Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this Board, the new bill gives almost unlimited powers; it is exempt from interference from either the Legislature or the courts in carrying out the broadly defined activities provided in the bill, including the issuance of permits, the determination of the location, hours and sales of liquor stores, the control of breweries and distilleries and the amount of liquor each permit-holder may buy. Under the new bill, druggists may not sell liquor; physicians, dentists, veterinaries and ministers of the gospel may obtain special permits...
...Canadian province seemed likely to re-enter the Wet list. In the New Brunswick Legislature, Lieutenant Governor William F. Todd, committed the Government to "important provisions in connection with the sale of intoxicating liquor." As the present administration has a three-fourths majority in the legislature, any liquor control bill it submits could be easily put through...
...Under the present Ontario law (that the new bill may replace) the sale of 4.4% beer and whiskey on a doctor's prescription is permitted. Many bootleggers flourish. The new bill makes sure that liquor will only be sold through government stores by a provision for compulsory jail sentence without option of a fine for the unauthorized sale of as much as one bottle of liquor...
...What fur-bearing animal has a duck's bill and lays eggs...
...What was the name of the most important bill that President Coolidge vetoed during the recent short session of Congress...