Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-19
: A NEW LIQUOR LICENSE BILL
Agreed Upon by the House District Com
snittee Today.

,nittee Today.
IT ID SUBSTITUTE ron ALL PEypfSo MEAS
uREs on THAT suBJrcr-A COMBINATION OF
THE MEREDITH AND CAMPBELL BILLS, WITH
AMENDMENTS ~ THE COMMITTEE.
The House District committee today agreed
upon 4 liquor license bill, which will be reported
to the House as a substitute for all pending
bills on that subject
The bill is Q combination Of the Meredith and
Campbell bills as recommended by the liquor
dealers with amendments by the committee.
The bill in full is a. follows:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled. That no person
in barter or exchange for goods in the District OF
Columbia, any intoxicating liquor, except as
hereinafter provided; but this shall not apply
to sales made by person under a
provision Of law requiring him to sell
personal property, nor to sales BY the
TO be drunk On tho premises Wherever the
term Intoxicating liquors" is used in this act.
it shall be deemed to include whisky, brandy,
rum, gin, wine, ale, porter. beer and all other
termented and distilled liquor.
Sec. 2. That there shall be, and there is
trict Of Columbia, which shall consist Of the
three Commissioners Of the District Of
Columbia, and the duty of which shall
be to take up and consider all
applications for license to sell intoxicating
liquors and to take action on such applications,
final aud conclusive, and only on the
granting by said board Of a license to
an applicant to sell Intoxicating liquor
shall the assessor issue a license to such sppli-
cant. and said board shall make such rules and
regulations for carrying into effect this act as
they may deem requisite and proper.
Sec. 8. That the said board shall appoint q
clerk and shall keep full record Of all applica-
cations for license, Of all recommendations for
and remonstrances against the granting OF Ii
censes and of their action thereon.
The clerk Of the board shall be ex offcio the
1t shall be his duty to make the inspec-
ton required by this act UNDER the
orders Of the board and make y full
report Of such inspection to the board
at such times as 1t may order. The salary
to be paid such clerk and inspector shall be
fixed by the board, and the same with the ex-
pense necessarily incident to the business of
the board shall be paid out of the fund arising
from the license fees paid under this act.
Sec. 4. That every person applying for a
license TO sell Intoxicating liquors in said Dis
trict shall file with the said board petition for
such license, and such petition shall be con-
sidered and acted on by the board in tho order
in which such petition is filed and numbered.
Said petition shall contain
!. The name and residence Of tine applicant
and how long he has resided there.
2. The particular place for which license
is desired. designating the same by street and
number, if practicable, and IL not by such other
apt description as definitely locates il.
s. The name Of the owner OF the premises
upon which the business licensed is to be car
ried on.
4. A statement that the applicant is citizen
OF the United States, not less than twenty-one
years OF age.
8. This petition must be verified by the affi-
dayit OF the petitioner made before notary
public Of the District Of Columbia, or any per-
son duly authorized by law to administer
oaths. If any false statement is
made in any part Of said petition, the
petitioner or petitioners shall be deemed guilty
Of perjury, and upon conviction thereof his
license shall be revoked and he shall be subject
to the penalties provided by law for that crime.
Sec. 5. That in the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown 1t shall be the duty of every
applicant for bar room license to
present to the excise board with his
application the written permission Of a ma
jority Of the persons owing real estate,
and majority Of the residents keeping house
on the side Of the square where it is desired to
locate such business, and on the confronting
side Of the square fronting opposite the
same; and II the location of such bar
room is on corner and has an
entrance thereon. such consent will be required
from such owners and residents on both streets,
and that in that portion Of the District
OF Columbia lying outside of the said
cities OF Washington and Georgetown
such applicant shall present such per-
mission from a majority Of the persons owning
real estate and Of residents keeping house
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on each side of the place where 1t is desired
to locate such business, and within a similar
space on the side Of the street or road fronting
opposite such place. The fac. Of such owner
ship Of real estate shall be certified
by the assessor of the District Of Columbia.
dence and the geruineness of the signatures
OF the residents aforesaid shall be certified by
the lieutenant or acting lieutenant Of the
police precinct which embraces such
proposed location. Every place where in
toxicating liquors are sold to be drank on the
promises shall. for the purpose Of this
net. be regarded and considered bar room.
and the possession of intoxicating liquors and
the selling or disposing Of the same to be
drank on the premises shall constitute
and make the place bar room:
Provided. That any established hotel or
tavern having twenty chambers for lodging
guests shall always have the right to obtain for
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the provisions of this act. and the petition in
such case must be made by the owner or lessee Of
such hotel or tavern. And provided further,
That after such applicant shall have obtained
and filed with his petition the consent aforesaid
and obtained from the beard the license required
by this ctit shall not be necessary for such IL
censee after the expiration of the period for
which such license is issued to obtain again such
consent for renewal of the license I'M
less the majority of the real es-
tate owners and resident housekeepers afore-
said shall petition the board, stating in such
petition that said bar room is not necessary and
is Objectionable, and the fact that such parties
SO peti.ioning and objecting are real
estate owners and resident housekeep-
ers as aforesaid, and the genuineness
Of their signatures shall be certified
in the same manner US is above provided in ref
erence to their written consent: Provided fur
Their, That upon a conviction of such licensee Of
keeping disorderly or disreputabie place 1t
shall be the duty of such excise board to revoke
such licensees license, but until conviction
such licensees license shall not be revoked or
taken away from him.
Sec. 6. That under the license issued in ac-
shall be sold, given or in any way disposed Of
to any minor or intoxicated person, or to an
habitual drunkard as such, or between
IL o'clock midnight and o'clock in the morn
ing, during which last named hours and on
Sundays every bar room and other place where
Intoxicating liquors sold shall be kept closed
and no Intoxicating liquor sold: Provided, That
the keeper Of any hotel or tavern having IL