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Show ISEEKINO LAW TO ENFORCE II. S. PROHIBITION ACT WASHINGTON. April 11 Legal advisers ad-visers of government agencies interested inter-ested in liouor regulations examined statutes and executive orders today without llndinc specific legal authority author-ity by which thr internal revenue bu ireau might enforce war time prohibition prohibi-tion after July 1. President iison under the Overman Over-man act. giving him power to transfer trans-fer functions from one departmem to another might delegate the authority to the revenue bureau, some lawyers declared. However, this still would ! leave the bureau without adequate funds to pay the costs of maintaining B larse federal police force. Suggestions received today did not change the air of uncertainty over the finest ion of how prohibition Is to be enforced as caused by Internal Revenue Reve-nue commissioner Koper's announcement announce-ment that his bureau had not ihe authority, au-thority, nor the funds, to carry out the enforcement measures properly Many telegrams received today reflected reflect-ed keen interest by individuals and organizations or-ganizations throughout thp rountrv in the status of war time prohibit ion. Mr. Roper added nothing to his statement in replying to these queries, it was said. Overman Act Gives Authority. Local advisers of other agencies to day discovered that an executive ordi-r of the president dated September 2. ! 1917, issued under authority of the ! Overman act. delegated to the revenue j bureau and the customs division the 'enforcement of the provision of th food Conservation act of August 10 1917. which prohibited the u. oi food materials in production of whisky and paved the way for restriction of beer brewing. These agencies, acting under un-der ihe treasury, were authorized to employ such additional assistants tor this work as the secretary of Ihe treasury might deem necessary, The amendment to the agricultural I appropriation act of November 21, J 1918. by which war tim prohibition effective July 1 was established, did jnot become law until long after Mint executive order was issued, and ronse-quently ronse-quently the order would not apply '.o the prohibition measure. The act of November 21, 191$, pro-ided pro-ided "that otter June 30, 1919. until ihe conclusion of 'the present war and thereafter until the termination of de j mobilization, the date of which shall I be determined and proclaimed by the president of the United States I It shall be unlawful to sell for bever-I bever-I age purposes any distilled spirits ' U . The act also specifies that 'in this time "no beer, wine or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor shall be sold for beverage purposes except for export." Power- of Revenue Bureau The distinction between this act and other war time liquor restrictions, as 1 pointed out today by officials, Is that it relates to the sale ol liquor, whorc-as whorc-as th other- related to manufacture. Consequently; H was explained, i hii c the revenue bureau will not have power to take action against illicit sale, but will retain its present powers to pn it illegal production of liquor. oo |