U.S. LIQUOR LAWS
ANOTHER PROPOSAL LEGALISATION OF BEER (Received Doe. 7,2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dee. (i. Legislation to legalise and fax (he sale of 2.75 per cent, beer and wines was drafted to-day by Mr James Collier, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee as a basis for hearings beginning to-morrow. Mr Collier explained that the alcoholic percentage set was chosen simply as a basis on which to work. It will bo for the committee to determine the content desirable. The same is true of the tax rate.
He added that his bill would levy £1 a barrel on beer and Is a gallon on natural grape wines, without the addition of distilled spirits. Only a majority is required in the House and the Senate to enact such a measure as compared with the twothirds vote needed for the approval of a constitutional amendment such as that rejected on Monday.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17956, 7 December 1932, Page 11
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