The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-19
PLANT OF CIGARFT
SELLING TO MINORS
School Heads Send Letter
To the Police Chief
THEY CITE STATUTE
Head OF Department Says Law
Will Be Enforced In
Mank2tc. t..

Chief of Police Phi LANDMARKS is
in receipt OF a communication from
principals of the several schools OF
this city calling his attention to tho
Minnesota statutes relating tc tie
sale oil cigarettes un6e. chapter S4S
OF tho laws OF 1919. fg
The communication calls ATTENTION
to the fact that the sale Of tobacco
and cigarettes 10 minors in Mankatc
has been going on for come time.
Co operation Of The Mankato police
force has 5oen asked in ar effOrs ~
combat tbs 1evi!. l.
Ii p statement to ThapFree Pres;
Grief Landmark said that ne hac al.
i reaST instructed pa.roimen 10 rotHS
poeIhaif dealers AND Others engaged
in The sale OF cigarettes 20 live
! strictly up to the letter OF The Law.
Letter From Scheo! tiescs
! The communication received IS "a
/ follows:
'Markato. Jariuacy IL. i:zo.--,....,'.
! Phillp.rJ. Landmark, Crlcs ct Pollen
Department, Nankato, Ainn, Dea-
| Sir: We are addressing yol oI &c
general subject os the Enforcement
Of the Minnesota statute relating TO
! tho sale II cigarettes. Chapter 2.S,
Laws 1919, Page 1873 which reads
: il, pare as follows: 80
"Saction !. THAT il shall Ire
; unlawful for any person and an:
clerk, servant, enploye OF agent
Of any person, directly or in
directly upon any p:etense, or By
| any device to sell, exchange. bar
l. Il ~ rsr,.z.
| to any person below the age OF
eighteen QS) years c 17re
- cigarettes, cigarette paper, Or
cigarette wrappers, or any paper
| made or prepared for the pur
! pose OF being used for or in the
making or manufacturing of chg
arettes.
Section 2. The smoking of
cigarettes within this state By
| any person below the age OF
eighteen (1S) years is hereby
prohibited and any person Of
such minor age found smoking
cigarettes shall be guilty OF
! misdemeanor and upon convic
ton thereof shall be punished by
fine{ not more than ten (S19)
dollars or by Imprisonment in
the county Jail of not more than
| five go days, such fine or inn
prisonment only to be imposed
in the discretion of the court
section 10. An person viot
! lating any of the provisions of
this act, except az herein provi
ded For violation OF section
thereof, shall be guilty OF a fine
| OF not less than twenty Ave
! ~(s25) dollars, nor more than one
hundred $4,000 dollars or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail OF y
not less than fifteen (15) days
nor more than ninety 600 DAYS
| 1T is being continually called 10
the attention Of teachers ia the var
fious Schools of Mankato that boys
under the age of eighteen are secur
| ing tobacco. III some cases it mas
been ascertafned that the tobacco
has been obtained from dealers un
| der false pretenses, the boy falsely
stating that he is on an errand Tor
| his father or that he, is eigheen years
, old. Although most dealers are, care
full and conscientious in this matter.
ii appears that there are a few who
are careless.
I'VE are making every effort to
stop the use of tobacco among our
boys, but cannot combat the evil.
successfully so long as supply OF
tobacco is easily -obtainable We
therefore respectfully ask that every
effort be made by the state dairy
and food commissioner and by the
Mankato police department to- re-
quiCe all Mankato dealers to obey
the law strictly.
|" "We shall be glad to send copy
OF this communication to all IL
censed cigarette dealers in Mankato
if we are furnished with list of
their names .ss
! "A letter essentially the same as
this one has been sent to the Mayor
of Mankato and TO the local inspec
tor for the state food and dairy com
mission. Resp yours, E. :.
Selle, superintendent OF city schools:
Guy d. Smith, principal of the high
school,; Rev. J.. B. Theis, pastor OF
st. Peter and ST. Paul's Catholic
parish; o. W Snarr. director of
Teachers college training school;
W. G. Zilliox, principal of Franklin
Junior high school; Ruth 4. Brown
principal of the Lincoln junior high
school: Clara r. Kelley, principal OF
the Lincoln grade school; Beatrice
T. Mark, principal of the Roosevelt
grade school; W. III Seltz, principal
Of the Lutheran schonl: Minnie A.
Nelson. principal of Union grade
school; Minnie Bangerter. principal
ot Franklin grade school