Show WHAT THE LIUO LAW MEANS the election on tuesday gave the people of the state an opportunity to register their views as to how they desire the liquor traffic to be controlled troll ed the sentiment seemed to bo be in favor of absolute prohibition although some of the leading cities voted strongly str ongy against that principle it has been stated that some loc localities cities which are otherwise strongly dry in sentiment voted wet for the reason that the liquor measure passed by the legislature permits intoxicating liquor to be dispensed in dry territory by hotels clubs and by the drug stores for certain purposes on those points the law provides pio vides that cities of 0 third class which includes brigham can through the city council grant a liquor license to drug stores to sell liquor for medicinal scientific mechanical or sacramental purposes all liquor for medicinal purposes requiring a doctors prescription the drug stores receiving a license to pay for same in the sum ot of not less than nor more than per annum in cities of the first and second class drug licenses are issued by the district court breweries which already exist in dry territory will be licensed to continue in business upon the filing of a bond of no brewery can be established in dry territory no suit will be entertained in court for the reco recovery vry af 0 liquor or the price thereof sold tor for other purposes than those mentioned under the drug license that is to say if a bootlegger should sell a person a quart or gallon of liquor on credit it if that individual refused to pay for the same the bootlegger would be out his money irwill it will be unlawful to consign liquors from one part of the state ot of utah to another by common carrier unless the contents of the package are named the amount recorded and the name of the consignee are all stamped on the outside of the package in large letters it will also be unlawful for any of the common carriers to accept goods tor for shipment unless so marked and it will further urther be unlawful to consign liquor to any fictitious address the search and leisure clause provides that whenever an officer suspects a place of containing stored li boors he may go before a magistrate and get a warrant which will permit him to search the premises ands and seize elze whatever intoxicants he may find hotels having 25 rooms or more may dispense liquors 1 to their guests and rest restaurants abrants may send out and get drinks for their guests A club may be organized tor for business or social purposes and it if it possesses real estate holdings to the amount ot of and charges a membership fee of not less than one dollar per month and twelve dollars per year may take out a license to sell intoxicating liquors to its members and bont fide guests the license to cost the club not less than nor more than whore where the voters have declared in favor of a dry town dry it must remain until voted wet and the question cannot be voted upon until two years hence at the general election and can only then be incorporated in too ballot upon the filing of a petition agn i ed by at least twenty enty five percent of the voting population such in brief Is me meaning of the liquor law |