Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-15


OF may have submitted to them the
question whether or not any permit
shall be issued under the provisions
Of this act to sell any non-intoxi-
eating beverages as defined in sec
ton hereof, containing alcohol in
any degree whatsoever as a bever-
age and shall file such petition with
the clerk at least two weeks prior
to the first Tuesday of April next
succeeding, such clerk shall forth
with make an order providing tnat
such question shall be submitted on
the first Tuesday of April next sue.
ceeding 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 plac-
es in the town or village not less
than. two weeks before the day of
election. The election on such
question shall be held and conduct
ed and the returns canvassed in the
manner in which elections in such
city, town or village on other ques-
lions are conducted and the returns
thereof canvassed. The result shall
be certified by the canvassers i'm
mediately upon the determination
thereof and be entered upon the
records of the town, village or city,
and shall remain in effect until an
other election is held for the same
purpose.
The ballots upon the question so
submitted shall be deposited in a
separate box in each town and cleo
ton district and shall contain the
words For permit and Against
permit" and shall otherwise con-
form with the provisions of subsec-
ton of section 623. If the major
ity of the ballots cast upon such
question be Against permit" 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 alcohol Whatsoever in
the town, village or city so voting
Against permit" and any permit
the result of such election shall re-
main unreverGcd by another cleo
ton held for the same purpose shall
be void, but if a majority of the
ballots so cast shall be For per
nit" it shall be lawful for the town
board, village trustees or common
council, as the case may be, to grant
permit for the sale of such bever-
ages.
The provisions of this act shall
not authorize the sale of beverages
containing alcohol in any town, vii
lage or city in this state where such
sale is now illegal until an election
shall have been had under the pro-
visions hereof permitting such sale
under the conditions in this act pre-
Scribed.
Section 1569-12 Manufacturers
and 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
hospitals, museums, laboratories,
educational Institutions, dentists.
physicians and persons, for lawful
purposes, may secure permit from
the prohibition commissioner, au-
thorizing the purchase and posses
sion of alcohol and liquors for the
purposes permitted by this act, up
on making due application therefor
in accordance with such rules and
requirements as the prohibition
commissioner may promulgate, and
upon filing a bond in such sum.
not to exceed two thousand dollars,
as in the discretion of the prohi-
bition commissioner shall be requir-
ed. conditioned that said alcohol
and other liquors will be used only
for the purposes stated in the appli-
cation and permit and in accordance
with law. Such permit may be re-
yoked by the prohibition commits
sioner 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 swhy
such permit should not be revoked
Section 1569-13 This act shall
not be construed to authorize the
confiscatiOn or seizure or make un-
lawful the possession of liquors de-
fined in section 1868 hereof as
intoxicating liquor, owned by indi-
yiduals and possessed and kept for
the individual use of the owners
thereof at the time this act be-
comes operative; provided such liq-
ors were lawfully purchased prior
thereto for private purposes and not
for purposes of unlawful sale, but
all such liquors kept by retail deal
ers in non-intoxicating beverages as
defined in said section and on hand
in the building where such bust
ness is conducted at the time this
act becomes operative, or at any
time subsequent thereto, shall be
deemed contraband and subject to
seizure by the prohibition commits
sioner.
Section 1569-14 In addition to
the powers and duties conferred up
on the prohibition commissioner by
this act, he is authorized and en-
powered to make other and further
reasonable rules and regulations
relative to the possession and sale
of intoxicating liquors or drinks
as beverage as herein defined,
general in their application, not in
consistent herewith, for the enforce
ment of the provisions of this act,
and all such rules and regulations,
including those herein specifically