Modification of Volstead Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Seventy-second Congress, Second Session. December 7 to 14, 1932 |
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Page 2 - Is intended by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or In any manner used, either in the original package, or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State.
Page 21 - ... for beverage purposes: Provided, That the foregoing definition shall not extend to dealcoholized wine nor to any beverage or liquid produced by the process by which beer, ale, porter, or wine is produced, if it contains less than one-half of 1 per centum of alcohol by volume...
Page 8 - ... territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other state, territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...
Page 328 - The penalties provided in this act against the manufacture of liquor without a permit shall not apply to a person for manufacturing nonintoxicating cider and fruit juices exclusively for use in his home, but such cider and fruit juices shall not be sold or delivered except to persons having permits to manufacture vinegar.
Page 320 - Beer" shall mean any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops or of any similar products in drinkable water and containing, unless otherwise expressly provided, more than three and two-tenths per centum of alcohol by weight; this definition shall include ale, porter and stout; (d) "Board" shall mean the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; (e) "Bottle...
Page 651 - It shall be unlawful to have or possess any liquor or property designed for the manufacture of liquor intended for use in violating this title or which has been so used, and no property rights shall exist in any such liquor or property. A search warrant may issue as provided in Title XI of public law numbered 24 of the Sixty-fifth Congress, approved June 15, 1917, and such liquor, the containers thereof, and such property so seized shall be subject to such disposition as the court may make thereof.
Page 73 - After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territories subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Page 285 - The CHAIRMAN. We thank you for your statement. The next witness is Hon.
Page 4 - There shall be levied and collected on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter, and other similar fermented liquor, containing one-half of 1 per centum, or more, of alcohol...
Page 4 - ... for every barrel containing not more than thirty-one gallons, and at a like rate for any other quantity or for the fractional parts of a barrel authorized and defined by law.