The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-07-11

may institute proceedings in equity under the National
Prohibition Act for the abatement of nuisance
Question: What power and protection accorded
to officers charged with the enforcement of prohibition
under the National Prohibition Act?
Answer: They are accorded all the power and pro-
lection conferred by law for the enforcement of existing
laws relating the manufacture sale of Intoxicating
liquors under the laws of the United States
NoN-BEvERAGE LIQUORS
Question: Is provision made under the National Pro-
hbton Act for the manufacture and sale of industrial
alcohol and other Intoxicating liquor for nonbeverage
purposes?
Answer: Yes
Question: What safeguards provided in the Ma
tional Prohibition Act insure that permitted liquors
for non-beverage purposes shall be confined to strictly
non-beverage use?
Answer: A system of regulation requires that the
manufacturers and dealers in such Intoxicating liquors
shall obtain permit from the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue manufacture such liquors for nonbev-
erage purposes upon giving bond and keeping the records
as required by the regulations promulgated by the Com
missioner.
METHODS OF ENFORCEMENT
Question: What three methods provided in the
National Prohibition Act for it's enforcement?
Answer: % Prosecution of offenders criminal
charges; % abatement of nuances by courts of equity
through issuance of njunctions 3) the imposition of
penalties by under Section IS, Title H. of the
National Prohibition Act.
Question: How where, and by whom criminal
prosecutions under National Prohibition Act gener-
ally instituted?
Answer Criminal prosecutions under the National
Prohibition Act generally instituted in three ways:
CD through the issuance of warrants by which offenders
may be brought before United States Commissioners
United States District Courts; (2 by the filing of nfor
nations before United States District Courts by the
United States District Attorneys (3) by indictments
turned by grand ures before the United States District
Courts.
and search for oenses against the Ma
tiona Prohibition Act?
Answer: United States Commissioners, and Judges
of the United States Courts also State Magistrates JUS
tees of the Peace Judges and Mayors who have author
ity under law to issue such warrants
Question: What is meant by proceedings by infor-
nation?
Answer: An information is written complaint filed
by the prosecuting attorney before the of which
he is the prosecuting officer Proceedings by information
may be used in under the National Prohibition Act
where the ofense is misdemeanor expedite the trial.
it obviates the delay in presenting such casos to
grand jury.
Question: Is unlawful possess any liquor prop
ery designed for the manufacture of liquor used in
tended for in violating this act?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Is it legal to possess beverage liquors?
Answer: All possession of liquors for beverage pur-
poses is Illegal except such liquors as were purchased
and stored in bona de homes prior january To- 1920
purchased prior to that time stored private ware
house and reported to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue within days after the became effective
Question: Is it legal to purchase beverage inoxcants
under the Eighteenth Amendment?
Answer: 1t is illegal to purchase liquor except upon