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Show ATTORNEY GENERAL : I IS BAFFLED BY I OR! LAW I I.XWHAkHHH HUM I'l'HTIIHH '; H than nii: iiixi.i.i:d, I H .In! What I Intoxicant Mu-I He He j ' H Icnulntil by Halt ClieniM Can M .Metlltlue Ciiulalulng .More Tliati j M Oncluilf IVr Cent Mctdiol He H . ( M The Irglalature. In dniftlng the pr$ ' H hlliltlon bill, whlrh wa euarled tp ' I H become effective Ailgunt IM, gavn to I f jH the atate themUt abmitule pnivr to I 1 ditermlne whether proprietary medl '. j V clue containing more than nnchnlf ' j f of one ptr tent alcohol can be lined aa V I l Inloxlcnnta. In till phnae of the net ! J l the law maker went even further ' H than they readied, according to nil H opinion iMtlrd b) thn office or Iho nt M torney general, In rrrponn to a re M tiurt for Information filed by (J. A. M Pan. wholealn druggkl. I jH A real job wa "w lulled on" the ' i fH atate i In mint, uritirdlug to the opln ) Ion. billed wi) that the net aeema In H make that (tint Denary the ante Judge v JfH o7'to whether proprletar) medicine lH can be lined na Intoxicant If they ( lH can Im ao tued, I hey mi) not be old. ill The opinion reek to lighten the bur j-H den of the Mate tlirmlut lo a limited l extent by uggctlng that tin may be V nH nldrd In hi deiermlnntkm n to what IH may be ued a n beverage by con ' gH milting the llt of prepnrutlona for 'iH which the federul government re ? -11 liilre n lltenar A lo that point, ll howevtr, Ihe opinion I not definite, J aH ui) lug thut the writer I unable to lH give full Information. ! (jaH JIoiim-vIvii Wnrneil, ' JH HoiiMiwIve who nerve brnndled . H penche or other ao prepared fruit I H to their gut at, need not be atirprUed Hl If a warrant of nrrenl I twrved upon . .H them, for, according tn the opinion. V, IH fruit prerrved lu ulrohollt lliiuor of any kind are undir the ban. I I Htrlit line nrn laid down In th H HH opinion ua to thn definition of the Hf TPH term ninll llutior. The attorney gen IP flH eral hold that the law prohibit an) ii Hl mult or brewed drink, In the making Ia lH of which fermentation I' Involved, . fH whrtluror not the mall contain ; JH nk'ohot. Malt drink not Involving -. lB Ihe priM-en of fermentntton In their H milking are not prohibited, provided iH they are not otherwise in violation of the law. Mulled milk I on the "nafe" 1H faLl Of upeilul lnteret to tlruggUt la kl the opinion tluit Iho luw I clear and ' jH ietlflt when It prohibit thr u or . "all lliiilil, mixture or preparation', H wlirtlur patented tir not, whkh will 3H prodtlte Intoxication," Till cla In lH iliiili lliitild that mil) or may not lH br und a Ix'Verngr, but which are lil tiipuble of produilng Intoxlcullon. IH l4tugiingtl l,idkii. " IH Prrparatlon aold it proprietary HlH midklnt, fluvorlng extract, per lH fume or almllur fluid contain nn B IH morn alcohol than 1 atmolutely necea H IH aary to extruct tho medicinal, flavor llJH lug or perXume prnpertlr of the drug, IhIH oli, Miup or oilier Ingredient, und tn Bl preaerve thr Mime, nnd muat lonform H'-l lo the Utah pharmacy law and nlao HlH to il alaudurd ehtubll.lied by the atnte filial The ttat n to whether any of Ihete nftil ma) be lined un a be vt rage will fall SKllH lo the Male chemlut. EH The tittorne) general' office enter IvH tuln ome doubt u tn vvlulher the fHll ItgUlature wu uwure that It wa pro Bll hlbltlug ull Much prepurutlon mauu Hll fuctured In good faith for inedlulnal HII or food purpose when, by u mere iHII illemrtnl anulv.l It could br hown HII that Mich prepurutlon lould be uaed lll u beverage. It wa probably the In -JHI teutlnn of the leglaluture to prohibit ll IhoMe prepurutlon which were rially ll beverage, but were noli) under the IBI gulae of food or medkinal prepara El tlon. The language of,thu uet I ox BuH Idlclt. however, the opinion it), that HlH the teat I not to be the good faith HjH of the preparation, hut I to bo the Hlil unaljM of thn atate chemlat. Hl Hitter will be fuleable or not, ue Hll cording tn whether they oun In fuel be IHlH liatd u laierugen, provided they eon lKlH tain more than one-hulf of one per KIB cent of alcohol by volume Hl |