Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-09-22
Notice of Referendum Elec-
ton on the Prohibition
Enforcement Act
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STATE OF WISCONSIN. DEPARTMENT o

STATE OF WISCONSIN. DEPARTMENT OF
| STATE. CITY OF MADIS0N-SS.
Merlin Hun sssrstsy Of sssse ,t q ne ne
| following Law u TO be submitted 70 g vote Of
the people at Q General Election 70 be held in
Ine ssss Of The STATE of Wisconsin on he first
Tuesday Of November. 1920, being The second
day Of said month.
l-t CHAPTER 5ss. LAWS OF 1919.
An Act 70 suspend the operation o. chapter
| sc Of the statutes Of 1917 entitled Excise and
sections zee 1851 70 I5ss~22, inclusive, Of the
statutes, relating 10 intoxicating liquors, TO
provide for the enforcement Of Article Is OF
the Constitution of the United States, prov5o-
ing penalties making an appropriation and
defining intoxicating liquor.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, re-
presented in ser ate and assembly, % enact a.
Section /. Chapter Sc Of the statutes Of
Wisconsin for 1917 entitled Excise and The
| pended and declared to be imperative so long
| as this act shall be and remain IN force and
eject
Sections 2. Twenty-Five new sections are
added 70 the statutes 70 read: Section 1861.
After this act becomes operative, the manu-
faeture sale or transportation Of intoxicating
liquors, herein defined, within the inpor-
tation thereof into. or the expectation thereof
from the state of Wisconsin, except as may be
herein or hereafter provided. is hereby pro-
hibited.
Section 1882 This act shall be deemed
70 be exercise Of the power reserved BY and
granted to this state by Article IS Of the con-
stitution Of the United States
Section 1868 Intoxicating liquor, within
the purview of said constitutional amendment
and the provisions of this act shall be eonstru-
ed TO be and include all liquors and drinks
Of whatsoever name or description, including
patent proprietary medicines, capable of
being used as a beverage containing more than
two and one-half per centum of alcohol by
weight at so degrees Fahrenheit. But II the
Congress of the United States shall hereafter
by valid act which shall become the law Of
the land and be paramount 10 any state laws
on the subject, define the words Intoxicating
liquors used in article Is Of the constitu-
ton of the United States, then such defina-
ton, from the time such act of congress
becomes operative, shall be the defnation there
of under this subdivision.
Section 1868. 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
ehanieal, scientific and saeramental purposes
and sold for such purposes only and may be
so sold 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
and regulations issued by the department of
internal revenue.
Section 1865. There is hereby created
the Office Of Prohibition Commissioner. On
OF before the sixteenth day 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
prohibition commissioner shall have his office
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 prohibit
ton commissioner shall receive 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
file 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 as Deputy Prohibition Commits.
sioners." and may employ all necessary clerks
and fix the compensation and remuneration of
all such deputies and clerks so appointed and
| file all such appointments, together with a
statement showing the compensation salary
so fixed. prior 10 the employe appointee en-
| tering upon his duties or employment, with
| the secretary of state and such appointee or
employe shall receive the compensation so fix
ed to be audited, allowed and paid on the GER
tifcate Of the prohibition commissioner in the
| same manner as salaries and compensations
| are now allowed and paid 10 state officials
| and employees. The prohibition commissioner
shall have and possess suitable official seal
and all permits issued by him under the pro-