Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-05
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| he tGgtin0f, Is G0H I! law :
|. BE il oDacted by tho GeueralAs ssmbly, Thst
| DO porson, club. or corporation shall. within
the limits of Ills Commonwealth. sell wine,
| thereof, alcoholic bitters, or fruits preserved 10
ardent spirits. either by Whol sale, retail, or to
| bo drunk FL the l. CT where sold or in any 9th
or way, vi hout having first obtained license
thereto: uCr shall such License extend to him
the privilege Of selling 10 either way except 10
the manner hereinafter provided. A License 10
soil by wholesale she'll ltclude only the privilege
| to sell 10 quantities OF gallons or more. OK
cept that wholesale dealers 10 malt liquors may
have the privilege OF selling by bottles aud jugs
10 quantities OF not l!ts than | dczop. A H.
ceuse to sell by retail shall inouIo only tho
privilege OF selling 10 quantities not cxcNdng
| 5 gallons at any time to any Individual, which
shall not DO drunk within tho house or curti-
aye where sold. but shall be doliv,r>d to tho
purchaser 10 bottles, jugs, deu' johus, or other
xcssels. TO ba removed thorofrom. A licsrsa 10
II to BIZ drunk at tho FL 100 where sold shall DO
known as lar room lioanse, under which DO
| wine, ardent spllis. malt liquors. nor sDy mix
luro thereof, shall DO sold to be taken away
from the place of delivery, but sbal be drunk
| there. Any pcls)n desiring to carry on the
tho business Of wholes ,le liquor dealer, and
also that Of n retail liquor merchant, shall OBJ
tain a separate l;c ,nsu fer each. and c)mply
With all tho provisions Of this act ia relation to
both privileges. Any person, club, or corpora.
ton, desiring to carry on the business OF u retail
LIQUOR merchant, and also that OF bar room or
ordinary keeper, shall obtain separate lie ,nso
for each. and comply with all tho provisions Of
this act in relation to both privilCg.s A VIC
Iatiou Of tho plOvisiurs of this sCc,lun shall ba
deemed q m'sdcnlcaoor, and shalt bo punished
by tino OF not le;a than 500 nor more thsn
$500, and, in tho dtcf0tlOo OF the curt, by
| IMPRISONMENT not exceeding II months.
| >. Any pGlsnn,c ub or corporation " o desires
li0Gra1 t, sell by retail, or TO keep bar room
or ordinary. shall first apll7 therefor t. thu
COLE misalnntr CT the revenue far tEn city or
county, WhD ahsl asss, them with tho proper
license &; x TO be psiI. aud they SHAH ihau pay
tho amount Of SAID Tx 10 th5 tea s,lrrr or 9th
CT ccleciinE officer and take his rtc ,pt fer ihe
sam1. CT the certificate furnished by tho asaCs
sor. and shall present the sad u .rtlliaan 80 70
ic.iptcd to tho curt ct tho ciunty or CORPORA
Non III which IT, il pfort SD To cpntuc, thn
bu7,ucsi end 1t tho curt b. fully satisfied M.
on het RAG tic testimony i0r bud o2aIiSt The
arp ice;ion, shou'd Any hn olfcr,,l tI,S' tho 40
pha,nt II n f. person, and that the .lrA Of
hu,inesa is suitable AID GnEvcnInnt. it shall, up
on the tXtcI;lun by tho applicant OF :. boui
with en"d .ccItily, p,yabl, TO tho CnHln,nn-
wealth al Fi:rlola, IN n prnalty ct MT less than
SlGO nor moro than $500 conditioned for tho
faithful rtliormanoa OF NIL tho r. quliniD, MIS- Ct
this &C trant h,,oll liOtLA. and thereupon tho
commissioner Of tho rGVrpua shall idsuo tic
Same 10 suuh loim ~ may he prrt c:bed by the
Auditor Il Public Accounts. Ii Tho county or
rrunralIon court shall rGIula 10 Grant tho A.
pinstinn The lax slall be refunded, and ihc
patty agRllGvcd may, during thu tam Mt which
hrcl refusal IL entered. appeal IN tho Oi!c Iit
ciurt al sand cnuntY or Cirr6railon IN term time
or vaoHil0l. nni thu juhga .!crrol shall take
ooghizanon ii aail ar ienl, ant may grant the
lie ;rsc UPON tho terms r. qulrcd by this &C. All
boadI taken uhdcr tho pruvsinns Of thia &c
shall contain n waiver OF homestead.
.. Thu specific taXou a lioenSn to sell ~ nholo.
aac wine. ardent spirits. malt liquors. or any
mixture OF airy rt them. shall DO $3.50; there
shall also be paid m additional lax Of ono fourth
of one per centum on tho gross amount Of sales
made. which shall DO ascortnined in thnmanncr
prescribed in tho fifth section: provided, how
ever, that it any whclt S 10 dealer shall desire
the privilege OF solling malt liquors only, tho
specific lax shall be $50: aud provided, further,
that tho tax of ont-fUurth Of ono per oeptuul
shall not be required upon sales OF liquors 40
tua'ly transported out OF lhia Commonwealth.
Any person or firm desiring to exercise the
privilege granted under this sec ion 81 all pay
tho amount oil tho specific tax required to tho
county CT corporation treasurer, and take his
receipt therefor, and upon tho presentation Of
tho receipt to tho commits l0ner Of the revenue
for said county or city, tho said commissioner
shall ISSUE to the said person or firm so apply
Ing locuso as provided for 10 Il Is got. Tho
mmlssiOncr OF tho rovoDue shall Immediately
upon the nsst s>ment Of any license provided for
10 this sc ctloD forward to tho Auditor Of Public
Accounts certificate OF the same, and The
Treasurer shall pay over Tic amount to tho
Auditor Ct Public Accounts within Fifteen DAYS
after tho said Auditor shall ha7o received said
oertl6cltc, and shall certify tho Same to tho
Auditor OF Public Accounts. Tho Auditor shall
require tho said Treasurer to pay tho amount
OF suoh licenses 50 collected wihio 6iocn DAYS
after tho rcooipt Of tho report provided for iu
this seo,iop.
Tho specific tax on license 10 sell by retail
wine, ardont spirits, malt liquors, or any mix
10 towns or VlllagcH Of 900 inhabitants or less,
SCI 50,and in cities or towns, or villages xc.ed
lug 900 inhabitants. $l25, and in either osse an
additional taX % tho amount of purchase made
OF ] per centum on The gross amount of suoh
purchases, which shall be ascertaincd in the
manner presciibed 10 section of this act, tx
ccpt that where person sells by retail or under
a bar room licorso malt liquors only, in tho
country, or 10 town under 5000 inhabitants,
lia spooiin license tax shall be $50.
! s. shall be tho duty Of every wholesale liquor
deslcr and Of every retail quor dealer lioeusod
urdnr this act to make returps quarterly, &C
ooIdiue to forms to DO provided by tho Auditor
| OF Public Accounts, aud according to such reg
uatlors as he may make to carry cut tho true
intent of this ac; TINT is TO say, on tho lst day
| Of Aupust. November, February, and May,
Respectively, to the commissioner Of tho revenue
of tho district in which his plaoo OF business is
| situated Of all aaies Of wholesale dealers and
| all purchases OF retail dealers within the three
| months next preceding made by him upon
| which he IL required TO paY a tax. Any viola
| ton OF tho loregClog provisions ol this section
| shall DO deemed n misdCmcauOr, and shall be
published by tiuo OF not less than so nor
more than 500 The commissioner Of tho rove
nue shall record the srd rcturn 10 book 10 to
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