Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-16
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time the constitutional iandmant
:Wfaa auhi1itte4s. "a OF thu - states
and considerably more tai hair of
thSsterfitorias United State had pro-
shi6ftfon: Ia states where %1rohibition
sVWas not state.wide, It 11ad been
Sad6pted under local optdoi1 flaws by
many@cotnmunitiea. 4
In addition. to state lav& there
have been in4seffect stringent meas
ures adopted by congress "a aids to-
ward winning the war, VIII b gave Z
tremendous Impetus to TT prohibi-
ton movement Studying "a exam.
pies OF foreign countries. law was
passed making It unlawfua provide
Any.ssman in. Uniform VII REAlcoholio
beverages Making Of bees nd whis-
Key was stoppedaunder th God cor.
troll act and tho sale Of INKS was
terminated ats midnight. III June 30.
Shipment; of liquor into AZ states
was prohibited by the DO dry Law.
sNIhesconstieational amei aent was
fnallyc adopted by congr On De-
cemher IS, S19l7. with 9 Festrictive
clause, hitherto unknown legisla-
tive procedure, that 1t " d be i'm
operative unless ratified y lin seven
years. It required only months
The vote in the house was1 1 to I2s
and in the senate 65 to Il
Submission of the !. am ment to
the states came at q time, In many
legislatures were assenblM4 Missis-
sippi quickly put its 4 ESE1 on the
amendment and was~tUMA in or
der by Virginia, Kentut South
Carolina, North Dakota, aryland. .
Montana, Texas. Delaware nth Da-
kota, Massachusetts,, sArN Geor-i
gia, Louisiana, Florida, kichigan. :
Ohio, Oklahoma, Maine 6nnessee.
illinois, Colorado, West v mia, Ida
ho, California, Indiana, krkansaa, :
North Carolina, Washing Alaba~
ma, Kansas Oregon, Iowa,
New Hampshire and Nebd q, MAKE
ing the required SO sly three
fourths .of+the union, for amend.
ment to become effective Ia more
states likewise gave their lncation.
IS in: all, as follows: wy hg, Mis-.
souri,, Minnesota, WisconH Nevada
New Mexico, Vernon, NeN4a prk and
Pennsylvania.
Acting Secretary of Sta rank l.
Polk proclaimed the am nent aa
part Of the constitution er date
Of January 29is1919, but kes into
effect one: year from the { be rati-
ication by the seth state. Is that. .
took place on January 161 e-.,'a>sU
Amendment IL operative. a.'S9rding to
the bureau OF Internal revenue. at
midnight tonight -
To enforce constitutional sprohfbf-c
ton; congress enacted a bill 50 drastic
that a man'can be fined or put in jail
for even displaying a picture Of a
brewery or a key. Right to store
liquor in ones own home for personal
use stood up, howeveSatnst visor-
Alcoholic beverages still may be
produced for medicinal and Sacra-t
mental uses, and alcohol viii con-as
tinue to be made for scientific and in
dustrial purposes, but many SAFE
guards are provided that the law
shall not be violated. The home man
ufacture and consumption of non-tn-
toxicating cider. and fruit juices Is
permitted by law. In the manufacture
to as NEAR. beer" it was provided
that other names shall be used than
beer, ale or porter. a.
%asP lacess$where intoxicating liquors
are sold can be declared ? nuisance
and abated as such, and The persons
guilty of maintaining them are pun
ishable under the criminal sections Of
the enforcement law. Punishments
for violations of the law a ac-
cording to the nature Of the violation
and whether 1t is a first or subsequent
as $4,000 fine and two years imprt-
sonment Advertising of liquors by
any. means or method is prohibited.
Search for c%ontraband liquor is
permitted under warrants except
that private dwellings, may not be
searched unless used for illegal sale
or in part for business purposes
Seized whiskey and property used in
illegal sale or transportation are to
beaY.destroyed, the owner having no
property rights in it. go