The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-04

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THE FIIsr--PRoyisIoN or The NEW LAW
AS IT RELATES To WHOLESALE AND RrTAII
DEALERS, BAE-KEEPERs, RECTIpIERs, AMI
0THERs-FULL TEXT OF THE AcT--BIAcKs
BURG COLLEGE MATTERS UNDER CoNsIpERA,
qI0N IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND DIS.
J CUssI0N To BE RESUMED TO-DAY.
The following act having been approved
by the Governor is now a law:
! an dct Imposing q Tar, and PreScr;Jin0
| Regulations for Collecting The Same, on
the Privilege Of Selling Wine. Ardent
Spirits. or Nat Liquors. or Any Mixfuvt
Thereof, toithin the Limits of the Com.
monueoith. for the Support Of the Govern.
meat and TO Pay the Interest on the Public
Debt.
! IReported from the House Committee on Finance
with amcudmenis.l
/. BE IL enacted By the General Assembiy
That no person, club, or corporation shall,
within The limits OF this Commonwealth,
sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or
any mixture thereof, alcoholic biiters, or
fruits preserved In ardent spirits, either by
wholesale, retail, or 10 be drunk at the place
where sold or in any other way. without
haviog first obtained license therefor; nor
I
lege Of selling IN either way except in the
manner hereinafter provided. A license to
sell by wholesale shall include only the priv
| ilege to sell in quantities OF gallons or
more, except that wholesale dealers in malt
| liquors may have the privilege OF selling by
bottles and jugs in quantities Of not less
than / dozen. A license to sell by retail
shall include only the privilege OF selling in
quantities not exceeding gallons at any
time to any one individual, which shall not
be drunk within the house or cnriiIage
where sold, but shall he delivered TO the
purchaser in bottles, jugs, demijohDs, or
other vessels. TO be removed thereirom.
A license 10 sell to be drunk at
the place where sold shall be known
as a barroOm license, under which
no wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors,
nor any mixture thereof, shall be sold 10 be
taken away from the place Of delivery, but
shall he drunk there. Any person desiring
TO carry on the business OF q wholesale
| lliquor-dealer, and also that of retail liquor
merchant, shall obtain a separate license for
each, and comply with all the provisions of
this act in relation to both privileges. Any
person, club, or corporation, desiring TO
carry on the business OF retail l:quor mer-
chant. and also that Of a bar-room or ,ordi.
nary-keeper, shall obtain q separate license
for each, and comply with all the provisions
of this act in relation to both privileges.
a violation Cf the provisions OF this Sec
ton shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fine Of not less than
800 nor more Than $500, and, in The discre-
tion OF the court, by Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding twelve months.
2. Any person. club, or corporation who
| n A.
bar-room or ordinary, shall first apply
therefor to the commissioner Of the reve-
nue. for the city or county, who shall assess
them with the proper licenSe-taX 10 be paid,
and they shall then pay the amount OF said
tax to the treasurer or other collecting Off
Ger and take bis receipt for the same. or the
certificate furnished by the assessor, and
shall present the said certificate so receipted
to the court OF the county or corporation in
which it is proposed to conduct the busi-
ness; and il the court be fully satisfied
upon hearing the testimony for and against
the application, should any be offered, that
the applicant Is tit person, and that the
place OF business is suitable and convenient,
IL shall, upon the execution by the applicant
of bond with good security, payable to
the Commonwealth OF Virginia, in q
penalty Of not less than 500 nor
more than $500, conditioned for the
faithful performance OF all the require
ments OF this act, grant such license and
thereupon the commissioner Of the reye-
nue. shall issue the same In such form as
may be prescribed by the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts. III the county or corporation
court shall refuse to grant the application
the tax shall be refunded, and the party
aggrieyed may, dining the term at which
such refusal Is entered, appeal to the Cir
cult Court OF said county or corporation IN
term-time or vacation, and The Judge thereof
shall take cogDiZance Of said appeal, and
may grant the license upon the terms re-
quired by this act. All bonds taken under
the provisions of this act shall contain
waiver Of homestead.
2. The specitic tax on license to sell
by wholesale wine, ardent spirits, malt
liquors, or any mixture OF any OF them,
shall be 1850; there shall also be paid an
additional tax of ODe-fourth Of one per
centum cn the gross amounts OF sales made,
which shall be ascertained in the manner
prescribed in the fifth section: provided,
however, that II any wholesale dealer shall
desire the privilege OF selling malt liquors
only, the specific tax shall be $3.50: and
provided, further, that the tax OF one-fourth
of one per centum shall not be required up
on sales of liquors actually transported out
OF this Commonwealth. Any person or
firm desiring 10 exercise the privilege
granted under this section shall pay the
amount OF the specific tax required TO the
county or corporation treasurer. and take
his receipt therefor, and upon the presen-
| tation OF the receipt to the commissioner OF
the revenue for said county or city, the
said commissioner shall issue to The sald
person or firm so applyinga license as pro.
yided for in this act. The commissioner OF
the revenue shall Immediately upon the
assessment of any license provided for IN
this section forward to the Auditor of
Puhlic Accounts q certificate OF the same,
and rhe Treasurer shall pay over the amount
10 the Auditor of Public Accounts within
fifteen days after the said Auditor shall
have received said certificate, and shall GER
tify the same to the Auditor OF Public Ac.
conpts. The Auditor shall require the SAID
Treasurer TO pay the amount OF sucn
licenses so collected within fifteen days az
| ter the receipt Of the report provided ior
in this section.
The specifc tax on license to sell by
retail wine, ardent spirits, mait liquors. or
any mixture OF any OF them, snail De 10 Tue
country, or in towns or villages Oi l:OoV 'n'
habitants or less, S62 80, and IN cues OF
| towns, or villages exceeding l,OOO inDapi,
tants. 1925, ADD in either case an addItlopa!
fax on the amount Of purchase made OF ls
per cebtum on the gross amount OF sucn
purchases, which shall be ascertained III tne
manner prescribed in section OF TINS ACT,
except that where person sells by retai
or under a bar.room license mali liquors
only. in the country, or in town undel
5000 inhabitants, his specific license TAX