Show SALOON KILLED BK BY B NEW DRY lAW lAWr r OF TEXAS Firm S' S Statute Goes Into Effect Throughout t State By Associated Press r A AUSTIN USTIN Tex June 26 T 6 Texas be became became be- be came officially dr dry today when a bill enacted b by a special session of oC the leg leg- cg- cg prohibits the manufacture manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture or Ot salo sale of oC intoxicants within the state tat became a 11 law The remaining remain remain- numbering between In tUg ing saloons num according to records in n the and comptrollers office which were outside the thc limits pre prescribed b by the mile 10 Instruction Instruction Instruction one ofle around camps camJ of oC military tion are thus banished Not ot a saloon brewery or ot distillery remains lawfully in operation In the hC 6 state ELate t f Both interstate and Intrastate sh shipments shipments ship ship- p- p ments of oC liquor are arc prohibited by an another another another an- an other da day enacted by the legislature The only wa way any Texan can get liquor without violating the law is to go o out o of the state purchase it and brill back himself elf for tor his personal use It is expected that constitutionality of oC the law Jaw will be tested But since the thc higher courts of oC the state recess for fot their summer vacation the last of the pre present month and do not convene again ain until October court action designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to interrupt enforcement of the for several law ma may not be taken months The chief contention against the laws law's constitutionality is that It violates violates vio yb- lates that provision which accords local option to counties The law permits the use of oC alcoholic of stimulants as medicines In case actual sickness if purchased on written written writ writ- ten len prescription of oC a physician Use Ue of alcohol also Is permitted for sacramental sacramental sacramental sacra sacra- mental scientific or mechanical pur pur- poses Violation of or an any provision of the act constitutes a felony and Involves a penitentiarY sentence of one to t five years rears |