State v. Bradford

Citations

• 12 S.D. 207
• 80 N.W. 143
• 1899 S.D. LEXIS 71

Syllabus

<p>The amendment to the constitution known as “Article 27,” adopted in 1898, and which provides that “the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be under exclusive state control and shall be conducted by duly aulhorized agents of the state who shall be paid by salary and not by commissions,” that all liquors sold shall first be examined by a state chemist, and that the legislature shall by law prescribe regulations for its enforcement and penalties for its violation, is not self-executing or prohibitory, and its adoption did not operate to repeal the existing license statutes; nor will it be effective for such purpose until it is carried into force by appropriate legislation.</p>