Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-05

that fact to the assessor and then the licensee
may secure his license after paying the fec TO
the collector OF taxes.
According 30 section no license II 70 be AZ.
dgnable and should the license move TO prem
ises other than those named and described In
the license the license shall be void unless the
owner thereof files with the Commissioners a
| supplemental affidavit stating the facts
as required BY paragraphs 2, 8, and
IL Of section 8. II il shall appear from
with the law the Commissioners may author
ize the removal Executors or administrators
Of deceased iicensee are not prohibited from
continuing the business during the torn of
decedents license.
Section fixes the license fee for Wholesale
or retail dealing at 81 900.
SUNDAY CLOSING.
Section 9 provides for Sunday closing and Is
very specific in its prohibition as to the fro
quenting OF licensed houses by immoral and
indecent people. No liquor il to be sold be-
tween the hours OF IL midnight and 5 q m. on
any day. There shall be no prosecution com
menced for violation Of any provision Of this
section except upon the complaint OF police
officer.
Section 10 requires the Commissioners to
keep q record of all licenses.
Section IL makes it legal for any father,
mother wife or child of any habitual drunkard
or any officer of the District to request the su-
ers in the city not to sell, furnish give to
any habtual drunkard named any liquors.
After being 80 notified by the superintendent
of police it is illegal to supply liquor to the per-
son or persons named.
Section IL makes it plain that every license
is subject to revocation by the Commissioners
in case there is any violation Of the law. In
case Of revocation proper proportion of the
money paid for the license will be returned to
the person whose license has been revoked.
PENALTIES PROVIDED.
Section 10 refers to penalties. A violation of
the act is punishable by fine OF not less than
S25 nor more than 800, or not less than thirty
nor more than ninety days imprisonment.
Section IA is of interest to the drinking
public. Aiding and abetting in violation OF
the law is q misdemeanor. and it may cost
anything from S25 to ESQ, or sixty days i'm
prisonment, at the discretion Of the court.
Section Is compels applicants for iicenfe or
holders OF licenses to allow inspection Of prem
Uses by any member of the police force or
other duly authorized agents or officers Of the
Commissioners. Refusal to permit entrance
and inspection is sufficient cause for the re-
lection Of an application for license or the an
nulment OF a license already granted:
Section 16 says that the exhibition in any
window, showcase or otherwise, in any place
or premises of any kind Of intoxicating liquors
in bottles or other vefsels, or the advertise
ment by signs or letters OF said liquors on the
outside or inside Of any store or shop shall be
taken to be and constitute the selling Of such
liquors.
Section II exempts pharmacists or druggists
who dispense liquors on the prescription Of o
reputable physician. but no liquors so dis
pensed shall be drank or used on the premises
where purchased.
Section Is makes the pharmacist and drug
gist liable to the penalties in section Is should
liquor be sold in any other manner than on
prescription.
Section 10 is for the use Of physicians. Any
one of these who gives a liquor prescription
except for purely medical purposes is held to
be lawbreaker and subject to punishment as
an alder and abettor.
Section 20 repeats all other liquor laws incon-
sistent with this act.
AS previously stated in THE STAR the bill is
framed upon the Minneapolis high-,icense law
Senator Mcmillan will move the measure right
along.