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or ordinary shall cease anu
snnuIled by the Mayor nh. u shall be nm.
1ad be IL enacted, ina. ~ snah 49,, 20 IL
So Or any person who may op'ain lio'n a
asoresaid 10 keep his or ner snoP vpen; , - :.
the purpose Of selling o. parsern isos - corials
nsalt LIQUORS or cider, on Sunday, or after the
hour of ten o'clock, p. m, of any other day, OF
"a suffer or permit any person or persons 10
nlay at any game of cards, dice, or other
hazard, for money, or any thing In heu there
Of or to sell or barter any spirituons liquors.
wines, cordial, malt liquors or cider, 20 any
slave, apprentice, or minor, or TO suffer the
same to be drunk by any slave, apprentice
or minor within his or her shop. And any per-
son who shall offend against any OF the pro-
visions of this section shall forfeit ana pay
for the first offence fine OF ticety aotedTs, one
half for the use of this Corporation, ana the
other half for the informer; and for second
offence, in addition to said fine, shall forfeit his
or her license, which shall be annulled by the
Mayor and shall be also subjected to the pains
and penalties prescribed in section second of this
act
Sec 8. And be ID enacted, That in all cases
where the Mayor shall annul the license Of any
Tavern, ordinary, or shopkeeper, under the pro-
visions Of this or any previous act, he shall
notify the person whose license shall be an
nulled of the fact, in writing, to be left ut the
the Commissioner, or person acting as Com
missioner, or a police officer of the Ward IN
which the tavern, ordinary, or shop may be |;
and any person who, after having been so mo-
tilted, shall sch the spirituous liquors before
enumerated, or keep q tavern, ordinary, or
shop, without having obtained new license,
shall, for each and every o6ence, incur the
same fine and penalty as persons selling with
out o license.
SEQ. 8. And be IL enacted, That if any person
who may hereafter obtain a license to keep q
tavern, ordinary, or shop, shall keep disorderly
house, the Mayor shall, on complaint, and the
facts proved to his satisfaction, or upon his own
observation, and he is hereby so authorized,
annu such license, andnotify such person, in wri-
ting, Of the fact And if such person shall sell or
barter as aforesaid, and continue to exercise the
privileges granted by such license, after receiv-
ing such notice, he, she, or they shall incur the
same fine as persons selling without a license,
and the penalty, on default ofpayment, ls pro-
yided for in section second of this act.
SEQ. 10. And be IL enacted, That if any Com
missioner, or acting Commissioner, or other
officer in the employment of this Corporation,
and whose duty it is OF may be to attend to the
executiOnSand enforcement of the provisions of
this act, shall neglect to perform the duties
exacted from him thereby, Ire or they shall, for
each and every such offence and neglect pay
fine Of twenty dollars, the half Of said fine for
the use of this Corporation, and the balance to
20 to the informer; and upon conviction OF the
second offence, besides similar fine, to be SIM
ilarly divided, shall be dismissed from office.
Sec IL. lind be IL enacted, That the act emit
tied "An act concerning taverns and ordina
ries," approved May 81, 1922, providing for
removals of any person duly licensed from one
Ward of the city to another Ward, be and the
same is hereby repealed; and that so much of
the acts entitled can act laying tax on shops, |
porter cellars, confectioneries, retailers, and
theatrical amusements, and for other purposes"
approved October rs, 1819 and can act amend
atory of an act concerning taverns and ordina-
ries," approved May Il, 1922, and I" An act
amendatory Of the acts relating to retailers Of /
liquors, and for licensing sellers Of goods of
foreign fabrics in the city of Washington ap-
proved November 7, 1926, and " An act to regu-
late taverns and ordinaries, and to repeal GER
tain acts heretofore passed on that subject"
approved November /, 1882 and all parts and
parcels of any and all other acts not heretofore
repealed, which conflict or are inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed " a.a t
On motion, the bill for the relief Of John E.
Bailey was taken up, and on its third reading
the yeas and nays were as follows:
YEas-Messrs. Douglass Ennis, Mohun, Pepper, Hutch
NArs-Messrs. Easby Kelly, Downer, Wannall, Bryan,
Brent, Gull, Wheeler Van Rswick, and Hill-10. ,
So the bill was rejected.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen for the
improvement of Seventh street west, was taken
up, read, and laid on the table
Mr.. MoHUN presented the petition of Philip
Mackey, praying permission to erect tempo
rary shed near q brick building; which was
read and referred to the Committee on Police.
On motion, the bill authorizing the curbstopes
to be set and the footway paved on the north
fronts of squares 296, 264, and 1853, was taken
up, read the third time and passed
Mr.. MULLoY, on leave, introduced bill for
repairing the lookup house in the Fifth Ward
which was read twice and referred to the Com
mittee ON Police.
Mr.. MORGAN submitted the following resolu-
ton, which was read and adopted:
Rssolred That the Register be and he hereby re-
quested to inform this Board their next meeting of
have confoned 70 the law in relation to frse mat
mulattoes, passed December 10, 1850.
Mr. BRENT, from the Committee on Police,
reported without amendment the bill for the
lock up house in the Fifth Ward; and 1t was
read the third time and passed.
Mr.. MoReAs submitted the following resolu-
ton which was read and adopted:
Resolved That the Committee on Police be and they
hereby to inquire into Ss i 1ssnson Of
weight of bread offered for sale by the bakers of Wash
ingten-
adjourn; which motion was agreed to by the
following vote:
YxAs-Messrs. Douglass Easily, Kelly, Downer Bryan
Mohun Brent Hutchingson, Morgan, Miller, Gull, John
con, and Hill--13 1861 Ea.
FaTs-Messrs wannall and Mulloy--2.
And the Board adjourned.
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