Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-09-30
PROPOSITION NO. Is.

PROPOSITION NO. IS.
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
House bill No. 335, enacted by ffftleth
General Assembly. Prohibiting manufae-
ture, sale, gift. advertisement or trans
&. portatlon of intoxicating liquors within,
Into or from this state, except under GER
tain conditions; providing for search OF
intoxicating liquors unlawfuiiy sold; de-
ciaring certain buildings or certain places
used In unlawful manufacture OF lntoxi-
eating liquors nulsances and giving right
Of abatement; giving persons injured by
Intoxicated persons right OF action against
Illegal liquor s~elIers; regulating those
who manufacture, sell or prescribe for
ethyl alcohol or wine defining Intoxlcat-
Ing liquor and other words; providing for
enforcement of said act and prescribing
penalties for violation OF same.
AN ACT prohibiting the manufacture,
sale, gift, advertisement or transports
ton of intoxicating liquors within. into
or from the state of Missouri, except
for certain purposes and under certain
regulations; providing for search and
seizure of intoxicating liquors unlaw-
fully manufactured or sold; declaring
certain buildings, structures and things
used in the unlawful manufacture II
sale of Intoxicating liquors to be nui-
sances and giving the right Of abate-
~ % U$Nt
in damage for injuries by intoxicated
persons against illegal liquor sellers;
prescribing additional duties for prose-
cutting attorneys, sheriffs and other
law-enforcing officers; requiring per-
mits for manufacturers sellers or ply
sicians who manufacture. sell or write
prescriptions for ethyl alcohol or wine
and providing for the revocation of
same; defining intoxicating liquors and
other words and phrases; making en-
ployes and agents responsible for viola
ton of this act by a corporation; de-
claring intoxicating liquors Illegally
manufactured or sold to be contraband;
fixing venue of cases under the act;
and with penalties for violation; and
providing when same h be in force
and effect.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State OF Missouri. as follows:
Section /. 1t shall be unlawtu for any
person, firm, association or corporation,
his, its or their agents or employees, to
manufacture, sell, give away or trans
port intoxicating liquors with, import
the same into, or export the same from
the state of Missouri for beverage pur-
poses, except as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Tina the provisions of this
act shall not be construed so as to pre-
vent the manufacture, Importation, ex-
portatfon, or sale of denatured alcohol,
or of cider for the purpose of making
vinegar or Notwithstanding cider, or of
denatured rum for use only in the indus
IFlaI ana mechanical dfIS, or OF meIlyl
alcohol. or of ethyl alcohol in non-potable
toilet, medicinal, antiseptic, culinary, or
other non-beverage preparations, or of
ethyl alcohol for scientific. pharmaceuti-
cal. mechanical, or industrial purposes;
or to prevent the sale of ethyl alcohol
or wine by pharmacists or druggists as
provided herein for medicinal or sacra-
mental purposes.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person. firm, association. or corporation
to manufacture or sell ethyl alcohol or
wine within the state of Missouri for nom
beverage purposes without a permit
therefor as herein provided. All persons,
firms or corporations desiring to manu-
faeture or sell ethyl alcohol or wine shall
file with the clerk of the county court
Of the county, in which such persons,
place of business, an application for
a permit to manufacture or sell, las
the case may bel ethyl alcohol or
wine, at least ten t10I days before
shall be in such form as may be pre-
scribed by the Encouragement of Mis-
souri,. The said clerk of the county court
shall present said application to the
regular term and if the judges of said
court are satisfied that the allegations OF
the application are true, that the appli-
cant is twenty-one (2D years OF age
and not addicted to the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors as a beverage; n that the
applicant is of good moral character and
Iaw-abiding, the said court nay issue a
permit to such applicant to manufacture
or sell las the case may bel ethyl alco-
hol or wine for a period of one year I'M
less revoked or suspended as herein pro-
vided. Said permit shall be in such form
as may be prescribed by the attorney
general of Missouri. Applicants shall pay
to the county clerk for permits issued as
above set out, the following fees, to-wit:
For each manufacturing permit the sum
of fifty dollars $4,000; for each selling
,nyrns fha sum of ton dn11ar1 fE10 0n1
Ali fees collected by the county clerk un-
der this section shall be paid over month
ly to the county treasurer. All holders
of permits granted as herein provided.
month, for the calendar month preceding.
file a statement, verified by the oath of
such permit holder, with the clerk of
the county court of the county in which
such permit holder is engaged in business,
showing the amount and kinds of intoxi-
eating liquors manufactured OF received
during said month with names and adj
dresses of the persons, firms or corpor-
atoms from whom received, and the
amount and kind of intoxicating liquors
sold or otherwise used or disposed of
during said month with the names and
addresses of the persons, firms or cor
porations to whom sold or delivered. and
the amount and kind of Intoxicating
liquor on hand at the end of said month.
Section 4. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation in the state
of Missouri. holding a permit to manu-
facture or sell ethyl alcohol or wine I'M
der this act, to sell, give away, or other
wise dispose of ethyl alcohol or wine ex-
cept on a written application, dated and
signed, Of an individual or an authorized
agent Of a firm or corporation engaged
in the manufacture of ~non-potable toilet,
medicinal, antiseptic, culinary, or other
non-beverage preparations, or of the
owner or manager of a hospital, museum,
laboratory, industrial or educational in
stutional using ethyl alcohol or wine for
scientific, pharmaceutical, mechanical, in
dustrial or other non-beverage purposes,
or of a regularly registered and practice
ing dentist. physician or veterinarian u.s.
ing ethyl alcohol or wine for non-bever-
age purposes in the practice of his pro-
f~ession; or of a minister, priest, clergy
man or authorized officer having charge
purposes; provided, that any druggist,
pharmacist, or proprietor Of a drug store,
holding a permit to sell ethyl alcohol or
wine under this act. may sell or give away
ethyl alcohol or wine on a written pre-
scription. dated and signed, first had and
and practicing physician, and then only
when such physician shall state In such
prescription the name of the person for
whom the same is prescribed, and that
such ethyl alcohol or wine Is prescribed
as a necessary remedy; provided further,
that each permit holder selling or giving
away or otherwise ~disposfng CT ethyl alco-
hol or wine under this section shall at
tach q copy of each application and pre-
scription received during each month to
the monthly report required to be filed
with the clerk Of the county court linde
tile provisions Of section 3 of this act.
Any permit holder who shall violate any
OF the provisions of this section, or any
person who shall make a false statement
In an application for ethyl alcohol or