The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-15
COUNCIL PASSES
BOOZE ORDINANCE
LIQUOR MEASURE COPIED FROM
BILLINGS PASSES THIRD
READING-IN FORCE.

At a regular meeting held JAN
uary 18th, the City Council unani-
mously passed a liquor ordinance
copied after the one in force at
Billings. The Billings authorities have
been successful in enforcing their
ordinance against bootleggers and
all sorts Of hootch vendors. The or
dinance was given It's third reading
and is now in force and effect. It is
understood that an ordinance aimed
against gambling will be considered
at an early meeting. The new ordin-
ance No. 105 follows:
Reading of Ordinance No. los
An ordinance prohibiting the in
PRODUCTION into, the manufacture of
the Illegal possession of, exchange,
giving away, bartering or disposing
of any ardent spirits, or any COM
pound thereof, capable of being used
as beverage or any brandy, whislzey,
rum, gin, beer, porter, wine, or any
intoxicating liquor of any kind with
in the City of Wolf Point, Montana.
Making places where such liqours
are manufactured, possessed, sold,
exchanged, given away, bartered, or
disposed of in violation of law, COM
mon nuisances: and
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Wolf Point, Montana:
Section l.. Every person who sells,
exchanges, gives away, barters, or
disposes of, or transports, or llleg-
ally possesses, or manufactures any
ardent spirits or any compound there
of capable of being used as bever-
age, or any brandy, whiskey, rum,
gin, beer, ale, porter, wine or lntoxl-
eating liquors of any kind, to any
PRISON, persons, associations or lncor-
porations in the City of Wolf Point,
Montana, without first obtaining a
permit to do so from the Secretary
of the State of Montana; or who IN
PRODUCES into or manufactures or at
tempts to introduce into or manufac-
lures in the City of Wolf Point, Mon
5ana. any ardent spirits, or any COM
pound thereof capable of being used
as a beverage, or any brandy, whls-
Key, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter, VINE,
,r Intoxicating liquor of any kind
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
lpon conviction thereof shall be fined |
not less than Twenty Dollars
(S25.OO) nor more than three humid
ed Dollars ($3O0.OO), or shall be
imprisoned in the City Jail for not
more than ninety (9O) days, or shall |
,e punished by both such fine and i'm
Nothing in this ordinance shall
.pply to the manufacture, possession,
ale or transportation of denatured
lcohol, or wine intended for sacra-
mental purposes, or alcohol intended
or use for scientific, manufacturing
r medical purposes.
Section 2. All places where ardent
pirits or any compound thereof cap
BILE of being used as beverage, or
ny brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, beer,
le, porter, wine, or intoxicating
quor of any kind are sold, exchanged
iven away, bartered or disposed of,
r illegally possessed or manufactured
1 violation of this ordinance, or
here persons are permitted to resort
or purpose of drinking said liquors ,
S a beverage, or where intoxicating
quors are kept for sale, exchange,
wing away, bartering or delivery in
iolation of this ordinance are hereby
eclared to be unlawful and common
uisances:
Every person who creates or main
Tins, or assists in creating or main :
lining such common nuisances,
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