Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-21
NOTICE
OF
REFERENDUM ELECTION
TO BE HELD
November 2, 1920
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ELECTION
ON THE PROHIBITION EN-.
FORCEMENT ACT
(ssMnlherrer Rill,,A

I, MERLIN HULL, Secretary of State of
the State of Wisconsin do hereby certify that
the following law is to be submitted TO
vote of the people at General election to be
held IL the several cities, towns, villages and
election precincts of the State OF Wisconsin
on the first Tuesday of November, 1920. be-
ing the second day of said month
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1919
| AN ACT To suspend the operation of chap
ter GO Of the statutes of 1917 entitled Elk
else and the sale of intoxicating liquors. and
to create sections 1861 to 1862, IN
elusive of the statutes. relating to lntoxcat-
ing liquors to provide for the enforcement
of Article Is OF the Constitution of the United
States, providing penalties, making an appro-
priation and defining Intoxicating liquor,
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows
Section 1. Chapter sc of the statutes of
Wisconsin for 1917 entitled Excise and the
sale OF intoxicating liquors. is hereby
pended and declared to be imperative so long
as this act shall be and remain in force and
effect.
Section 2. Twenty-Five new sections are
added TO the statutes to read: Section 1869
!. After this act becomes operative the
| manufacture, sale or transportation of intox-
icating liquors. herein defined, within, the
importation thereof into, the expectation
thereof from the state of Wisconsin, except
as may be hereinafter provided, is hereby pre-
hibited
Section 1885, This act shall be deem
ed to be an exercise of the power reserved by
! and granted 10 this state by Article 15 of the
| constitution of the United States
Section 1868. Intoxicating liquor with
in the purVlew of said constitutional amend
ment' and the provisions of this act shall be
construed 10 be and include all liquors and
drinks of whatsoever name description, in
GUIDING patent or proprietary medicines, eapa-
| Die OF being used as beverage containing
more than two and one-haf per centum of
alcohol by weight at so degrees Fahrenheit
But if the Congress of the United States
nv vail OF xyhta shall ha
come the law of the land and be paramount
to any state laws the subject, define the
words Intoxicating liquors as used in arti
Gle Is of the constitution of the United
States then such definition, from the time
such act of congress becomes operative, shall
be the definition thereof under this subdivision.
Section i569;-4 Pure grain alcohol
wines and other liquors. containing more than
| two and one-half percentum of alcohol by
weight may be manufactured in or imported
| into or exported from this state for medicinal
mechanical, scientific and sacramento purpos-
| es and sold for such purposes only and may
| be so sold as herein provided and not other
wise Denatured alcohol may be freely manu-
! featured and sold, provided its manufacture
complies strictly with the laws now or here
| after enacted by Congress relative thereto
| and the rules and regulations issued by the
department of internal revenue.
Section 1865. There is hereby Great
| ed the office of Prohibition Commissioner -
| On or before the sixteenth day of January.
| 1920, the governor shall, by and with the ad.
| vice and consent of the senate appoint a
suitable person as such prohibition commits
SlOner Such prohibition commissioner shall
have his office in the capital, 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 vacancy occurring in said Office shall like
wise be filled by executive appointment Said
prohibition commissioner shall receive a sal.
| AIRY OF four thousand dollars per year and his
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
o En hall falyA
| subscribe the constitutional oath of office and
| lille a bond, for the faithful discharge of his
| ofhclai duties, IN the sum of twenty five thous-
and dollars, which shall be approved by the
governor. Such prohibition commissioner may
| appoint necessary deputies to be known and
designated as Deputy Prohibition Commits
Sloners, and may employ all necessary clerks
and NIX the compensation and remuneration of
| all such deputies and clerks SO appoint.
