~ So AmAae perme ee ON laws prohibiting the use of alcoholic drinks, e. g. the Act relating to Obligatory Abstention from Intoxicants in certain occupations. It applies to the military, railway, tramway, and motor passenger services; and further, the Molor Vehicles Act of February 20, 1926, with supplementary acts, which make it a punishable offence for any person to drive a motor vehicle when he is intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol; and finally, the Act of May 31, 1900, with supplementary acts, relating to Vagrancy, Begging, and Drunkenness. The Vagrancy Act of May 31, 1900, provides that habitual drunkards may be committed to a labour colony or to an inebriates retreat. The Act of November 20, 1898, relative to persons placed under Guardianship provides that a person de- clared incapable of managing his own affairs, who is addicted to drink or to the use of mor- phine or other intoxicating or narcotic drugs, may be committed to an inebriates home. The main. provisions governing the care of alcoholics are however, contained in the Act of February 26, 1932, relative to Sobriety Boards and the Treatment of Inebriates, which provides for the establishment of sobriety boards to care for inebriates and to advise and aid their dependants, to support and promote educational work respec- ting the question of alcohol in schools and by other means. Partly given effect through the Provisional Act relating to Sobriety Councils of June 24, 1933. 175