The Washington times., 1912-05-11

else board; and n protests against the
| granting of such license are filed no
final action shall be taken by the excise
| board until the protestants shall have
| had an opportunity TO be heard, under
| rules and regulations prescribed by said
| board.
Of Two Glasses.
Sec. S. That the licenses authorized
and provided for by this act shall be
of two classes, wholesale liquor licenses
and barroom licenses. The fee for a
wholesale liquor license until November
FIRST nineteen hundred and fourteen,
shall be Ave hundred dollars per an
mum, and for a barroom license one
| thousand dollars per annum until No
vember first, nineteen hundred ana
| fourteen; and thereafter the fee for a
wholesale liquor license shall be eight
hundred dollars, and the fee for par
room license shall be one thousand nve
| hundred dollars per annum. EVERY ap.
plicant for a liquor license shall deposit
the amount Of the license fee with the
collector of taxes of the District OF
Columbia at the time Of fling the ap-
plication with the excise board. II,
upon consideration of the application
for license by the board as provided for
in this act, the board shall decide to
grant the license prayed for IT shali
notify the assessor, and the applicant
shall thereupon receive his license; and
only on the granting by said board OF
a license to any applicant to sell in
toXicating liquor shall the assessor ls-
sue license to such applicant: a bar
room license shall be required for every
hotel, tavern, barroom, club, or other
place in which intoxicating liquors are
sold or dispensed at retail. whole
sale liquor license shall authorize the
licensee tc sell intoxicating liquors In
sealed packages only and in quantities
not less than one quart IN the aggre-
gate. and not to be drunk on the prem
ises where sold and no wholesale IL
cense shall be granted until IL Is salts.
factorily shown that the place where II
Is intended to carry on such business Is
properly arranged for selling such
liquors as merchandise. Every place
where Intoxicating liquors are sold to
be drunk on the premises or In quaint
ties less than one quart. whether
drunk on the premises or not, shall be
regarded as barroom; and the pos
session of Intoxicating liquors. with the
means and appliances for carrying or
the business OF dispensing the same to
be drunk where sold. shall be prima
facia evidence of barroom within the
meaning of this act. and the license
therefor shall be known as barroon
license. All makers. brewers, and dis
tillers Of Intoxicating liquors In the DIS,
trict of Columbia, and all agents o'
makers. brewers, and distillers es
tablished outside of the District of Co,
lumbia and selling their product In sale
District. shall he required to take ou
: the wholesale license provided for u
this act: Provided, That when sucf
; business Ia carried on at more than one
{ place a license shall be required FOL
: each place Before the excise boarc
= may grant a license to a club It mus
) be satisfactorily shown that such clut
Is duly Incorporated; that its member
ship is bona fide, all being on an equa
. status with equal privileges and re
: sponsibilities; that its purposes arr
, legitimate; and that the sale Of li9uo
: Intended is no more than an incident
4 and IL not a prime source of revenue
0 A license to a club shall be issued II
3 the name Of its president. and In cas-
i Of violation of the provisions Of thi
e act in such club, he and the secretary
J, the treasurer, and the manager of tn
4 club shall be proceeded against collec
d lively or severally In their individua
g capacities and, II convicted, he sub1ec
I to the penalties prescribed in sectio
d fourteen of this act. and tine license o
o said club shall be Immediately revoke
Q by the excise board.
{ Wives May Protest.
Sec. g. That under the license issued Il
! accordance with this act no intoxicat
r ing liquors shall be sold, given away
: or in any way disposed Of to any minor
Y intoxicated person. or to any perso
:, who is in the habit OF becoming intoHi
q Gated, IL such last-named persons wife
= daughter, mother, father. or guardia
g shall, in writing. request that tn
. license shall not sell or furnish intoX
( eating liquors to such person, and iR
o norance of the age of any such mino
: shall not be a defense to any action ir
:. stituted under this section; and no i
= censee under this act shall sell. CIV
d away, or dispense any intoxicatin
d liquors to any person between the houl
- of eleven o'clock in the evening an
,I,rLt aly gn hn
- Sundays or legal holidays, and lnaugl
!. ration Day, and between said hours
), and on Sundays. legal holidays, and lr
e auguration Day every barroom an an
y other place where intoxicating liquor
e are sold shall be kept closed; that n
;s minor under the age Of eighteen year
n shall be allowed to enter or be perml
3 ted to remain in any place where II
hotel or club; that the interior
J. every barroom shall at all times be e3
l. posed to full view from the street, will
n out obstruction by screens. blinds. Gu
y signs. or other material. except in II
= case of clubs licensed under this a
l. and hotels having only an interior pa
d room, which shall be exposed 10 ~
"a view from the corridors or passageWaI
/. leading to the entrance or entrances
,e such barroom.
a Sec. I. That every wife, daughte
T. mother. father. or guardian haNr
~ ceding section. who shall be injured
= person or property or means or SUI
~ ~ port by any Intoxicated person concerl
- ing whom such request has been mac
"a or in consequence of the intoxication
"a any such person. shall have right
"a action for all damages actually 81
~ tained, in his or her own name, again
"a any person, individual. or corporatit
u who shall. after such request has bee
made, by selling, bartering, giVir
away. or otherwise furnishing lntox
eating liquors contrary to such reques
lie have caused the intoxication of sue
lie person. On the trial of any such sy
of proof that the defendant or defendan
sold bartered, gave away. or furnish'
such liquors to such intoxicated pc
&c son on the day or about the time taI
Is prior thereto) of such injury shall
ct prima facie evidence that the liquor
4. sold, bartered given away, or othe
~ wise furnished caused such intoxicatio
,,i In any action by a married woman
" other person legally entitled to recoV
30 damages for loss OF support caused
such intoxication II shall only be nece
&c sary to prove that the defendant
'h defendants. after the making OF sue
=, request, has or have given, bartere
IL sold, or otherwise furnished intoxica
cs ing liquor OF any kind to such pers'
CT during the period when such cause
y action shall have accrued.