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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1972
Page
7
The document notes Morgan County currently allows illegal unregulated alcohol sales with no tax revenue. It outlines a proposed possession rule permitting three quarts of liquor or wine and a case of beer per person at home or in a vehicle and asks whether legal sales should be approved to bolster Alabama ABC laws as lawmakers plan to pass related statutes.
County lawmakers propose a measure to legalize alcohol sales with a three cent beer tax for education funding, ABC store location limits, licensing for on and off premises use, and definitions of hotel club and restaurant under Alabama law to ensure control and revenue for Morgan County schools. The draft ends with a question favoring a simple choice between continuing the imperfect system or establishing legal, regulated sales.
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