The Rise and Fall of Prohibition: The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United StatesTowne, Charles Hanson
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The Rise and Fall of Prohibition: The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States
Towne, Charles Hanson
Prohibition -- United States; United States. Constitution. 18th Amendment
And Section 13 specifies again about records--I wonder if these are
carefully kept, as the law provides!--
“It shall be the duty of every carrier to make a record at the
place of shipment of the receipt of any liquor transported, and he
shall deliver liquor only to persons who present to the carrier a
verified copy of a permit to purchase which shall be made a part of
the carrier’s permanent record at the office from which delivery is
made.
“The agent of the common carrier is hereby authorized to administer
the oath to the consignee in verification of the copy of the permit
presented, who, if not personally known to the agent, shall be
identified before the delivery of the liquor to him. The name and
address of the person identifying the consignee shall be included
in the record.”
“SECTION 14. It shall be unlawful for a person to use or induce
any carrier, or any agent or employee thereof, to carry or ship
any package or receptacle containing liquor without notifying
the carrier of the true nature and character of the shipment.
No carrier shall transport nor shall any person receive liquor
from a carrier unless there appears on the outside of the package
containing such liquor the following information:
“Name and address of the consignor or seller, name and address of
the consignee, kind and quality of liquor contained therein, and
number of the permit to purchase or ship the same, together with
the name and address of the person using the permit.”
How simple they make it for us! And of course free speech on the
billboards has been squashed. For Section 17 has this to say:
“It shall be unlawful to advertise anywhere, or by any means or
method, liquor, or the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale or
furnishing of the same, or where, how, from whom, or at what
price the same may be obtained. No one shall permit any sign
or billboard containing such advertisement to remain upon one’s
premises.”
“SECTION 18. It shall be unlawful to advertise, manufacture,
sell, or possess for sale any utensil, contrivance, machine,
preparation, compound, tablet, substance, formula, direction, or
recipe advertised, designed, or intended for use in the unlawful
manufacture of intoxicating liquor.”
How the very stills themselves must tremble at these ominous words!
But I think for its far-reaching effects, Section 20 takes the palm:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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