Chapter 84. To prohibit the sale, manufacture, and importation of intoxicating liquors in the Territory of Hawaii during the period of the war, except as hereinafter provided
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CHAP. 84.— An Act To prohibit the sale, manufacture, and importation of intoxicating liquors in the Territory of Hawaii during the period of the war, except as hereinafter provided. May 23, 1918.[[S. 3935](/us/bill/65/s/3935).][[Public, No. 157](/us/pl/65/157).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hawaii. Prohibition of sale, etc., of intoxicating liquors, during the war, etc. That, ninety days after the passage of this Act, during the period of the war and thereafter, except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful in the Territory of Hawaii to sell, give away, manufacture, transport, import, or export Uses allowed.intoxicating liquors, except for mechanical, scientific, sacramental, or medicinal purposes, for which purposes the sale, gift, transport, import, and export of the same shall be under such rules and regulations as the Governor of the Territory may prescribe, and any person Punishment for violations.violating the provisions hereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500 or imprisoned for a period of not longer than one year, or both: 561*Provided*, That at any general election of the Territory of Hawaii, held*Proviso*.Repeal may be submitted to a vote, after the war. within two years after the conclusion of peace, the repeal of this Act may, upon petition of not less than twenty per centum of the qualified electors of said Territory at the last preceding general election, be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said territory, and ifElection. a majority of all the qualified electors thereof voting upon such question shall vote to repeal this Act, it shall thereafter not be in force and effect, otherwise it shall be in full force and effect.
Sec. 2. That the said petition shall be addressed to and filed withPetition required. the Secretary of the Territory at least two months before the election at which the question is to be voted upon, and the person obtaining any signature to such petition shall make affidavit that he witnessed the signing of the same and believes the address of each petitioner affixed to his name is the true address of such petitioner. Such election shall be conducted under the laws of the Territory provided for general elections.
Approved, May 23, 1918.