The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-13
PROHIBITION IN rur p,srRIcr,
The DingIey Bill TavorabIy Reported
TO the House.


The Select Committee on Alcoholic
Liquor Traffic to-day reported favorably
Mr.. Dingley's bill, introduced last Feb
ruary, to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of sprituous and intoxicating liquors
in the District of Columbia. The follow
ing IL the bill
Be II enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, that the
term spirituous and intoxicating liquors,
where used in this act, shall be held to
include all spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors. all mixed liquors of which part
is spirituous, Intoxicating and alcoholic,
all distilled spirits, all wines, ale and por-
ter, all beer manufactured from hops and
malt, or from hops and barley, and all
cider sold to be drank on the promises.
Sec. 2. That no person, after the expira-
ton of the licenses now in force for the
sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors
in the District of Columbia, shall any
where within said Distric. manufacture,
or sell, or keep for sale, or barter directly
or indirectly, or give away, any spirituous
and Intoxicating liquors, except for medic
inal, mechanical, or scientific purposes,
and the manufacture and sale and impor-
tation, expectation, or transportation OF
any spirituous and Intoxicating liquors,
except for the purposes aforesaid. are
hereby forever thereafter prohibited in
said District.
Sec. 3. That no spirituous and intoxicat-
ing liquors shall be sold or given away for
medicinal purposes, except on written pre-
scription OF q regular physician practicing
medicine in the said District of Columbia,
who shall certify that it is for the person
and purpose named in the prescription,
and for none other, and the said prescrip-
ton shall be filled by a regularly licensed
druggist engaged in and carrying on
the drug business in said District,
and by no other person, and said drug
gist shall preserve said prescriptions
in numerical order and shall enter
across the face of each prcscrip-
filed, to whom delivered, and also his
| (the druggists name, and all of said pre-
| scriptions shall on the last day Of each
month be, by said druggists, transmitted
| to the Commissioners of the District of
| Columbia, and any druggist failing to
comply with said provisions shall, in adj
| dition to the forfeiture of his license rs a
druggist, be subject to the penalties here
matter prescribed for violations of this act.
Sec. 4. That all persons purchasing spir-
ituous and intoxicating liquors for me
chanical or scientific purposes, shall make
application therefor in writing, verified
by their affidavit made before a notary
public of said district, which said affidavit
shall set out specifically where and for
what special purpose i is to be used, dis,
| tinctly showing whether for mechanical
or scientific purposes, and that il shall he
used for no other purposes. That said
spurious and Intoxicating liquors shall be
| supplied by druggist engaged Gin and
| carrying on the drug business in said
| District, and by no other person, and
| said druggist shall keep said application
and affidavit in numerical order, and shall
| enter across the face of each such applica
| ton and affidavit the number thereof, the
| quantity supplied thereon, the date wher
supplied, the name of the person to whom
| delivered land in no case shall said spirit
nous and Intoxicating liquors be delivered
to any person except the one who mad,
said written application and affidavit
therefor and in no case shall said appli
cant be under q years of agc), and all o.
said applications and ailidavits shall, OF
the last day of each month, b.
by said druggist transmitted to th'
| Commissioners of the District of Colum
with said provisions shall, in addition t
the forfeiture of his license as druggist
be subject to the penalties hereafter pre-
scribed for violations of this act and an,
| person who shall swear falsely in the aft
davit accompanying the application fo
| said spirituOus and Intoxicating liquor
shall be guilty of perjury and upon con
viction thereof shall be subject to tn
pains and penalties now in force in SAT-
District applicable to the crime of perjury
Sec. 5. That the provisions of this nc
shall not be SO construed as to prohibi
the sale of wine by druggists for sacra
mental purposes: Provided, That no sucl
sale be made except upon the written ap
plication of the pastor of the churcl
where said wine shall be delivered to sal,
clergyman in person, and to no othe
person, and said application shall b
marked, preserved and transmitted to tn
| Commissioners of the District of Colum
bia, Just as the applications are in the cas-
of other sales.
Sec. g. That every person who violate
! any provision of this act, except that o
false swearing, for which a penalty |
hereinbefore prescribed, shall be dceme,
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con
! viction thereof shall be punished by fin
of not less than 800 nor more than $500
and by imprisonment of not more thai
/ six months
| Sec. T. This act shall take effect Noyem
Der /, 1890, and all laws and parts of law
inconsistent with this act are hereby re
! pealed.
Sec. s, The Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia are hereby authorize
| and required to make all necessary regu
lations To facilitate and secure the prope
| execution of this act
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