The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-14
RIGHT TO MANUFACTURE
STIMULATING" LIQUORS
Is Sought BY Bill introduced in the
South Dakota Legislature--Good
Citizens to Be Given the
Authority.

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erty, which includes a way whereby
those who are temperate and good cit
liens as the term good citizen" is de-
fined, can manufacture, buy and sell
liquors that are termed stimulating,
is the keynote of bill introduced in
the legislature here by Representative
Fred C. Gilman, at the request OF X. o,
Richards of Mitchell, s, D.:
The bill follows accurately the plat
form upon which Richards ran for gov
ernor in the primary last year
The bill provides that ION and after
the enactment Of this law every person
of legal age not convicted of crime or
detained in state institutions shall
again be accorded moral liberty in diet
under law and order IS provided in this
act"
The bill defines citizen as "a re-
spected person who is moral and there
fore entitled to respect any personal
liberty in every way and entitled to
enter the state, moral civil service and
to vote, to sell, buy and use stimulant
BY complying with the legal require
ment OF residents and naturalization
and federal statutes"
The word stimulant is defined in the
bill as amy pure vinous malt, brewed,
fermented or distilled pure liquors con-
tanning the pure spirit of wine from
fruits and seeds not toxin, rectified,
poisonous or impure, and not used in
a drunkard's way for beverage pur-
posasi but in temperate way Tor
stimulating purposes"
The term intoxicating liquors" is
defined in the bill as ANY rectified
poisonous, impure, liquor, such as
moonshine, poisonous home brew and
immature wine"
The bill would declare immoral and
prohibited, the saloon or any form or
public place for the sale of intoxieat-
ing liquors or stimulants by the glass
or individual drink for beverage. me
dcinal or stimulating purposes. The bill
saws, however. that mo person, active
manager of any firm, business, club, as
socistion or corporation within this
state shall manufacture. import or aid
in importing, for sale, barter or trade,
any spurious or vinous liquors, except
upon issuance of a municipal moral
permit"
To obtain this permit, the bill pro.
vides for an application in writing TO
be published by the clerk or auditor in
three issues of the daily or weekly
newspaper with the largest circulation,
giving the date and hour of the meet
ing Of the commissioners to decide
upon the application. At this time the
public must have opportunity TO OBJ
iect to indorse the granting of the az
plitation. If the application is grant
ed a bond of 5000 must be filed for
taithfu performance and compliance
With the act and with the federal stat
utes.
I'hp issuance Of the municipal NORA
permit" shall be limited to regular reg
'st,itd pharmacists and TO the citifca
in charge as active manager of each
r.tsil and whoi, sale grocery concern,
provided that all vinuous and brew for
"stimulant" purposes shall be sold in
the original package and the proper
pure food stamp attached.
The bill then provides that the audi
tor shall keep a book known as the mu-
nicipal moral permit book where the
list Of permits shall be kept. 1t also
provides that each permit holder shall
keep a book which will record the
names of all persons Of which he is
notified by the clerk Of courts to have
been deprived Of their citizenship and
they shall be entered as moral delin-
quent."
All moral delinquents are not only
deprived by the bin Of obtaining a mu
nicipal moral permit but also deprived
of voting and their citizenship Is for
feited. which automatically prevents
them from buying stimulants. The
bill Says: when any person shall be
found guilty by a jury Of being i'm
moral OF creating immoral environment
in sale Of stimulant or Of persistent
wilful violation of any provision Of this
act. the court may, in its decretion
forfeit or suspend for a definite period
the citizenship Of the person so con
victed"
The bill continues: ANY person. not
a regularly licensed practicing physi-
clan who directly or indirectly. know
ingly or wilfully sells or gives stimu-
lants to a moral delinquent person who
has lost his citizenship shall upon trial
and conviction thereof forfeit his or
her citizenship"
The word moral or morality Is de-
fined a. the essence Of law bv stand
ard of citizenship 70 mean individual
responsibility in personal conduct, evi-
denced BY the practice and support II
Temperance. good viii. elf respect. re-
spect for the state and for justice Of
service