Show v q t t A War on Utah bRASTIC LAW LAWro ro BE INVOKED fOR CLEANUP Old Oid Revenue Reven e Statute Carrying Severe Penalties Penalties Penalties Penal- Penal ties Ordered Applied Confiscation of S Homes and Real Estate to Follow Vi Violations lations Even Overcoat in Which Jug Is Concealed Is Forfeited Tougher times are ahead for bootleggers in Utah For the old revenue law under which the time old-time manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- of cf illicit liquor was prosecuted is to be he invoked in Ut Utah h in the near future according to E. E C. C Collins legal adviser d iser for the nineteenth prohibition district and George A. A G ates deputy administrator for the state of Utah IDo law specifics specifies that before belore a aerson person erson can manufacture liquor he mist 1 t. t take out a bond obtain a lermit mit to make the liquor and ana then DUP j up a sign saying that he is a alm lm of spirituous beverages On that thai he must pay par a tax taz on oni i iiI manufactured product And Ji does that in these days he will Summarily hauled into court and andt t med ined d or imprisoned On the other Wd and it If fc he does not comply with hese regulations hese-regulations r he will be hauled nt at ito court anyhow and prosecuted FORFEITED il itis ilis is further specified that any ro rop used to conceal or trans- trans ort ort- rt any article upon which a evenue tax has not been paid is ut n forfeited to the gov- gov and can be sold to pay pay the ax Mr fr r. r Collins explained If a person a still in his own home he ut f forfeits reIts his Jis home and len eal estate on which it is situ- situ ted to the United States I If he la laces es his manufactured product which he has neglected to pay ie Is proper tax in his automobile anyone else's automobile and riv rives s down the street the machine Jas fis' good as lost if ir the govern govern- ent lent agents catch him If It he wraps is Jug up in his Ins overcoat and takes lakes a t delivery on toot foot he will in all probability visit a clothing st store re and put out hard earned cash for a new garment SEIZE AUTOMOBILE Another phase of this law stipulates stipulates lates that if it an automobile is parked on the premises where liquor is being manufactured against the law the car whether or not it belongs belongs' to the manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer and whether or not it co con coi- a drop atop o of liquor is subject to seizure v Congress can can tax what it also prohibits it was stated This was decided when th the old revenue law was reenacted as a a supplemental measure to th the prohibition prohibition pro pro- act on November 23 23 1921 In 1923 the United States supreme court in the case of the United States vs s U. U S. S decided after after- the passage of the supplemental prohibition act on November 23 1921 that the de deCisiOn decision decision de- de in the case of the United States versus must stand for the law before November 23 1921 But the supplemental act puts a new face lace upon later dealings the supreme court decision read From the time that it went into effect it jt had the same operation as if instead of saying aying that the law re referred referred referred re- re to shall continue in force it had enacted them in terms The rhe form of the words is not material Continued on page 6 6 I Ij j DRASTIC DRASTIC LA- LA LAW W TO BE INVOKED y FOR CLEANUP Continued from page 1 1 when congress manifests It its 0 will that t certain rules ules shall sov ovin OIn rn henceforth Of course congress can tax what It also forbids forbids- LAW REEN REENACTED Fifty or sixty years ago before Andrew came came Into th tile the limelight the tile distillers an and brewers brew brew- ers era of America framed the revenue law for for their thello their own protection With the tile passage of the tho national prohibition prohibition pro pro- act fills law was revoked but reenacted again by congress and upheld by the tho supreme court courtin in 1921 and 1 1123 23 respectively It is still a question of law whether a goer bootlegger can bo ho pro prote- prote Je- Je under under both the tile r l' revenue ven e j jand taw and the prohibition on law It is- is t th t general opinion that If Ir he is laco con Js-con-fl und under r the tle revenue laV aW ili will win not riot be ho prosecuted under under- lb the act Local prohibition o official out that the tax on wine ru runs fr rol 16 cents a gallon to a g gallon lIon according to o the alcoholic cott n of the liquor j 4 So now flow Utah bootleggers for th it first time will find to prosecution from two angles angle ij Iii Ift I stead of one as jt it has been been- for Ui Jig I past eleven cleven years |