STATE PROHIBITION
A NEW YORK DECISION.
-.. NEW YORK, 4th May. The. New York State Assembly has passed a Bill repealing the State Prohibition Enforcement Law by -76 votes to 71. The repealed measure provided more strict penalties than were urovided in the .Federal "Volstead law, broad powers being vested in the civic police, such as eearoh and arrest without warrant. The new situation means than the enforcement of Prohibition, in New York State will be left largely to the Federal authorities.
. The. Federal Prohibition Bureau declares that apart altogether fcom the repeal of the New York enforcement law, the police and \State officials are sworn to uphold the Federal constitution.- of which, the Eighteenth Amendment is part. It is stated that the city authorities will demand a continuance of the enforcement.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 107, 7 May 1923, Page 7
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131STATE PROHIBITION Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 107, 7 May 1923, Page 7
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