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*It shall be wzlawful for any stamfmt- urar or distributor diraotly a.r indlreotly or thrlro;l@ a eubrrldiary or affiliata,aay ag%nt or any employee, or by any oiiioer, director or f ira member: + * l to f’uralah, give or land any mo5oy or other thing of value, oxco& algns, Or to 6xtsnd unusual credit tems, to any petrson %ngc&ed in call- fng brewary produots for aonswaption on or off the prepisas ahers eold + l * * WU note from the copy Of your adrdnlstraEl9r intarpratc~ticxama of various proriafonr at the Taxes Liquor Control Aat, you hare haldr

*The followiag item ham mse atll%t,ar- but whw b~ariag Iti V~UO, pr&%Alf dim- played, the adrartlsossnt the buainase or brand nese or any sanufaotaare~ w dlatri- butor or bear, are aon8ldared by the Been3 a6 advartimiug noraltioe and not aa aq~ip- &wit g viz: Beer drinking: glasses, tabla baer Eats, asp reaovar~, amm oard8, paper napklnn, aah tray8, marrice traya. The roli0ain~ items when bmrlng~prominentl~ diaplapd advertisement .of the bnd.naer or brand mum or ariy xmaufachrer dr d~atrlbutox of boar, and when of a value not arorodlng (16. eaah, are oorraidered by the Board to be aignrr parzaiatrible und%r t&o law, t1~1 Thor- momtars, bnrometera, oalmdar8, alooks, lrasnu or ltctnso fmmr, mirror6 harlng 8 suriace not exceeding 300 8pusrs inches, outside boneha(l.a

Clearly, t&e darha under oansfderation La not a piece 0r squuijmmnt naeaesary in tba operatiion of a retail boar buuiaeen,~ ox soothing ordlmrily used in auoh buainasa. ,Itr outstanding wrgosa ia advertise, and to suggefst a aertain type 0r bear *3 Hon. Bert Ford, A&iiniatr‘ator, Pago S 8810, the derloe ltoelf bainS ln no mumnor esaen- tie1 faeilltation such sale. It a2pticl to be maraly another method oonasived by the BIMU- to advertise his produot and enoourage the lecturer sale tharaof. It is our opinion thet the bevia% may be proparly classittd as an adwwtlslng sign and its usa fa not prohibited by the Tam18 Liquor Con- trol Aot. you are advlwd it ts Oh%

Accordingly, opielon of this department, under thr faots as stated above, that the display bear sign under considara- tion may la@tllp ba uaad in the manner described.

Yours vary truly ATTORNEY GXaNERAL OF T=S