The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-28
CONTROL BOARD OF B. C. TAXES
 THINGS EASILY
No Prosecutions Brough | Against Liquor Viola
 tors-Rumors.


 prosecutions have been brought against anyone for the possession of private stocks of liquor which have not been sealed according to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act, it was learned from an authentic source says special dispatch to- the Province from Victoria
 According to the requirements of the act. 1t is compulsory that all possessors of spirituous or malt liquors report their holdings to the Liquor Control Board before the act came into force June 15 in order that stocks might be labelled by the official seal. This provision was not rigidly enforced owing to a more or less general lack of understand ing of the intent of the new act.
 X thirty-day extension of time was granted and within that period all owners of private stock of liquor were required to report the posses son of wet goods" to the authori- ties some time so they might be duly registered.
 Are Apprehensive. The liquor commissioners feel that in most instances the law is being observed but some apprehension isl felt over the fact that the boot logger is still doing business at the old stand and after hours and on 1 holidays and Sundays the man wit II the ready cash has no difficulty in obtaining a supply.
 A quiet investigation of condi- 4.tions reveals the fact that there is still a great deal of illicit" whisky available, but to apprehend the cul l prits is no small task. While many constant users of the essence of the highlands observe the law when it is convenient to do so, still the many unlabelled empty bot ties thrown out of hotels on Sun days and holidays, to say nothing of the receptacles which never 7aW government seal, lead to the i'm pression that there is something rotten in Denmark and investiga tions of private stocks is ques tion absorbing the attention of theI liquor cC~ missioners.
 A Certain Leniency.
 While it is expected and, in fact, known that liquor is being held by private owners without the requisite government seals, there has been a certain leniency on the part of the authorities.
 Rather than visit the premises of n ;,d;,,id,,at xyb1 thought to be the possessor of liquor held as imported stock, no searching parties have been sent out. The board has expressed no particular concern over the individual who stored liquor for his private use but who resented what he termed an interference with his liberty accord ing to the British North American l Act.
 The commissioners admit frankly that the bootlegger with a stock se- creted for illicit use will be hard to catch and "watchful waiting" has been adopted as the easier 1 policy.
 However, the continuance of boot logging, it is admitted, is causing no l little anxiety and every consignment of imported liquor which reaches a. destination through other channels than government store is being closely checked or as closely checked as is possible under a system still in it's infancy. Several large stocks are known to have arrived in the prov ince recently.
 No Quarter, He Says. One of the commissioners declared yesterday that no quarter would thereafter be shown even where it was believed that the importer in tended to use the liquor personally, and seizures in the near future are expected.
 Another source of satisfaction to the puryeyor of illicit liquor is the closing of the government stores on Wednesday afternoons, the legal half-holiday. The regular buyer in need of a supply for the holiday must eithertbuy before 1 o'clock or do without.
 And with holidays lending an in centive to make merry, the boot legger chuckles The Wednesday afternoon closing went into effect for the first time last week. In the