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Show QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE WAY TO VOTE The following questions and answers explain the main points concerning the proposed repeal of the ISth amendment, and the state constitutional prohibition law. QUESTION: What will voters of Utah decide on November 7, 1933, with respect to Prohibition? ANSWER: Utah will vote on proposals to take prohibition out of the Constitution of the United States and also the Constitution of the State of Utah. QUESTION: How will this be done ? ANSWER: To vote for repeal of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution Con-stitution of the United States, it will be necessary to vote for ratification ratif-ication of the proposed twenty-first twenty-first amendment, which repeals the 18th. This will be done by voting for twenty-one delegates (whose names will appear on the ballot under the heading "For Ratification") to a constitutional convention to be held in Salt Lake City; December 5, 1933. If elected, these twenty-one delegates, who have signed pledges to vote repeal, will officially ratify the twenty-first twenty-first amendment. In voting for repeal the people of Utah will be voting for a principal and not idr a set of candidates so that, to make a vote effective, voters should cast their ballots for the entire ticket. This can be done by placing a cross at the head of the ballot. To vote for repeal of the so-called "bone-dry" clause of the Utah constitution it will be necessary to vote for Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 2 which will appear on a separate ballot This can be done by putting an "X" after YES. Voters will receive two repeal ballots on Election day. QUESTION: What is the status of national prohibition? ANSWER: It requires two-thirds two-thirds vote of each branch of Congress Con-gress and ratification by 36 out of the 48 states to amend the constitution con-stitution of the United States. The twenty-first amendment, repealing re-pealing the 18,, was voted by more than two-thirds majority of the Senate and House of Representatives Representat-ives and it has already been ratified rat-ified by 33 states. Not a single state has voted for retention of the 18th amendment. QUESTION: With repeal of the 18th amendment a certainty, will Utah be "wide open" if the voters repeal the bone dry clause of the state constitution? ANSWER: Absolutely not. If Section 3 of Article 22 (bone-dry clause) of the state constitution is repealed, the voters will merely have taken prohibition out of the state constitution, where it does not belong. The present prohibition prohibit-ion laws of Utah will still be in effect and cannot be changed until un-til a state legislature decides upon up-on a change. In other words, the people, through the legislature, will make the laws governing liquor. liq-uor. Prohibition will remain in Utah. QUESTION: What about legalizing legal-izing sale of 3.2 beer? ANSWER: The special session of the state legislature in August 1933 enacted a law which will legalize the manufacture and sale of 3.2 beer on January 1, 1934, provided the prohibition clause of , the state constitution is repealed by the voters at this coming election. elect-ion. This law directs that cities, towns and counties can either permit per-mit beer to be sold therein or prohibit pro-hibit or otherwise regulate its sale. No community will have the sale of beer forced upon it against its wishes and each community has the ultimate decision in this regard. High taxes are levied against the manufacture and sale of 3.2 beer and a lucrative revenue, not only for the state, but each city, town or county permitting its sale, will result. The manufacture manufact-ure and sale of beer containing more than 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight is absolutely prohibited. QUESTION: Will the old saloon return if we vote for state repeal? ANSWER: The saloon will not return. Under the present laws of Utah, it Is unlawful to sell, transport, possess or otherwise handle liquor with an alcoholic content of more than Vz of 1 per cent. If we vote the "bone-dry" clause outof the state constitution, it will be lawful to manufacture and sell beer in Utah with an alcoholic al-coholic content of not to exceed 3.2 per cent by weight and then only where local authorities permit. per-mit. It will be unlawful, even in the event of state repeal, to sell so-called "hard liquors" or any beverage containing more than 3.2 per cent of alcohol by weight. |