Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-12-01
BILL
PASSES SENATE
1t President Signs, All Brew, Even
tor Medicine. Win Be Stop
ped Immediately.
TEST TO SUPREME COURT
Prevents Importation Of All Liquors
Till Present Supply 10 snsIIer-sur-
wives Hard Fight-SeIzure With
out Warrant Created a Storm.

WashingtOn.-The volstead supple
mental enforcement measure cIlminat.
Ing the use of beer for medicinal pur-
poses was approved 10y the Senate.
The vote was 56 to ~ The result had
for weeks been accepted as q force
gone conclusion. The opposition
strength did not exceed previous es-
tInltes.
The twenty-five Senators who voted
I" reject the conference report on the
Beer and Wine Bill were Brandegee.
BrouSsard. du P"nt. EDGE, Gerry.
Johns. N. King, La Toilette. Lodge
Mclean, Fcnr"se. rhipps. Pomerene
itsnsdell. Shields. Shortridge, Stanley.
Underwood. NadSworth. Walsh Of
massachusetts. Watson Of Georgia and
Weller
The Endorsement of the Senate
completes n t."n n the Beer and
Wine Bill. II now goes 10 the PrcSi-
dent. The manufacture and sale Of
beer under existing regulations must
cease Immediately upon his si'uafur"
The act Is regarded by many legal
authorities as unconstitutional. Test
cases will be prepared at the earliest
opportunity and the w law will he
brought before the United States Su.
preme Court for an opinion.
Following the passage Il the report,
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon League. gave out
statement In which he declared:
'Fhe passage of the Anti-Beer Bill
Is victory for law. for enforcement.
and 1t blasts all hopes for the return
Of both beverage and medicinal beer"
These are the high points Of the
act as outlined by Mr.. Wheeler:
ut prohibits prescribing beer or
malt liquors for medicinal purposes
Not more than "ne-fOurth gallon Of
vin"us liquor, or vinous and spiritu-
Gus liquor separately or In the aggre-
gate containing more than half n pint
Of alcohol may be prescribed in ten
days
"Physlcians are limited to 100 pre-
scriptions In ninety days. unless ex-
tra"rdinary reasons are presented.
Preparations of spiritunus ar vim
oas liquor Is prohibited until the
amount on hand shall not he sufficient
TO supply the current need for non
beverage use.
The tax on liquor stolen or de-
stroyed shall not lie collected from
the owner or the loser II theft did not
occur us the result Of negligence or
Collusi"n or fraud on the part Of the
rwner ar person legally accountable
for same
private residences may not he
searched without search warrant.
Officers who. without probable cnuSe
and mnlicl"uSly, search any place
without u search warrant are penal
lied. Persons VIII" impersonate Of
ficers enforcing the Prohibition ACT
are heavily pcnaIized."
Senators Stanley. Broussard and
those who led the fight against the
measure Insist that its provisions can
he construed tO permit search and
seizure without a warrant and that
the Bill of Rights in the Constitution
has been impaired. II not destroyed.
Senators WadswOrth aud Brandegee
made the concluding addresses I'm up-
position OF the hill. holding It's pro-
visions unconstitutional. Sterliny and
McScllar spoke for ''H measure.
II President Harding approves the
act the Treasury will amend its pres
Pnt regulations tn conform with u
and the sale of beer us II medicine
will he stopped forthwith. Officials
0f the department. however. nnticIpnte
that the question will be fought our
IN the courts on he constituionaIity
- he law before its final disposition.
At the White House officials declin-
ed to intimate what President Harding
will do with the measure.