67-3-1 - Declaration of purpose. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 67-3-1. Declaration of purpose.
 

The purpose of this chapter is to legalize the manufacture and sale within this state of light wines and beer of an alcoholic content of not more than five percent (5%) by weight, and to regulate the business of manufacturing and of selling such liquors so as to prevent the illicit manufacture, sale, and consumption of liquors having an alcoholic content of more than five percent (5%) by weight, the manufacture and sale of which it is not the purpose of this chapter to legalize. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 10211; Laws,  1934, ch. 171; Laws, 1998, ch. 306, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1998.