TO be known and
designated Deputy Prohibition Commits
sIoners, and may employ all necessary clerks
. and fix the compensation and remuneration of
al such deputies and clerks SO appointed and
hle all such appointments, together with q
statement showing the compensation salary
| so fixed. prior to the employee or appointee en-
tering upon his duties employment. with
the secretary of state; and such appointee or
employe shall receive the compensation SO fix
ed, TO be audited allowed and paid on the GER
tificate of the prohibition commissioner in the
same manner as salaries and compensations
are now allowed and paid to state officials
and employees. The prohibition commissioner
shall have and possess a suitable official seal
and all permits issued by him under the pro.
visions Of this act shall have affixed thereto a
clear impression of said official seal. Other
. documents may be authenticated by a printed
, copy of the impression Of said official seal
Said deputies may perform all any of the
] duties herein provided TO be performed by the
lprohibition commissioner. All such deputies
shall file such bond as the prohibition COM
missioner shall require. TO be approved by the
prohibition commissioner. IL shall be the duty
of the prohibition commissioner TO exercise
and perform all the duties and acts required
of him by this act. For failure TO perform
such duties he shall be subject TO removal by
the governor for cause, upon due notice and
an opportunity TO defend
Section 1855. Il shall be the duty of all
district attorneys, sheriffs, deputy sheris. con-
NC4a H. L.. r..
officers to aid and assist said prohibition COM
missioner or his deputies in the enforcement
of the provisions of this act.
Section 1867. 1t shall be the duty Of
the prohibition commissioner to designate and
issue permit (which permit may De revoked
for cause) to one or more persons in each mu-
nicipality IN this state who shall be authorized
to have in possession and sell under such gem
eral rules and regulations he may prescribe,
alcohol vinous, spirituous malt liquors con-
tanning in excess Of two and one-half percent
UNI of alcohol by weight TO be used exclusive
ly for medicinal. mechanical, scientific and
sacramental purposes. The person so desiR-
mated shall execute bond in the penal sum
of one thousand dollars for the faithful COM
pliapce with the rules and regulations so pre-
scribed by the prohibition commissioner. with
reference TO the possession and sale of any
such liquors. In the event of failure to COM
ply strictly herewith the amount of said bond
shall be forfeited TO the state of Wisconsin
and in addition the persons offending shall
be liable to all other penalties herein pre-
scribed.
| Section 1865. No person who shall keep
or have in possession for retail sale non-in-
toxicating beverages defined in section 1869
Is hereof shall at any time have in his pos
session or under his control in the building
in which he conducts his business or selling or
dispensing any such beverages any intoxicat-
ing liquor defined in said section. The pro-
hibition commissioner or his deputies shall
have the right of access at all reasonable
hours, without notice. TO the premises occupi-
ed by any such retail dealer in non-intoxicat-
ing beverages, to investigate IL this provision
is being violated.
toxicating drinks or beverages, difned in
section 1868 hereof. sold or dispensed
for consumption upon the premises where sold.
shall maintain standing bar or counter at
| which any such drinks or beverages contain
ing alcohol in any degree permitted to be
drank consumed by the purchaser.
Section l569-i0. The common council of
cities, the village board of villages and the
town board Of towns for the purpose of reyu-
lating and enforcing the sanitary conduct of
places in which COMMUNICATING beverages as
defined in section 1868 hereof are manufac-
tured or sold may pass ordinances fixing the
terms and conditions under which such places
may be conducted and operated and may limit
the number of such places, and the locations
at which such business any part thereof
may be conducted, and me- require that any
person who wishes 10 operate any such BUSH
ness shall first procure a permit (which per-
NIT may be revoked Tor failure TO comply with
the conditions of this act any ordinances
relating TO said business) A fee of not more
than one hundred dollars per snnum may be
and shall be payable in such amounts and at
such times as may be fixed by ordinance. The
commodities TO be sold under such permit may
be separated into classes and a separate fee
may be exacted for each class not exceeding in
all the maximum Of one hundred dollars.