The Washington times., 1912-05-11
View Excise Law as Passed by the Senate Published Its Entirety

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as present themselves, and anyone max
ing ing false oath , TO any material material iaet t
subject to the same penalties as now
provided by law for such offense.
Can Take Action.
Sec. 20. That II one or more persons
who are competent witnesses shall
charge on oath or affirmation before
| the corporation counsel of the District
| of Columbia or any of his assistants
duly authorized to act for him, rep
| resenting that any person, company,
| copartnership, association, club, or
corporation has or have violated or ID
violating the provisions of this act,
by manufacturing, selling, Offering
for sale, keeping for sale, trafficking
in, bartering, exchanging for goods,
giving away, or otherwise furnishing
a prohibited district or section, and
| shall request said corporation counsel
or any OF his assistants duly author
| ized to act for him, to issue warrant
| said attorney or any of his assistants
shall issue such warrant, in which
| warrant the room, house, building, or
other place in which the violation Is
alleged to have occurred or is occur
and said warrant shall be placed in
the hands of the captain or acting cap
tain Of the police precinct In which
the room oPav house. ocated
commanding him at once to thorough
ly search said described room. house,
building, or other place and the APP
shall be found. to take into his pos
session and safely keep, to be pro-
duced as evidence when required, all
Intoxicating liauors or the ,S Same ne
condition to suggest that II is kept
for sale), and all the means of dis
pensing same, also all the parapher-
MALTA or part OF the paraphernalia , o'
liquor establishment, and any United
States internal-revenue tax receipt
or certificate for the manufacture OF
for the period of time covering the
alleged offense. and forthwith report
. all the facts to the corporation coun.
sci Of the District of Columbia, and
such intoxicating liquor or the means
for dispensing same, or the parapher'
MALTA OF a barroom or other intoxi'
eating Liquor establishment, or any
United States internal-revenue ia,
: receipt or certificate for the sale OF
Intoxicating liquor effective as afore.
said, shall be prima facie evidence oi
the violation Of the provisions of sec
ton one OF this act as charged o
|
: found guilty, the intoxicating iiquol
> so seized shall, after the trial anc
2 time for writ of error, II no writ o.
error is taken, be destroyed by thu
police department.; II the accused bt
: found not guilty, the whole shall b'
held as his, its, or their property, o1
r the property of the real owner
: What Is Evidence.
Sec q. That It shall not be necessar'
= in order to convict any person. com
pany. association, club, or corporation
his, its, or they agents, officers, clerks
r or servants, of manufacturing or sellin
Y intoxicating liquors without license. o
in any section of the District of Colum
= bia where the manufacture and sale 1
4 | prohibited, TO prove the actual sale, de
: livery of. or payment for any intoxi
eating liquors. but the evidence Of hav
Ill ing or keeping them in hand and offer
- ing to sell or barter, exchanging 70
az goods or merchandise, shall be sufficien
y to convict: nor shall It be necessary Il
!, a warrant or in information to specif
the particular kind of liquor manufac
i tured. sold, offered for sale. kept 10
al sale, trafficked in. bartered or exchange
-, for goods or merchandise, or mentione
!, in orders solicited or taken for the pur
|, chase Of intoxicating liquor, but It sha
> be sufficient to allege in the warran
q, or information that the accused man
~ ufactured. sold. offered for sale, kep
q! for sale, trafficked in, bartered or ex
~ liCited for or received orders for In
- toNicating liquors. or kept It deposite
to sell or barter.
e Sec %. That every person who shall
), within the District of Columbia. direct
u ~ or indirectly keep or maintain, b
;: himself or by associating or combir
n manner aid. abet. or assist in keepin
IS or maintaining any clubroom or othe
e place in which any Intoxicating liquor
g the sale OF which without a license
2 prohibited by this act, Is received {
i kept for the purpose Of use. sale. barte
d giving away. or otherwise furnishing
II or for distribution or division among ii
y members of any club or association b
e any means whatever, without first ha,
r. ing license so to do, or in sections
'e the District wherein the sale of intox
3. person who shall use. sell, barter. gi>
away, or otherwise furnish. distribut
or divide any such liquors so receive
E or kept shall be guilty of a misd
= prescribed in section thirteen of tn
n act.
lie Sec. %. That any person who shall.
ID the District of Columbia, In any sire
- upon any street car. or in or upon ar
other vehicle commonly used for Il
n transportation of passengers, or in
# about any depot. platform. or waitir
VI station, drink any Intoxicating liqu
a of any kind, or If any person shall
l. drunk or intoxicated in any stree
IS alley. or public or private road or
Ie any passenger coach, street car. or al
,e public place or building, or at al
e public gathering. or II any person shf
~ be drunk or intoxicated and shall di
% turb the peace of any person, he sht
70 be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and up,
- conviction thereof shall be punished |
20 fine of not less than ten dollars n
~ more than one hundred dollars. or
y Imprisonment for not less than A,