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kIkER's PROHIsl-
TI0N BILL.
TO Prohibit the Sale Of intoxicating
Liquors in the District Of Columbia.

BE IL enacted by the senate ana HOUSE
of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, that ne
person, company, c~opartnershlp, assocla-
ton, club, or corporation within the Dis
| trict of Columbia shall manufacture, sell
offer for sale, traffic in, barter, exchange fol
goods, give away, OF otherwise dispose OF
any spirituous, malt, rinous, fermented,
brewed, or other liquors or beverages, or
any compound or mixture thereof which
contains alcohol and which if drunk to eX-
cess will produce intoXication, except rs
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists may
lawfully sell in wholesale quantities IL
retail druggists and to public oi clarlta'
ble hospitals or to medical or phaImaceutl-
cal colleges, and in 10 other way and TO nc
other person or persons, pure alcohol lol
medical purposes only, or grain alcohol
to be used by chemists or bacteriOlOglsts
actually engaged in scientific work, and
for such purposes only; and such whole
sale druggists shall, at the end OF each
month in which any such sale has been
made, file with the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia statement IN writing
under oath, giving the name of the pur-
chaser, the price paid, the date of sale, ana
the quantity of the alcohol sold.
Sec. 8. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located within
the District of Columbia, who is himself a
registered or licensed pharmacist, may
sell, in the manner herein set forth, pure
alcohol for medicinal proposes only, grain
alcohol to chemists and psychologists
actually engaged il scientific work, and
wine to be used for sacramento purposes
or religious purposes only, upon filing Il
bond in the sum of five Thousand dollars,
to be approved by the Commissioners of
the District Of Columbia, conditioned for
the faithful observance of the provisions
of this Act: Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall prevent such druggist from
using alcohol in compromising prescrlp-
lions or selling medical preparations man
ufactured in accordance with formulas
prescribed by the United States Pharma-
~copoeia and National Formulary, which
contains no more alcohol than is necessary
to extract the medical properties of the
drugs contained in such preparations, and
is necessary to hold the medical properties
in solution, and which are manufactured
and sold as medicines and not as beverages
such prescriptions n medical prepare
lions not to contain sufficient alcohol to
require of the dealer handling them, pay
ment of the special tax required of liquor
dealers by the United States Government.
Sec. 4. That no sale of pure alcohol
for medical purposes shall be made by
any retail druggist except upon the pre-
scription Of a regular practicing physician
of the District OF Columbia, who before
writing such prescription shall make an
actual examination of the person for whom
the prescription is to be written, and shall
certify on the prescription that the patient
is in his charge, that the use OF alcohol is
in his Judgment, absolutely necessary to
alleviate or cure the illness or disease from
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he is not interested in the drug store to
which said prescription is given. All
druggists selling alcohol, as herein pro-
vided, are hereby required to keep blank
forms for making out the certificate and
prescription herein required.
Sec. 5. That no prescription herein
provided for shall be filled except upon the
day in which it is issued or the following
day, and no more than one pint Of alcohol
shall be sold and delivered on any one
prescription, and when such prescription
is filled it shall not he again filled, but it
shall be retained by the druggist filling
same, and at the end of the month in which
it Is issued it shall be filed by said drug
gist in the office of assessor of taxes, Dis
trict Of Columbia. The delivery of such
alcohol sold under such prescription shall
be made directly to the person for whom
such prescription is issued, orto the ply
stefan, or to some person authorized by
the physician, or, in case OF a minor, to
his parent, guardian, or physician, or some
one authorized by said physician:
Sec. 6. That any retail druggist whose
place of business is located within the
District of Columbia may lawfully sell
alcohol in quantities not greater than five
scientific or medical purposes; and such
druggist may sell, in like quantities, to
chemists orSbacteriologists engaged in
scientific work, and for such purposes
only; and such druggists may sell In
quantities not greater than one-half gal
Ion wine used for sacramental or religious
purposes only. That any person desiring
to purchase alcohol for the purpose set
out in this section shall sign n written or
printed statement, giving his name, resi-
dence, occupation, and the purpose for
which he intends to use said alcohol; and
said druggist shall, at the end OF each
District of Columbia, all such statements,
with a certificate, under oath, that said
statements cover his entire sales for The
month then ending.
Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to
sell wine for SacTamcntal purposes, eX-
cept to a regularly constituted officer Of
a regularly organized religious congrega-
ton or church. AIRY person desiring to
make such purchase Shall sign a written
or printed statement. giving his name and
residence and the name and location Of the
church for which such wine is purchased,
and he shall certify that said wine is to be
used for sacramental or religious pur-
poses, and for no other.
Sec. s. That all statements or pre-
scriptious~ required by this Act shall be filed
monthly with the assessor OF taxes, DIST.
OF Columbia, who shall record and proper
ly index each item in @ book kept by him
for the purpose, which book shall, at oil
times, be open for public inspection. For
making such record the assessor OF taxes,
District Of Columbia, shall be entitled to
charge and collect for each prescription
filed a fee Of five cents and for each state
ment other than q prescription u fee of ten
cents, which shall be paid by the party
filing the same. said record shall he llaced
in the hands of the corporation counsel,
District of Columbia, at stated intervals
Of three months, who shall determine
whether or not the provisions Of this law
are being complied with, and who shall
prosecute any person or corporation who
may he deemed guilty OF violating said
provisions.
Sec. 0. That nothing in this Act shall
prevent the sale of wood Or denaturen al
.cohol.
Sec. 10. That any person who violates
any of the provisions of this Act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and up
ON conviction thereof, shall be fined in u
sum not less than one hundIeddollurs nor
NOR, than five hundred dollars, or i'm
prisOned at hard labor for a period of not
less than three months nor for more than
one year; and for the second of1ense or any
s%ubsequnt ~ofIense, upon conviction there
of. shall he imprisoned at hard labor for