Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-20
THE MANN BILL.

Following is synopsis OF the MANN
bill:
A retail license permits the grantee to
sell in quantities not exceeding five gal
Ions at any time to any individual, and
such license shall include both the privi-
lege of selling to be delivered to the pur-
chaser in jugs, bottles, demijohns or
other vessels and the privilege of selling
liquor to be drunk at the place where
sold.
A license to keep an ordinary or hotel
confers all the rights and privileges of a
retail dealer.
Under license to keep malt liquor
saloon malt liquors or mixtures thereof
NAV be sold to be drunk where sold.
Where one is both wholesale and re-
tail dealer a separate license is required
for each. Fine and imprisonment are
provided for violation of these provisions.
Application for licenses must be made
to the County Courts until they are su-
perseded by the new Circuit Courts, and
thereafter TO the Circuit or Corporation
Courts, and licenses obtained therefrom.
A written application must be made to
the commissioner of revenue and the
amount of The license deposited with the
treasurer at the time of the application.
The bill throws such safeguards and
conditions around the granting of licenses
in towns of less than five hundred in
habitants that in the opinion of many
it will result in practical prohibition IN
the country districts. The application
in such cases is referred to the court,
which then hears testimony for and
against the application and determines
the question of granting license: 1t
must be shown to the satisfaction Of the
court that the applicant is fit person;
that he will keep an orderly house, and
that the place is suitable, convenient
and appropriate one for the sale Of liquor.
A bond of from $3.50 to $500 is required
of the applicant. The court may then
grant license, and the commissioner
shall issue the same. In case the appli-
cant is refused the money deposited is to
be refunded.
Applicants for license outside of towns
of over 500, having adequate police pro-
lection, are required to advertise their
intention TO apply by posting a written
notice at the courthouse and at the place
where he proposes to sell for thirty days
before the application is presented.
ANY one may contest the application who
feels that he would be aggrieved by its
granting. The further procedure for the
securing of a license to sell in rural sec
tons is thus outlined by the bill:
"If the court be fully satisfied upon
the hearing Of the testimony for and
against the application that the appli-
cant is fit person to conduct such
business, and that he will personally
superintend the same, and will keep an
orderly house, and that the place at which
it is to be conducted is a suitable, con-
venient and appropriate place for con-
ducting such business, and one at
which police protection is afforded; and
if it shall further plainly appear to the
satisfaction of the court that majority
of the qualified voters of the district or
town in which the privilege is sought to
be exercised are in favor of the applica-
ton, that the sale of ardent spirits at
that place will not be contrary to a
sound public policy or injurious to the
morals or the material interests of the
community, the court may, upon execu-
ton by the applicant of bond in the
penalty of not less than $3.50 nor more
than $500, with security, conditioned
for the faithful compliance with all the
requirements of this section, grant such
license"
The fee for wholesale license is $3.50;
for malt liquor license only, $3.50; for
selling by retail in the country or in
towns of 900, $l75; retail license in
towns, cities or villages of over l, 600
people, $3.50, and eight per cent. of the
reatal value of the property utilized for
selling up to 1000; five per cent. on
rental of from 81 900 to $4,000, ard
three per cent. on rental value over that
sum; the license tax for hotel or or
dinary in towns of 1000 or less, $l75;
in towns or cities over that number,
$3.50, and a tax of S5 for each room for
dodgers.
For violation of the provisions Of the
law fine of from $50 to 500 for each
offense is provided, and in the discre-
ton of the jury imprisonment not ex-
ceeding sixty days. For selling to
miners a fine of from fifty to one hun
dred dollars, with revocation of license,
is the penalty provided.
Social clubs are taxed two dollars per
member, provided the tax does not ex-
ceed $3.50, and shall not sell directly or
indirectly to non-residents of the county
or city in which such club is located,
unless such person be bona fde mem
Der. No clubhouse shall be main
tanned in the same building with bar.
A membership initiation fee of not less
than $40 is required, and dues of not
less than 81 per month.
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