Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 1 | Liquor Permit Sale to Start

LIQUOR PERMIT SALE TO START Passports Passports' to Be Issued Issued Is Is- Is sued on Thursday Liquor permits will go on sale for at the capitol late Thursday aft afternoon r oon or F Friday morning state liquor commissioners announced on Tuesday The long long awaited awaited passports to state stale store shelves will vill be issued at the commission offices on the capitol sec secand ond and floor loor They will cost 50 cents each and will vIll be good for or one year Liquor willbe sold in instate state stores opening about June 1 I only only- to those holding permits commissioners said Printing of the sl slips ps began Tuesday At the same time the commission announced a decision to use existing carriers for transportation within the state Contracts for carrying ng liquor in Salt Lake City and to central Utah points will probably be let after competitive competitive com corn bidding it was explained In another dec decision sion the commissioners commissioners commissioners commis commis- announced that they will es no ho more official warehouses in Utah as had been en contemplated Warehouses for Cedar City Ogden and Provo had been sU suggested ested The commission commission- however believes that its establishment in Salt Lake City will be sufficient for initial needs at least Commissioners Tuesday also decided decided de against the request of the bo board aid of or governors of the Salt Lake City chamber of at commerce that state liquor u r stocks be stored in private warehouses The commission will adhere to its original plan Hugh B. B Brown chair Brown chair chairman man said The purpose of at the state liquor c control act is to give gi the state a monopoly on liquor Monopoly means just that We deem it best to centralize storage storage stor stor- age of liquor With warehouses in use throughout the state here would be too many chances for leaks Meanwhile regulations pertaining to applications for draft beer licenses 1 were issued by the comm commission lon which is charged with the difficult problem of eliminating 80 per cent of the beer parlors now operating throughout the the state Applicants for such licenses must file a 1 statement with the commission commission commis commis- sion Lion containing information as to the applicants applicant's character value of at his business and md the fact that issuance su I ance of at the license will be in the Int interests rests of the public S Within 10 days before the commission commis sion slon acts on the application the prospective prospective pros pros- dispenser must post a notice at the place for which he se sc seeks ks li license Jf 11 cense cease stating a hearing will b be bo held heldon on the application and anyone having hay hav haying ing a reason wh why the license should not be granted should communicate with the commission