The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-03-30
Beer May Not
Be Legal In
S. G.. April I
Ordinance May Not Be Effec-
tive Until 80 Days After
Publication
DEPENDS ON CHARTER
City Council Will Act Prompt
ly-Restrictive Authority
In It's Power

MinneSota'S regulatory beer act
and the 80 percent alcoholic con-
tents bill, were signed today by
Floyd 5. Olson and became i'm
mediately effective.
Thirsty" residents of the state,
however, must wait until April to
take advantage of the new laws
because of federal restriction. I'm
der act of congress, the new and
stronger beverages will be avail
able on that date.
The chief executive held up the
bill defining Intoxicating liquor as
any potable beverage containing
more than 80 per cent alcoholic
content by weight until he receiv-
ed the regulatory bill, and then
signed both.
The regulatory act was finally
repassed by the house Saturday af-
ter the senate had made several
amendments. The bill did not reach
the governors desk until today,
however, because it was not en-
crossed by the senate before re-
cessing Saturday.
Under the regulatory act, any
beverage containing not more than
80 per cent alcohol may be sold in
restaurants, drug stores railroad
dining cars, hotels and bona fide
clubs.
The act also specifies it will be
unlawful to sell such non-intoxi-
eating malt beverages 20 persons
under 81 years.
Minimum license fee for permits
to sell such beverages for con-
sumption on the premises is fixed
at $40, and permits local governing
bodies to increase this fee if they
desire, they cannot decrease it. The
act fixes a stationary price of SIS
for licenses for vendors selling
such beer for home consumption.
Under the act local governing
units issuing the license will re-
ceive all of the fee for such license
issued.
City governing bodies all over the
state are fastening to pass ordi-
nances to permit the sale Of the
beverage. The average fee for re-
failing is $500 per year.
The Federal statute gives the
municipalities wide latitude in de-
claring how the beverage shall be
dispensed in the community.
The Minneapolis City Council, for
instance, Tuesday decided that as
long as the Federal government did
not consider 80 per cent beer in
toxicating that the retailers could
sell it any hour of the day or night,
including Sundays. They placed
the retail license fee at $4,000.
They did make this provision, how
ever, that beer could not be sold on
General or Primary election days.
There is considerable interest be-
ing taken in the opportunity to
sell the amber fluid legally, in this
city. Under the Federal law, unless
restrictions are placed by the mu-
inequalities, beer can be sold in
restaurants, drug stores, grocery
stores, in packages, and other
places, any hour of any day, or
night.
If all the business places having
an opportunity to sell in this city
are given wide latitude by the city
council the long drouth will have
ended in this city with vengeance.
Before the beer can be sold leg
ally in Sank Centre the City Coun-
Gil must first pass an ordinance, it
is understood, defining the restric-
tions the Council may deem best for
the moral welfare of the city.
This will probably mean the pas
sage of an ordinance governing the
sale and the hours of operation Of
the places handling the beverage.
The Herald editor hasn't a copy
of the city charter before him.
The passage of the ordinary or
dinance requires the first, second
reading and final passage. This
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