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1. Letter from A. D. McLarty to Elmer Vliet - Letter from A. D. McLarty, Secretary of the Illinois Municipal League, to Elmer Vliet regarding Vliet's previous letter Dated August 9, 1934, in which McLarty suggests that "all municipalities lying in Lake and Cook counties should join in the Cook County case".

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2. Letters on Liquor Ordinance - Letters on Liquor Ordinance 1) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty, Secretary of the Illinois Municipal League, regarding the ordinance prohibiting the manufacture, sales, and transportation of intoxicating liquor, and how it is obsolete now that Illinois allows for the consumption of such liquors. Vliet asks McLarty if he has any suggestions to pass a model liquor ordinance. 2) Letter from A. D. McLarty to Elmer Vliet in reply to his letter dated December 14th. McLarty states they do not have a model liquor ordinance to recommend to municipalities until either the 18th Amendment, Volstead Act, or the Illinois Search and Seizure Act are modified or repealed. McLarty says it would be very unwise to pass a liquor control ordinance based on the assumption that certain types of changes will be made. 3) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty thanking him for his recommendations and asks McLarty to keep him up to date regarding the progress of the model liquor ordinance whenever it becomes prepared. 4) Letter from Elmer Vliet to A. D. McLarty asking if it is possible to obtain copies of the recent acts passed by the State Legislature repealing the Search and Seizure Act and the Prohibition Act. Vliet would also like any recommendations for local ordinances for the control of alcoholic liquors. 5) Letter from A. D. McLarty to Elmer Vliet saying the League will not be able to recommend a beer dealer's licensing ordinance until the State laws regulating the sale of beer are passed, however, he enclosed a copy of the Chicago ordinance on the subject passed January 17, 1933. 6) Letter read at a Village Board Meeting on April 11, 1933 detailing the adopted liquor ordinance passed by the village in response to the repeal of the 18th Amendment. 7) Newspaper Clipping titled "Ordinance to Regulate Beer at Lake Bluff" details the passing of ordinance for the sale of 3.2 beer in restaurants and stores, but beer taverns are prohibited.

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3. Letters Regarding Liquor Ordinance - Letters Regarding Liquor Ordinance 1) Letter to Charles Hummer regarding enclosing a copy of the State Beer Law and a copy of the Waukegan Ordinance and proposed Springfield Ordinance. It mentions that there is some opposition to permitting the consumption of beer into the ordinance and hopes that despite this it can still be put into the ordinance. Additionally, the letter talks about people obtaining both local and state ordinances and restricting the sale of such goods from certain areas. 2) Letter from Elmer Vliet, Chairman of the Ordinance Committee, to A. D. McLarty, Secretary of the Illinois Municipal League, stating the Village has a desire for the permit of sale of beer in Lake Bluff, but forbid the consumption of it on the premises where it was sold, therefore Vliet asks for suggestions or model ordinances which the League may have prepped in regards to this type of legislation. Vliet also asks what kind of classification a person who transport beer but do not carry stock of it themselves should have if not retailer. 3) Letter from Thomas Matthews to Elmer Vliet stated Vliet's letter dated May 11 has be referred to him. Regarding the classification of the person, they would be considered a retail dealer if the transaction finishes in Lake Bluff but they would receive no classification if the transaction finishes outside of Lake Bluff as they are not "selling". The letter also goes into detail about taxing malt and vinous beverages that are delivered within village limits. 4) Letter to Charles Hummer, which encloses a rough draft of a suggested revised ordinance on beer. 5) Letter from Charles Hummer to Elmer Vliet stating that he is in receipt of Vliet's letter of March 17th, in which Vliet submits Section 1 of Article XI of the City Charter of Lake Forest, which forbids the making, selling, or keeping for sale of any spiritous or intoxicating liquors anywhere within the corporate township that resides Lake Forest. Hummer asks how this effects Lake Bluff as they are in the same corporate township. 6) Handwritten notes on liquor ordinance.

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