The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-02-16
The Best Joke Bill
Of The Legislature

the Kentucky General Assembly
must have it, joke bill. The bes'
recorded for the present session !.
that introduced in the Senate by
Senator Bannie Tabor. Of Garter
county. for regulating the use Of
moonshine stills.
In record written by Senator
Newton Bright, OF Newcastle. the
Agriculture and State Fair Com
mittee made an unfavorable report
on the bill thereby killing" Il. The
full text Of the Tabor moonshine bill
follows:
1. II shall be unlawful from and
after passage Of this bill TO set up or
operate any moonshine still or other
apparatus which may be used for
the making Of moonshine intoxicating
liquor without first having placed
upon said still or other apparatus n
whistle" which shall make n noise
which can be heard for at least two
miles from which said still is being
operated.
2. Each still after complying with
the above section. shall between the
hours Of A. NJ. and IL T. NJ. at
each interval Of thirty minutes blow
the said whistle so that same can be
heard by persons who may be in two
miles Of said still so that said persons
can easily find the way to the still.
3. Each still when so equipped
as above stated shall in addition
provide roadway or well beaten
path TO said still so that persons may
reach the said still lin safety.
I. Any person, persons or eorpor-
alton who may violate any Of the
above sections shall upon conviction
be fined not less than $40 nor more
than slOO for each and every offense
an dthe evidence Of any person shall
be sufficient 10 convict.
5. There is hereby created the
Office Of Moonshine Still Inspector in
and for every county Of this state
who shall be elected at the regular
election held in each county at the
November election each year com
mencing with the November election.
1922. and il is hereby made the duty
Of the fiscal court Of each county 20
provide for the payment Of said in
spector. The said inspector shall see
that the above law is enforced.
All acts and parts Of acts in con
fiict herewith are hereby repealed.
The committee report follows:
I. That as an act Of courtesy.
even emitting political necessity, II
would devolve upon this body TO APP
point the author Of such bill State
Enforcement Officer Of Moonshine
Stills in Kentucky. not alone to see
that they run without interruption;
that their siren whistles regularly
summon the gentle country folk 20
mental and physical eomplaeence.
but also 10 sample the product there
Of prodigiously and at frequent in
tervals.
2. That TO place upon any eiti-
zen an official duty so violently at
variance with his aesthetic tastes and
habits. might intrigue him from that
strictly sober and unimpeachable
highway Of life-whieh ha been
glowing inspiration 20 the youth Of
Carter county, and beckon him down
the White Mule Trail INTO a eonfus-
ing wilderness Of copper worms.
3. That the Senate Of the Com
monwealth Of Kentucky dares not ere
ate an office 50 fraught with tragic
possibilities, rather that Il were pre-
ferable for the seductive whistle Of
the still To still be still land stay still.
than that one, lured by the phantoms
Of political patronage should shock
the dignity Of this assemblage with
fatuous babbling and bibaeious ban
ter.