Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
A LlQUoR LICENSE BILL.
One That Hss Been Agreed Upon BY the
Liquor Dealen.

IT COMBINES THE FEATURES OF THE MEREDIrH
| AND CAMPBELL ACTs-FULL TEXT OF THE
PROPOSED MEASURE, GIVING ALL IT'S PRov1-
sloHs AND PENALTIES FOR THEIR VIOLA
TioSs.
At an important meeting held last Saturday
of representatives Of the several liquor dealers
associations, the Wholesale dealers and the hotel
and restaurant keepers an agreement was
reached upon q bill which viii be satis-
factory to all liquor dealers.
For several weeks the varying interests have
been endeavoring to reach an agreement, and
it was decided to appoint a committee consist
ing of Messrs. Jno. H. Magruder, N. H. Shea,
Levi Woodbury., Louis Faber and E. L. Jordan.
/ This committee concluded its lsbors Satur-
day by agreeing upon a bill combining the feat
ures Of the Meredith and Campbell bills
The Bill Agreed Upon.
The bill is in full as follows: That no person
shall sell, offer for sale or keep for sale or
traffic 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 bya person under .
provision Of law requiring him to sell personal
| property, nor to sales by the maker, brewer or
| distiller thereof, not to be drank on the prem
/ lSeB- Wherever the TERM ''lNtOXlcauQR uQuOrS
| is used in this act it shall be deemed to include
| whisky. brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter,
beer and all other fermented and distilled
liquor.
! AN EXCISE BOARD.
Sec. 2. That there shall be, and there is
hereby, constituted excise board for the
District Of Columbia, which shall consist Of the
| chief Of police, the assessor and the collector
thereof, Of which board the chief of police shall
| be chairman. 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. and the action Of
said board shall be final and conclusive and
only on the granting by said board Of license
| to an applicant to sell intoxicating liquor shall
and said board shall make such rules and regu-
lations for carrying into effect this act as they
| may deem requisite and proper.
| Sec. 3. That the said board shall appoint q
clerk. and shall keep full record of all appli-
cations for license, of all recommendations for
| and circumstances against the granting of
licenses and Of their action thereon.
The clerk Of the board shall be ex oficio the
inspector of licenses issued under this act. and
| 1t shall be his duty to make the inspections re-
quired by this act under the orders of the board
| and make full report of such inspections to the
board at such times it may order. The sal
| airy 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.
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES.
Section 4. That every person applying for a
license to sell intoxicating liquors in said Dis
| trict shall file with the said board his, her or
their petition for such license, and s,.ch psti-
ton shall be considered and acted on by the
board in the order in which such petition is filed
and numbered. Said petition shall contain:
l. The name and residence of the applicant
and how long be has resided there.
2. The particular place for which a license is
desired, designating the same by street and
number if practicable, and if not, by such
other apt description definitely locates 1t.
3. The name of the owner OF the premises
upon which the business licensed is to be
carried on.
4. statement that the applicant is citizen
of the United States.
s. This petition must be verified by the affi-
davit of the petitioner. made before a 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 indict-
ment and conviction thereof his license shall be
revoked and he shall be subject to the penalties
provided by law for that crime.
BAR ROOM APPLICATIONS.
Sec. s. That every such petition shall be
sufficient application for such license. but be-
fore it is granted, where the application is for a
license to keep bar room, must have annexed
to he petition the consent in writing Of the
majority Of the owners Of real estate and also
of the majority Of the residents keeping house
on the side Of the square where il is desired to
locate such bar room, and also Of the majority
of the real estate owners and such residents
keeping house on the side of the square 'front.'
ing opposite such bar room. and If the location
of such bar room ID on corner and entrance
therein such consent will be required from
such owners and residents on both streets
The fact OF such ownership shall be certified
by the assessor of the District of Columbia,
and the fact of the residence and the genuine
ness of the signatures Of the real estate owners
and residents shall be certified to by the lieu
tenant of the police precinct in which it is pro-
posed to locate such bar room. Every place
| where intoxicating liquors are sold to be drunk
on the premises shall, for the purpose of this
act, be regarded apd considered bar room. and
tho possession of intoxicating LIQUORS and the
| selling or disposing Of the same to be drunk
| the premises shall constitute and make the
place a bar room: Provided, That this section
| shall not apply to hotels or taverns or to duly
incorporated clubs: Provided further. That any
established hotel or tavern for lodging guests
shall always have the right to obtain for itself
license for bar room on complying with the
provisions of this act, and the petition in such
case must be made by the owner or lessee of
such hotel tavern And provided further.
That not more than 700 licenses shall be issued
for such bar rooms by said board in any one
year: And provided further, That after such
applicant shall have obtained and filed with his
petition the consent aforesaid and obtained
from the board the license required by this act,
it shall not be necessary for such lcensee, after
the expiration Of the period for which such
license is issued, to obtain again such consent
| for renewal of the license unless the majority
of the real estate owners and resident
housekeepers aforesaid 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 petitioning and objecting
| are real estate owners and resident housekeepers
| as aforesaid, and the genuiueness of their sig
| natures shall be certified in the same manner as
| is above provided in reference to their written
consent: Provided, further. that upon . convic-
| ton Of such icensee of keeping disorderly
and dsreputable place which is a nuisance to
| the neighborhood 1t shall be the duty of said
excise board to revoke such licensees license,
but until such conviction such licensees license
shall not be revoked or taken away from him.
REGULATIONS OF SALE.
! Sec. 6. That under the license issued in ac-