The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-21
PROHIBITION
 PROVISIONS \ IN THE LAW
What it is Lawful to do and Not Lawful to do Un- der the Constitutional
 Enactment

The constitutional prohibition amendment contains the followinS provisions:
 Declare unlawful the manufacture or sale of any beverage containin9 one-half of one per .cent or more of alcohol
 Declare places where liquor is sole in violation of law to be common nuisances. abatable as such.
 Search and seizure powers given prohibition enforcement officers. ey- cept for the search of private dwell ings unless used for the unlawful sale of intoxicants or in part as places of business.
 Liquor seized to be destroyed. ve- hicles and other property to be soid and proceeds paid into United States Treasury.
 Advertising of liquor by any meth cd prohibited.
 Permit manufacture al home fot personal use of misunderstanding cid CTS and fruit juices. While ''non- intoxicating" is not defined specific ally. the term "intoxicating" is COZ strued by law to mean onehalf of one per cent or more of alcohol.
 Permit manufacture of alcoholic liquors for sacramental and medicinal uses, under restrictions
 Permit manufacture of alcohol foi industrial and scientific uses.
 Permit possession of liquor in home if purchased before prohibition be came effective
 Physicians prohibited from pre- scribing alcoholic liquor for patient unless in good faith they believe it win afford relief from ailment Nct more than. one pint can be prescribed in any month for one person.
 Complete records of sales, includ- ing names of persons obtaining IT, quors, required of manufacturers and druggists.
 Various penalties for violation fixed, the most severe being $2.000 fine and two years Imprisonment.
 Hb COllStilIIlOudi iiitiuiIcHt N"o finally adopted by Congress on De- cember IS. 1917, with q restrictive clause, hitherto unknown in legisla- tive procedure, that it would be in- operative unless ratified within seven years. It required only l3 months. The vote in the House was 2S1 to l2S and In the Senate 65 to 20. Submission of the amendment to the States came at a time when many legislatures were assembling. Mis- sissippi quickly put its approval on the amendment and was followed in order by Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Dakota, Maryland Montana, Texas, Delaware, Soutn nois, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Maine Tennessee, Colorado, West Virginia idaho, California, Indiana, Arkansas North Carolina, Washington, Ala bama, Kansas, Oregon, Utah, Iowa New Hampshire, and Nebraska, mak ing the required 36 states, three fourths of the union, for the amend ment to become effective. Nine moro states likewise gave their ratification 45 in all, as follows: Wyoming, Mis- souri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nevada New Mexico, Vermont, New York ana Pennsylvania.
 Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk proclaimed the amendment as part of the constitution under date of January 29, 1919, going into effect one year from the date ot ratification by the Seth state. As that took place on January 16, 1919, the amendment is now operative.
 To enforce constitutional prohibi- tion, Congfess enacted a bill so dras- tic that a man can be fined or put in jail for even displaying a picture of a brewery or Il keg. Right to store liquor in ones own home for personal use stood up, However, against vigorous attacks in both Senate and House. sE
 Search for contraband liquor is permitted under warrants, except that private dwellings, may not be searched unless used for illegal safe or in part for business purposes Seized whiskey and property used in illegal sale or transportation are to