The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-10-25
NOTICE OF ECTION-PROPOSED
PETITION FOR INITIATIVE
NO. 30.

A bill to enact by initiative, a law to
enact all the provisions of the Volstead
Act relating to pleading, evidence. de-
Sc ss9pIBu7d pug 'suon!q!qoId .suopIuIJ
the law of the State of Montana, to pro-
vide for the enforcement thereof and de-
timing the term 'iVolstead Act"
Be It Enacted by the People of Mon
lana, That:
Section l. Montana hereby recognizes
the requirements of the Eighteenth
United States for its concurrent enforce
ment by the Congress and the several
states. To that end. all the provisions
Of the Volstead Act relating to pleading,
Violence, definitions and penalties are
hereby enacted as the law of the State
Of Montana, and the Courts of the State
Of Montana are hereby vested with juris-
diction, and the duty is hereby imposed
Grand Juries, Petit Juries, Magistrates
and Peace Officers in the State to en-
force the same.
Section 2 All acts or omissions pro-
hibited or declared unlawful by the
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, or by the
Volstead Act are hereby prohibited and
declared unlawful and violations thereof
are subject to the penalties provided in
the Volstead Act. All fines, forfetures
and penalties shall be deposited to the
credit of the general fund of the county
where violation occurred
Section 3. Montana hereby recognizes
that its power to enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States should at all times be
exercised in full concurrence with the
exercises of like powers of Congress. To
that end, whenever Congress shall amend
or repeal the Volstead Act such amend
ment or repeal shall have control over
the provisions of this Act.
Section A. Nothing in this act shall be
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city or town. to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, transportation or possession of in
toXicating liquors for beverage purposes;
and all fines and forfeitures collected
under any ordinance now or hereafter
enacted in the exercise of such power
shall be paid into the treasury of the
city or town, whose ordinance is violated
Section 5. The phrase "Volstead Act
as used herein lis defined as Title II of
the Act of Congress enacted October %,
1919, commonly known as the National
Prohibition Act and entitled, IAN act to
prohibit intoxicating beverages and to
regulate the manufacture, production, use
and sale of high proof spirits for other
than beverages purposes and to insure
an ample supply of alcohol and promote
its use in scientific research and in the
development of fuel, dye, and other law
full industries
Section G. If any provision of this Act
shall be held invalid it shall not be con-
strued to invalidate other provisions of
the Act.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
State of Montana.
SIS.
7, John w. Mountjoy, Secretary of
State of the State of Montana, do hereby |
certify that the foregoing is a true and /
copy of Proposed Petition for !
No. 32, entitled: A Bill to Enact |
by Initiative, a Law to Enact All the |
Provisions of the Volstead Act Relating |
to Pleading, Evidence, Definitions, Pro-
and Penalties as the Law of the |
State of Montana, to Provide for the
Term '.Volstead Act
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal |
If the State of Montana, at Helena, the
Thereof and Defining the
Capital, this Sixth Day of October, 1928.
JOHN w. MOUNTJOY,
.SEAL)
Secretary of State.
BY CLIFFORD G. WALKER,
Deputy.
FIRST publication Oct. is, 1928.
Third publication Nov. l, 1925