Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-14
NOTICE
OF
REFERENDUM ELECTION
TO BE HELD
November 2, 1920
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ELECTION
ON THE PROHIBITION EN-
FoRCEMENT ACT

of Madison--ss
/. MERLIN HULL, Secretary of State of
the State of Wisconsin, do hereby certify that
the following law is 70 be submitted to a
vote of the people at General election to be
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 sc of the statutes of 1917 entitled 'Ex-
| else and the sale of intoxicating liquors" and
TO create sections 1861 to 1569-22, in
elusive of the statutes, relating to intoxicat-
ing liquors. to provide for the enforcement
of Article 1s of the Constitution of the United
States providing penalties, making appro-
praton and, defining Intoxicating liquor.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. Chapter &c 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
as this act shall be and remain in force and
effect
Section g. Twenty-Five new sections are
added to the statutes to read: Section 1869
Il After this act becomes operative, the
| manufacture sale or transportation of intox-
| cating liquors, herein defined within, the
| importation thereof into, the expectation
thereof from the state of Wisconsin, except
as may be hereinafter provided, is hereby pro-
hibited.
| Section 1862 This act shall be deem.
ed to be an exercise of the power reserved by
| and granted to this state by Article Is of the
| constitution of the United States.
Section 1865 Intoxicating liquor, with
| in the purview of said constitutional amend
| ment and the provisions of this act shall be
| construed to be and include all liquors and
drinks of whatsoever description, in
| Guiding patent or proprietary medicines capa-
BILE 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 be-
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 1864. 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 sacramenta 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 GO l569E5; There is hereby Great;
| ed the office of Prohibition Commissioner. 8"
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
1
| 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 sal
| airy of four thousand dollars per year and his
| actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge of his duties. He shall take and
I subscribe ncfit ptina oil of i
nile bond, for the faithful discharge of his
official duties, in the sum of twenty-five thous-
and dollars, which shall be approved by the
| governor. Such prohibition commissioner NAV
appoint necessary deputies, to be known and
designated as Deputy Prohibition Commits
| sioners, and may employ all necessary clerks
ana NIX the compensation and remuneration of
al such deputies and clerks so appoint
| ed, and file all such appointments to.
gether with statement showing the compensa.
uon or salary so fixed, PRIOR to the employee
or appolntee entering upon his duties or en-
ployment with the secretary of state; and
such appontee or employee shall receive the
compensation so fixed, to be audited allowed
ana pad on the certificate of the prohibition
| and compensations now allowed and paid
to state officials and employees The prohi.
bluon commissioner shall have and possess a
suitable official seal, and all permits issued by
| hm under the provisions of this act shall
nave afhxed thereto clear impression of said
| official seal. Other documents may be anthem
ticated by printed copy of the impression of
said official seal. Said deputies NAV per-
FORM all or any of the duties herein provided
70 be performed by the prohibition commits
sf2ner. All such deputies shall file such bond
as the prohibition commissioner shall require,
| TO De approved by the prohibition commission,
ep; u 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
| defend - pp'' "
Section 1866. 1t shall be the duty of
al alstnct attorneys, sheriffs deputy sherifs,
ment officers to aid and assist said prohib-
ton commissioner or his deputies in the en-
tor sea,id OF the provisions of this act.
| Section 1861. 1t shall be the dutv of
| the prohibition commissioner to designate and
issue permit (Which permit may be revoked
ror eausel TO one or more persons in each
| municipality In this state who shall be an
| thorized to have in possession and sell under
such general rules and regulations as he NAV
| prescribe, alcohol, vinous, spirituous or malt
half per eentmm of aeoSeS of OF two and one
| used exclusively for medicinal mechanical
se,ehtine ana sacramental purposes. The per-
| son so designated shall execute a bond in the
penal sum OF one thousand dollars for the
| Iaithful compliance with the rules and regu:
latlons SO prescribed by the prohibition com.
and sae Of with an reference to the possession
faliure to comply strictly Herewith the amount
OF Said bond shall be forfeited to the state
i
| oHending shall be liable to all other penalties
| herein prescribed f''e'
,0S Seetion l569-8. No person who shall
Keep or nave IN possession for retail sale non.
| mtoXlcatlng beverages as defined in section
| 1858 hereof shall at any time have in his
possession or under his control in the buiId.
ing IN which he conducts his business or sell
| ing or dispensing any such beverages anv in
| 1u0Xieatlng liquors as defined in said section
| me prohibition commissioner or his deputies
| shaIl nave the right of access at all reason.
UT mott
| occupied by any such retail dealer in nop.in-
| toxlcatlng beverages, to investigate if this
| provision is being violated w
Section 1863 No place in which nov
intoxicating drinks or beverages as defined in
section l569-3 hereof, sold or dispensed
lo oTa consumption Sm upon the premises where
| ter at which any such drinks or beverages
containing alcohol in any degree are permit
Tea 10 De 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 reg.
uiatng and enforcing the sanitary conduct of
places IN which Notwithstanding beverages as
defined in section 1868 hereof are mann
featured or sold may pass ordinances fixing
I the terms and conditions under which such
places may be conducted and onerated and
may limit the number of such places and fine
locations at which such business or any part
thereof may be conducted, and may require
that any person who wishes to operate any
such business shall first procure a permit
| (which permit 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 an
mum may be exacted 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 70 he
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 hundred dollars
1t shall be the duty of the treasurer of
each town. village or city in this state where
in fee is collected for a permit as herein pro-
vided, remit the state treasurer within
sixty days after such fee is collected five per
cent of the total amount collected and such
moneys when received by the state treas
urer shall be SEP aside and constitute a sepa-
rate fund for the payment of salaries and
other expenses of the prohibition commission
err, and in carrying the work connected
with the enforcement of this act.
Section 1569-11. Whenever number of
the qualified electors of any town, village or
city equal to or more than ten percentum of
the number of votes cast therein for governor