New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-08-03
DRYS MAKE SURVEY
in several STATES


Chicago, Aug. 3.-The question 9
enforcing prohibition laws came u
recently in the legislatures of fourteel
central states and action was take
as follows:
nlinois--The 53rd general assembl
enacted no wet" legislation.
Two dry" bills were passed. On
of them provides for fund for thu
enforcement of prohibition drawn
from fines collected for violations o.
the law, prosecuted by the states at
torneys and the attorney general. This
bill will relieve taxpayers of the bur
den of enforcement, and, it Is believed
create surplus.
The other bill makes the man who
sells poison liquor which causes
death punishable the same as If he
committed murder.
Indiana-Four bills, two of which
amended laws already in force, hav-
ing to do with Strengthening of the
state prohibition law, were passed by
the Indiana general assembly at its
recent session and have been signed
by Governor Warren T. McCray.
The bills, briefly. provide that:
Persons operating vehicles while
under the influence of liquor are
guilty of misdemeanor punisha Bile
by a fine not exceeding $500, to which
shall be added Jail sentence of from
10 days to six months. Persons con-
victed a second time are guilty of
felony punishable with Jail sentence
OF one to five years.
1t Is unlawful to have in possession
or under control any still for manu-
featuring intoxicating liquor in viola
ton of the laws of the state. Persons
caught SO doing are guilty of felony,
punishable by from one to five years
Imprisonment and a fine ranging
from 800 to $1,000. Possession of
any still or distilling apparatus not
registered according to the provisions
of the laws of the United States shall
be prima facie evidence that such
possession was for the purpose of
manufacturing intoxicating liquor.
Anyone transporting liquor in any
vehicle. or by water or aircraft, shall
be guilty of felony punishable by
one to two years Imprisonment
and fine not to exceed $1,000.
fine ranging from 500 to $500
and 30 days to six months imprison-
ment Is provided for the first convic-
ton on charge of giving away selling,
bartering, etc, of Intoxicating liquor.
Second offense punishable by inpris-
onment of one to two years and
$500 to $1,000 fine.
Iowa
Seven new prohibition laws were
enacted by the Iowa legislature, which |
adjourned April ~. A summary of I
them follows:
Bills defining the sale of liquor that
causes death as manslaughter; declar-
Ing illegal the possession of materials
with which to make liquor; extending
search and seizure laws to cover these
materials; making the driving of a /
motor car while intoxicated subject to
a penalty of $1,000 fine or one year in
prison; applying special penalty for
the misdemeanor of furnishing liquor
TO a minor; providing for the confisca-
tion of vehicles used to transport
liquor, and defining any person twice
convicted of liquor crimes as a per-
sistent violator.
In State Of Kansas II
When the law makers of Kansas
forty years ago enacted the first pro-
hibitory law they did not anticipate
that the control of "moonshiners"
would ever become a state problem.
Nor In later years, when the prohibit
,ory laws were frightened up by the
bone dry and other enactments, did
hey contemplate any "moonshine"
menace. So 1t befell the 1923 Kansas
legislature to place an "anti-moon.
'hine" laws on the statute books. This
aw provides penalty of six months
n Jail and fine up to $500 for any |
me found guilty of having a still in
lis possession.
Heretofore the mere possession of a |
till was not necessarily evidence of Il
,uilt; 1t was necessary to prove traf- II
lcking In liquor. 1t was necessary that III
he officers produce as evidence the II
liquor sold, bartered or given away"
Two bills were introduced in the re- II
ent legislature to make the sale of II
lquor causing death first degree MUIR II
er, but both bills were killed In COM II
nittee. I'll
The federal internal revenue collec- II
or's efforts to collect taxes from ii
moonshiners" whose stills may be |!
eized, is made easier by new law
,hich makes the filing of such federal II
Tx lien with the register deed of any
ounty equivalent to a chattel mort
age against the property of the al
.ged Illicit liquor maker.