Word: prohibitive
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...still possessed of his fund of humor and anecdote, has begun to set down the experiences of his 30 years in public life ?from the time when as Governor of Texas he put a stop to one of Bob Fitzsimmons' prize fights by calling the Legislature to prohibit, it ?to last November when the Ku Klux Klan unseated...
...first step in the effort to prohibit banks from establishing branches was taken in connection with only national banks; by a ruling of the Attorney General new branches were forbidden, although most existing branches, especially in New York City, were left undisturbed. The national banks, however, protested that competing banks organized under the state laws could maintain branches, and that the national banks were thereby put at a disadvantage...
...Lady Astor's bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicants to persons under 18 passed its third reading in the House of Commons by 257 votes to 10. It now goes to the Lords...
...Amendment of the law to prohibit American vessels from carrying liquor on the high seas as well as within the three mile limit...
PENNSYLVANIA: A bill to prohibit any municipality from adopting daylight saving was passed by the Legislature. Philadelphia business men are ignoring the bill...