Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-10-13


sary Tor the manufacture OF sucA
articles.
Section 1868. Any person
who shall vend, sell. deal or trafae
III, or Tor the purpose OF eyading any
law OF this state. give away lntox1.-
eating liquor as herein denned, ex-
cept as herein provided, or violate.
any otner provision hereof or anv
lawful order made under the pro-
VISIONS OF this act, shall be guilty.
OF mlsdemeanor and upon convic--
ton snail be hned not less than one
hundred dollars or more than five.
hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment not exceeding six months o.
ny Dotn sucn nne and imprisonment.
IN the discretion OF the court. And.
IN the event OF a second conviction
for any such ofense within one wear
may be punished by a penalty equal
to double the maximum penalty pre-,
Scrlbed for the first offense.
Section 1569-20. There is here
by appropriated sufficient sum too
provide for the payment of salaries,
and compensation of said prohibi-
ton commissioner, his deputies. and
employees, and to carry this act into
effect, not exceeding fifteen thous-
and dollars in all in any one year.
Section 1569-21. If at any time.
after the passage of this act the.
eighteenth amendment TO the con-
stltution of the United States shall
become void and of nc effect. then
and in such case from the date said
amendment is declared to be or be-
comes void and of 20 effect this ACT
snail be null and void and the nro-
visions OF chapter sc herein REFER
ed 10 IN section l hereof shall again
become operative and of full force
and effect.
Section 1862. If any of the
provisions of this act shall be held
70 be invalid all other provisions Q9s
the same which are not so expressly
held to be invalid shall continue iTa
full force and effect.
SECTION 3. This act shall he i'm
force and effect on passage and pub--
hcation on and after January Is.
1920, and continue in force and ef-.
feet to ana including January /.
1921.
The prohibition commissioner
shall have power to enforce the
provisions of this act and all et,ep.
acts relative to Intoxicating Iiuuor
and it shall be his duty and the
duty OF all peace officers of the state
to make complaints and Institute
prosecutions for a violation of the
same, and all such officers and any
citizen may on information and hes
lief make complaint before anyy
magistrate or court to the effee@
tnat provisions OF this act are being
violated and that intoxicating lia~
ors are being kept for purposes at
unlawful sale at a particular place,
10 De designated, and praying thaa a
warrant may be issued to search the
premises where said intoxicatiney
liquors are so being kept and seize
the same, and upon filing any such
complaint warrant nay issue ccyn.-
handing the officer to search the,
premises and seize any and ALI liqp-
uors believed to be intoxicating and
Drlng the same before the eCalra
Tor further proceedings according ta
law. The procedure shall be sub
Stantlally the same as the procedure
provided for search warrants Pm
larceny cases and such liquors snalE
be subject to such disposition as
the prohibition commissioner nav
order.
SECTION 4. The question whether
the provisions of this act shall eprg-
.tlnue to be in force and effect frg4la
and after January / 1921, shall be
submitted to the people of this state
in the manner provided by law faa.
the submission of an amendment tgs
the constitution at the election to be-
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1920. IL
approved by majority of the votes
cast upon that question, it shah
continue OF force and effect from
and after January /, 1921, otherwise
1t shall cease to be of force and eff
feet and become null and VOID.
Upon the ballot shall be printed
Shall chapter insert on the
ballot the number of the chapter) of
the laws of 1919 entitled (insert the
title of the act) be continued of force
and sffect?"
SECTION 5. This act takes effect as
above provided, subject, however, 10,
all provisions herein contained feg-
its submission to the people for thaiE-
ratification or rejection.
Approved July 70, 1919 Il
Published July 18, 1918
NOTE: If the foregoing law is,
ratified by this election, it becomes,
the law Of this state on the subject.
of intoxicating liquors, except as
amended by Chapter 685 of the Laws;
of 1919, and except as affected by
the Eighteenth Amendment to the
U. S. Constitution and the Volstead
Act OF Congress enforcing same. If
it is rejected, the effect will be mn
reinstate the former law on said
subject known as Chapter &c Of
the Revised Statutes, of 1917. with
the same exceptions as above noted.
State OF Wisconsin, Department. Of
States.
|, MERLIN HULL, Secretary of
State, OF the State of Wisconsin. do
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true copy of Chapter 55e
Laws of 1919, and that same has been
compared by me with the original en-
rolled act now on file in this depart
ment
Given under my hand and Official
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