| ed, and file all snch appointments to-
gether with statement showing the compensa-
uoh or salary so fixed, prior to the employee
or appolntee entering upon his duties or en-
piOyment with the secretary of state: and
| snch appolntee or empoye shall receive the
| compensation fixed to be audited allowed
| and paid on the certificate of the prohibition
| commissioner in the manner as salaries
ana eompensations are allowed and paid
5 10 state officials and employees. The prohi-
| billion commissioner shall have and possess a
suitable ofheial seal, and all permits issued by
nm under the provisions of this act shall
nave afhxed thereto clear impression of said
o"ciai seal other documents may be authen-
heated by printed copy of the impression of
sand oniclal seal. Said deputies may per
form all or any of the duties herein provided
| TO he performed by the prohibition commits
sion%r All such deputies shall file such bond
4 as the prohibition commissioner shall reouire
10 oe approved by the prohibition commission
er- IL shall be the duty of the prohibition
commissioner to exercise and perform ali the
duties and acts required of him by this act
rnr iaiiufe To perform such duties he shall be
subject to removal by the governor for
m
| defend '''""'s "
Section 1866. 1t shall be the duty Of
al alStriet attorneys sheriffs. deputy sheriffs,
constabies and other executive law enforce,
inent ofhcers to aid and assist said prohibi.
non commissioner or his deputies in the en-.
| iorcement OF the provisions of this act,
section 1901. 1t shall be the dutv of
the prohibition commissioner to designate and
issue permit (Which permit may be revoked
TOT causel TO one or more persons in each
municipality in this state who shall he an
thorized to have in possession and coll -
such general rules and regulations as he NAV
prescribe, alcohol vinous, sprituous or mali
, ICY LIQUORS containing in excess of two and one.
idit per centum of alcohol by weight to he
used exclusively for medicinal mechan;caI
scientific and sacramental purposes Tn ner
son so designated shall execute bond in the
pehai sum OF one thousand dollars for Tho
ialthful compliance with the rules and ran
latons so prescribed by the prohibition com.
missioner, with reference to the nossess;on
and sale of any such liquors In the avent ~
failure to comply strictly Herewith tbo ,n,,, .!
OF said bond shall be forfeited To the S,ata
OF wisconsin and in addition the persons 90
omendlng snail be liable to all other penalties
herein prescribed. f'eN
Section 1905. No person who shah
neep OF nave IN possession for retail sale non
nHtS4leatmg beverages defined in section
Ioos-3 hereof shall at any time have in his
possession or under his control in tbe hr;Id
ing IN which he conducts his business or sell
ing or dispensing any such beverages any in.
toxicstlng liquors as defined in said sact;nn
snail have the right of access at all reason
aoIe h9urs without notice. to the premises
oecHpled by any such retail dealer in non-in-
IoNlcatng beverages to investigate il this
provision is being violated
section 1909. No place in which NON
shtoNleating drinks or beverages. as defined in
section ioo9-3 hereof, sold or dispensed
FOR consumption upon the premises wbere
soid- snail maintain a standing bar or conn
yer al which any such drinks or beverages
containing alcohol in any degree are permit-
ted TO be drank or consumed BY the purchaser
section l569-lo The common council OF
.I.Ies' the village board of villages and the
town board of towns for the purpose of req
nlating and enforcing the sanitary condnct 81
PAGES IN which Misunderstanding beyersSes aS
denned IN section I569-3 hereof ara NAM
Incurred or sold may pass ordinances fixing
places may be conducted and opersted and
may limit the number of such places and the
'0ca'lons at which such business or sny mart
thereof may be conducted. and may raon;re
that any person who wishes TO Operate any
such business shall first procure permit
winch permit may be revoked for failure TO
comply with the conditions of this act or snv
ordinances relating to said businessl. fee
OF not more than one hundred dollars per an
mum may be exaeted before the granting of
soch permit and shall be payable in
fixed by ordinance. The commodities TO he
sold under such permit may be separated into
classes and separate fee may be exacted for
each class not exceeding in slI the maximum
OF one hundred dollars
Il shall be the duty OF the treasurer of
each town. village or city in this state where.