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Show WHEN, WHAT AND HOWON LIQUOR Iiy E. J. Pickett As a result of the election, when the htalu went decidedly in favor of the Repeal of the State and Federal Constltu tional Amendments with reference to intoxicating liquors, and when it was also apparent that many cities cit-ies and counties of the state voted vot-ed in favor of retention of the present amendments, many que--tions naturally arises as to what the conditions will be, what the rights of individuals are, with reference to possession and manufacture manu-facture of intoxicating liquors. Many people have the idea that immediately after the 7th of November, all inhibitions are removed re-moved and they may do as they please. Hence these comments upon what the law is, with reference refer-ence to regulation and control of the intoxicating liquors in the state of Utah now and in the future fu-ture until the present law is changed. The special session of the State legislature, which convened on July 10, 1933, wisely anticipated the possibility of the people of Utah voting to repeal the State and Federal Constiut ional Amendments, and passed laws to regulate and control the use of intoxicating liquors if and when the said stale and Federal Prohibition Prohi-bition Amendments are repealed. And the following is, in part, what the law provides. Intoxicating liquor of any kind, containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol by volume cannot be legally manufactured or possessed in the Stale of Utah, other than the manufacture of beer for shipment outside of the state, until one a. m. on the first day of January, 1934. And the law legalizes the manufacture and sale of beer, only, which contains con-tains not more than 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight. The manufacture or possession of homebrew or wine, both of which contain considerable in excess ex-cess of the legal amount of alcohol, alco-hol, will be illegal. And it will, be the duty of the law enforcement enforce-ment officers to strictly enforce the law relating thereto. It will be unlawful for any physirian, veterinarian, or other person to prescribe liquor for beverage , purposes, containing more than the said 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight. Any person may engage in the manufacture of vinegar or non-intoxicating non-intoxicating cider, only after first obtaining a permit from the Attorney At-torney General, said permit will be issued upon an affidavit tiled by the person obtaining the same. It shall be unlawful for anyone any-one to sell beer to any person under the age of twenty-one years; and this phase of the law should be. and will be strictly enforced. en-forced. It wil be unlawful for anyone to sell or furnish or give beer to any person who appears to be intoxicated, or appears to be' under un-der the influence ot int ixieating liquor. It will he unlawful for anyone to sell cr give away beer, or otherwise oth-erwise furnish it at any public dance nail, or place where public dances are held. No town or county will have liquor traffic forced upon them by State law. for the law provides provid-es that the city councils or commission, com-mission, town boards, or the county commissioners may. within with-in their respective jurisdictions, either permit or prohibit the sale of beer. If they permit the sale, they have the right to pass appropriate appro-priate ordinances to license or to regulate the sale thereof. They shall, within their jurisdiction, have the right to giant or deny-any deny-any or all applications for licenses, licens-es, and after licenses have been once granted, they shall have the right to revoke the same for cause. They may not grant licenses li-censes to soil beer, except to persons per-sons of good moral character over ov-er the age of twenty-one years, who have not been convicted of any felony, and who have not. after the date of the law. been convicted of any violation of the liquor law. Before any retailer shall sell beer, he shall first get a license from the State Tax Commission. (Continued on last page) WHEN. WHAT AND now on Lioror ( out illlied from t,i s page i and records, for the purpose of enforcing the law. The l.i w has made a limit, which body ha i a right to examine exam-ine carefully the dealers books above which a county or municipality munici-pality may not go in levying a license on dealers. If the d alrr applies for a license to cell ho'-tled ho'-tled beer, he may not be charged more than one hundred dollars per year by the municipality, or two hundred dollars a year if he wishes a licence to sell ho'tlod and keg beer. This, of course, is In ndililio-i to Die late tax a'ld the federal tax. No license to any dealer ...hall be bsuod until he shall give a bond In the penal sum of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, dol-lars, eoud it ioned that such re-taller re-taller will faithfully observe the laws or the Stale of I'lah. and the Ordinances of the city. town, or county, relating to the sale or d I. peiislni; of beer. The above embodies a gist of the laws of l'tali. relating I ,i the regulation and control or the sale or beer arter January 1, HKtl. and It will be seen that after that time we w 111 not be Inflicted with an orgy of debauchery, but that In all probability u greater t 'l'i porunre will ensue. The bcnelll anil enforcement of this, as well as every other law. will depend upon the Intiillr.et',. of the enforcing officers nnd the roopct al Ion they receive from the people ns a whole. No citizen should rold his hands eontcnledly with I he thought that, all will now be well, for allll social fol i are Just as strong as they have ever bei'ii, nnd a well or-Tanhzej and safe civic and social life p. only obtained by Hie Inlclll-rp' a I lerl lies:; of every member of 'he en hi in u nil y |