Report of Commissioners to Enquire the Working of the Prohibitory Law

Download or read book Report of Commissioners to Enquire the Working of the Prohibitory Law written by James William Manning and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having accepted the said appointment, Your Commissioners entered upon the discharge of their duties, with an earnest desire to give to His Excellency a full and impartial report, founded on personal observation, as well as upon information received from official and other reliable sources. They commenced their labours on the 23rd day of August last, and have now the honor to present to his Excellency the following report: In the prosecution of the enquiry, your Commissioners visited the following states: Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Michigan and Ohio, in all of which they were informed a prohibitory law was then in force, and in order to arrive at a correct conclusion, they visited, in the States of Maine and Massachusetts, a considerable portion of the rural districts.