Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-10-13
Notice of Referendum Elec-
= ton on the Prohibition
Enforcement Act
(ssMuiherrer RiIIaA


STATE. CITY OF NADISON-SS.
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 q General Election to be held in
the several cities, towns, villages and election
precincts Of the State Of Wisconsin on the first
Izesday of November. 1920, being the second
-dsy of said month 5
mo lac. s.
CHAPTER $50. LAWS OF 1919.
An Act to suspend the operation Of chapter
es56 of the statutes of 1917 entitled Excise and
the sale Of Intoxicating LIQUORS" and TO create
statutes. relating to intoxicating liquors. to
provide for the enforcement of Article is of
the Constitution of the United States. provin-
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
Section 1. Chapter ss 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 TO the statutes TO read: Section 1861.
After this act becomes operative. the manu-
facture, sale or transportation of intoxicating
liquors. as herein defined. within the impor-
A2tion thereof into or the expectation thereof
from the state of Wisconsin, except as may be
herein or hereafter provided. is hereby pro-
hibited.
Section 1852 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-
.,titution of the United States.
Section 1868 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 beverage containing more than
Two and one-half per centum of alcohol by
weight at 60 degrees Fahrenheit But if the
Congress of the United States shall hereafter
by valid act which shall become the law of
ard he Aea
on the subject, define the words Intoxicating
LIQUORS used in article IS of the eonstitu-
-&iop Of the United States, then such defna-
fion, FROM the time such act of congress
becomes operative, shall be the defination there
of under this subdivision.
Section 1863. Pure grain alcohol wines
and other liquors, containing more than two
and one-hslf per centum of alcohol by weight
may be manufactured in or imported into or
exported from this state for medicinal, me-
4chanicel, scientific and sacramental purposes
and sold for such purposes only and may be
80 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
aud regulations issued by the department of
Section 1865. There is hereby created
the Office of Prohibition Commissioner" On
or before the sixteenth d-y of January, 1920
the governor shall. by and with the advice and
consent of the senate, appoint suitable per-
son as such prohibition commissioner. Such
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-
seion 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
hle 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
ssioners," and may employ all necessary clerks
and fix the compensation and remuneration Of
all such deputies and clerks appointed and
file all such appointments. together with
istatea1 snt showing the compensation salary
so hXeo. prior 10 The employe or appointee en-
Sering upon his duties employment. with
the secretary of state: and such appontee
emplOye shall receive the compensation so fix
ed. 70 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 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 printed
copy of the impression of said official seal
Said deputies may perform all or any of the
duties herein provided to be performed by the
prohibition commissioner All such deputies
shall file such bond the prohibition COM
missioner shall require. TO be approved by the
prohibition commissioner. It 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 1866 1t shall be the duty Of all
district attorneys. sheriffs, deputy sherifs. con-
stables and other executive law enforcement
officers 10 aid and assist said prohibition COM
missioner 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 a permit (which permit may be revoked
for carse) to one or more persons in each mu-
nicipality in this state who shall be authorized
to have in possession and sell under such gen.
-eral rules and regulations as he may prescribe
alcohol, vinous, spirituous or malt LIQUORS con-
tanning in excess of two and one-half percent
UNI of alcohol by weight to be used exclusive
iy for medicinal, mechanical, scientific and
sacramento purposes. The person SO desig-
mated shall execute a bond in the penal sum
of one thousand dollars for the faithful COM
plianee with the rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the prohibition commissioner. with
s . the ssSa o ana sae :. OF amy
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 1868. No person who shall keep
nave
4oxicating beverages as defined in section 1863
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 as defined in said section. The pro-
hibition commissioner or his deputies shall
have the right of access at 81 reasonable
hours. without notice. = lie premises occupi-
ed BY any such retail, dealer in non-intoxicat-
ing beverages, to Investigate il this provision
is being violated.
Section 1909. no place in which non-in-
toxicating drinks beverages, difned in
section 1868 hereof, are sold or dispensed
for consumption upon the premises where Sold
shall maintain a standing bar cour ter at
which any such drinks or beverages contain
ing alcohol in any degree are permitted to be
drank or consumed by the purchaser.
Section 1569-10. The common council of
cities, the village board of villages and the
town board of towns for the purpose of regu-
iating and enforcing the sanitary conduct of
places in which mountaineering beverages as
defined in section 1868 hereof manufac-
tured 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 may require that any
person who wishes TO operate any such BUSH
ness shall first procure a permit (which per-
init may be revoked for failure to comply with
the conditions of this act or any ordinances
relating to said business.) A fee of not more
than one hundred dollars per annum may be
exscted before the granting Of such permit
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 separate fee
may be exscted for each class not exceeding in
all the maximum Of one hundred dollars.
II shall be the duty of the treasurer Of each