The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-27
The Powers and Duties Of Officials and Effective
Cooperation by Citizens in Prohibition
Enforcement Work
rom Joseph H. Collier Attorney the AntSaoon
of Illinois a Semiannual Meeting of Trustees)

(rom Paper read by Joseph Attorney
League OF Illinois semi-annua Meeting OF Trustees)
Permanent relief from wess conditions only be secured by work
ing through the regularly constituted officials When they unctonng
law will be solid foundation and until then To adopt
policy which relieves enforcement officials from responsibility either by
gathering evidence making prosecutions makesh and will delay
rather than hasten solution of the communi enforce
problems.
One OF the features of the illinois Prohibition act the def
neness which officials charged
with the duty gathering evidence and prosecuting oators the law
andD of Local Officials
Section 4 of the "Iinois Prohibition Act provides:
It shall be the duty OF all municipal and state officials
cooperate the enforcement of this
II sheriff. deputy sheriff. chief Of police marshal Policeman
peace shall have knowledge
p ,vigs.. and r evidence of tbe same and shall before
make complaint offending
anything in the ordinances bylaws of municipality
the contrary notwithstanding.
provides attorney bring injunction
ing before the circuit abatc place where the law
lated nuisance.
Under of the justices of the
and police magistrates given the right issue search
under which evidence be secured for the of the law See
paragraph % and 30 illinois Prohibition Act
Under 81 officers of the the right and made
their duty enforce the law by Selling vehicles transporting liquor illegally
gives villages pun
s vioaor Of the liquor laws and the hne and penalties the
nicipal treasury
The Illinois Prohibition provides:
Any action nuisance defined in this be
brought he of Illinois by attorney general
of the state or by states attorney. (Secion 20
reads:
It shall be the duty of the States Attorney of every county dill
gently and all violating the provisions Of
county, proper
this whenever shall information
knowledge, any provisions
of this being violated his shall legit
his command and evil
dence such violation and Immediately securing such evidence
he shall file complaint complaint be filed against
whom he shall have evidence OF such violation
and he shall have said arrested and shall vigorously
said complaints said charges final judgment
place where liquors
sold bartered violation disclosed
shall be the duty the States
proceed promptly enforce the provisions this against
such place
be duty Of County Boards, O.
of Cook lend possible the
Sheriff and other officials the enforcement of this
act (Secton 26)
To All the nung such
elected by the municpte herfs deputy hf marsha
stables chiefs of police and policemen charged with the duty
suspicion
evidence possible aud the machinery
punish the offenders
County Attorney
Sheriff other officials possible the enforcement OF the
Appropriation of the efficient the
Board comply with the Some Boards doing and the
experience concusyey payers
booegger Many the the
Of the these
cleanup enforcement campaigns
the function Of the organization insist
n
by which citizens shall them which
have already paid their officers do adopt wholly
untenable unsound and unAn1erican policy
the
officials and furnish backing
their work effective public loyal
There
officials
break with
these officials break faith with the public by failure to enforce the law