Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-14
MODIFYING PRO
LAW PLANNED IN
SOUTH DAKOTA
Bill Is introduced to Permit
"Good Citizens" to Make,
Buy and Sell "Stlmu-
Iating" Liquors.
(By Tbe Associated Press)

(By The Associated RreNHJ
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 10 .--Personal
liberty, which includes way
whereby those who are temperate
and good citizens as the term
good citizens" is defined, can
manufacture, buy and sell LIQUORS
/ that are termed stimulating, is
! the KEYNOTE of bin introduced
! in the legislature here by Repre-
sentative Fred c. Gilman, at the
REQUEST of r. o. Richards, oil NH
chell S. ID.
The bill follows accurately the
platform upon which Richards ran
| for governor in the primary last
year. oo
The bill provides that con and
after the enactment OF TINS law
every person of legal age not CON
victed of crime or detained IN
state institutions shall again be
accorded moral liberty in diet
under law and order as provided
in this act"
"Citizen' Is Defined.
The bill defines a citizen as "a
respected person who is moral ana
therefore entitled to respect and
nersonal liberty in every way and
entitled to enter the state, moral
. civil service and to vote, to sell,
huy and use stimulant by comply
ing with the legal requirement OF
= residents and naturalization ana
= federal statutes"
: The word stimulant Is defined
in the bill as "any pure vinous
! malt. brewed, fermented or dlstlll-
ed pure liquors containing the
n1lre shirt of wine from fruits ana
seeds--not toxin, rectified, poison
r GUS or impure, and not used IN a
! drunkard's war for beverage pur-
: poses; but in a temperate way loi
4 stimulating purposes.
Y The term Intoxicating liquors
i, is defined in the bill as amy recti-
: fled poisonous, impure liquor, 6ucf
= as moonshine, poisonous home
/, brew and immature wine"
S The bin would declare immora
= and prohibited, the saloon or an!
r form or public place for the salt
of Intoxicating liquor or stimulant
: nv the glass or Individual drink 10
beverage, medical or stimulating
purposes. The bill says howeVe
THAT "No person, active manager 0
any firm, business, club, assocla
tion or corporation within TN
state shall manufacture, import Q
aid in importing, for sale, barte
or trade, any spurious or Vlnlou
liquors, except upon issuance OF
municipal moral permit,
How to Obtain Permit.
To obtain this permit, the bl
N nrovides for an application
h writing to be published by tn
clerk or auditor in three issues
the daily or weekly newspape
with the largest circulation, gl'
ing the date and hour of the NEE
/ ing of the commissioners to az
eide upon the application. AT tn
q time the public must have oppol
tunity to object to or indorse u
J, granting of the application. If II
application is granted a bond
$4,000 must be filed for faithtl
performance and compliance VII
+, the act and federal statutes.
- The issuance of the "municlp
o. moral permit shall be limited
of reeular registered pharmacists az
Sc TO the citizen in charge as actl'
FOL manager OF each retail and Whol
al sale grocery concern, provide
tirl tbat all. vinious and brew II
"stimulant' purposes shall be SO
w. in the original package and u
on proper food stamp attached. -,
no The bill then provides that u
81 auditor shall keep a book know
80 as the municipal moral permit po'
"a where the list of permits shaH
"a kent 1t also provides that ea
Gu hermit holder shall keep a bo
which will record the names OF
"a nersons of which he is notified
10 the clerk of courts to have be
deprived of their citizenship a
haa they shall be entered as MOI
~. delinquent" a
ms "MoraI Delinquents' barred
All moral delinquents are I
ar only deprived by the Dill OF
tanning a municipal moral peri
to- but also deprived OF voting d
ion their citizenship is forfeited VIM
automatically prevents them lfi
buying stimulants. The Dill sa
"When any person shall be lou
M guilty by jury of being lmmo
n or creating immoral enVlronm'
n in sale of stimulant or OF persi
ent wilful violation OF any prov
ion of. this act, the court may
8 its discression forfeit or suspt
for a definite period the citiz
ship of the person so CONVICTED.
e The bill continues; Amy pers
not a regularly licensed practlc
physician who directly or indire
Iy, Knowingly or wilfully sells
gives stimulants to moral deI
euent person who has lost his c
zenship shall upon trial and e
viction thereof forfeit his or
citizenship"
The word moral or morality
defined as the essence of law
a standard of citizenship to M
individual responsibility in pers
al conduct, evidenced by the pr
lice and support of temperai
Goodwill. self respect, respect