Endleman

It is enacted, in section 14 of the act of May 17, 1884, providing a civil government for Alaska ( 23 Stat. 24 , 28), that “the importation, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating liquors in said district except for medical, mechanical and scientific purposes is hereby prohibited under the penalties which are provided in section nineteen hundred and fifty five of the Revised Statutes for the wrongful importation of distilled spirits. And the president of the United States shall make such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.” By section 1955 of the Revised Statutes the president is given “power to restrict and regulate, or to prohibit, the importation and use * * * of distilled spirits into and within the territory of Alaska. * * * And any person willfully violating such regulations shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months.” By the executive order of May 4, 1887, the landing of intoxicating liquors at any port or place in the territory of Alaska is prohibited except upon a permit of the chief officer of the customs at such port or place, to be issued upon evidence satisfactory to such officer that the liquors are…