The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-22
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ALASKA REVENUES.



Intoxicating liquors is used In this act.
N SHALL NJ deemed 20 include whisky.
nfaEdy. ru1s, gfn. wine, ale. porter. nsefsr.
h0oeasnoa and all spirtt1ous vtnoTsS. malt
ard other fermentess distilled AGaprs-
Ali licenses are 80 be issued by the clerk
81 the District court or any subdivision
thereof upon Il daly entered order ~ the
court. The clerk is required 10 keep
resorH az ali applications, Recommended
tIGns and renonstrances and may collect
To addition 10 the license fee fee for
himself of s. from each applicant. He
VIII be required 10 give bonds in such
amount the secretary OF the treasury
may require. and all moneys received for
licenses shall he paid At once into the
United States treasury
Regulation Of Liquor Tranxe.
Many provisions regarding the securing
Of ii license hedge II round about. First II
must be shown that a majority Of the
white residents within a radius Of two
ra.ies consent to the sale of liquor or its
manufacture and no iicense shall De
granted IN the absence of sleh evidence.
This consent may be required every year.
Every application for liquor license
will be acted upon BY the court In the
order In which IL vas fsled- IL must con-
tain the name and length of residence OF
the applicant The particular place for
which license h. required must be exactly
designated by street. locality or settle
tnen.. The applicant must be citizen OF
the United States or have declared his In
tention 10 become such: he must be over
n years Of age and never have been adj
judged guilty of violating any OF the laws
la the Alaska code. Ii any false state
nsent is made, the applicant shall be
deemed guilty OF perjury and upon convic-
tion his license shall be revoked.
The applicant must also state taas he
intends 10 carry on business for himself,
and not as the agent OF any other person:
and THAI he Will siperintend ia person the
management OF the place licensed. Under
the fcenss issued no intoxicating liquors
may be gold given, or In any way dis
posed ~ To any minor. Indian or intoxi-
Gated person. or ~ an hahitusil drunkard.
No license shall h.s issued fog more than
ore year, and no ncense can be trans
ferTed except By the written consent of
the court.
Two Glasses Of License.
The iiquer licenses authorized are divid-
I'd into two classes. wholesale and bar
room. The amount of the license Zee must
always be deposited with the clerk al the
time Of fillng the application Following
ID the schedule OF fees:
wholesale license. $2.eo per annum:
bar room. or retail license. IN towns or
settlements OF 1,Jea population or upward.
fi,so, In towns. camps, or settlements or
more than 100 and less than 1880 popula-
ton. N.Is. in towns, camps. or settle
msnts of less than l.oQo population, 500,
provided that the words. towns. comps. or
settlements. as herein used shall be con-
strued 10 embrace the population within
radius of two miles Of the site Of the place
wherein business Is TO be done under the
license. A retail, or bar room license,
shall be required for every hotel. tavern.
boat. bar room. or other place In which
Intoxicating liquors are sold by retail A
wholesale liquor license shall only au-
thortze the liGenaee TO sell distilled. malt,
or fermen,ed liquors. wines. and ccrdials.
I'm quantities not less than one gallon. nor
to be drank upon the premises where sold:
and no such license shall be granted until
IL Is satisfactorily shown that the place
where il Is intended 10 carry on such
business ts properly arranged for selling
such liquors merchandise. Every
place where distilled. malt. fermented
wines liquors or cordiais are sold in
quantities prescribed for retail dealers
ny section 3ei4, Revised Statutes OF the
United States. 10 be drunk upon the prem.
lisa. shall be regarded as bar room. and
the possession of malt distilled, fermcnt-
ed or any intoxicating liquors, with the
means and Appliances for carrying on the
business OF dispensing the same 70 be
drunk where sold. shail he rrima facie
evidence ~ har room within the mean
ing OF this act. and the license therefor
shall be known as a bar room license:
previGed. that no license shah pe granted
on retail in any other than substantial
building which shalt have cost for con-
s,ructiou not isss than 500
Law VIII Not BE Popular.
The hast proviso In the paragraph just
quoted will create fryich fissatisfa elton as
Il practically prohibits a poor man with
only capital enough 20 pay for license
and a barrel OF whisky from engaging IN
the liquor business. IL will ais~o prevent
80 ~ ,4f fY, ten Ar
log huts.
IIcenses granted must be framed under
ela ~ and posted IA conspicuous place In
the saloon United States officers are
given fun authority 20 examine the prem
isea at any and all times.
Druggists and apofhecaries are not per-
mitted 10 sell intoxicating liquors. nor
compound nor mix any composition there
ar except upon the written prescription
~ reputable physician. nor more than
once cn any one prescription OK the phys.-
elan and every druggist er apothecary
SHALL keep a book for the special purpose
ard enter tnerein the date 81 every sale
of intoxicating liquor made by him. the
person 80 whom sold. thAAhtFa. quantity.
aud price thereof and Y4aspese FOR which
it y aS sold: ard such t,ek s1A1f he ~ ali
tgass oren 60 the nS* ION efgthe Uni
ts3 states marshal q Hv deputy gnar-
SA&t any United SfSAf arnt~sinne4 abe
collector % gustou the effor deputy ca
leetor OF .slsto-rsz fscen Scarlet Of AISeA
~, ard aaaH be Il Monday tia REQUIRED.
and any failure ;0x ssTira TO the nGoyb
alens % ana sseD s'io TornsT.s sSooA
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