The Washington times., 1913-03-02
Measure Approved Early This Morning by Viva Voce Vote Two
Thirds BaUoting to Suspend Rules and Send
District Bill to Conference.

| The Times prints IN tull oelOW ihe
substitute for the Jones-Works liquor
bill which was agreed to in the House
early this morning and which the Sen
ate is expected to accept.
After the substitute was brought into
| the House. Mr. Burleson obtained con-
| sent to change the six hundred feet
! clause relating to the required distance
! between a saloon and a public school
| house The distance was made 100 IN
! stead of GO.
The bill as approved by viva yoce
| vote OF the House., two-thirds voting to
suspend the rules and send the District
| bill TO conference, reads as follows:
| Paragraph l. That no person, COM
pany, copartnership. association, club,
| or corporation shall manufacture, sell.
| offer for sale. keep for sale, traffic in,
barter. exchange for goods. give away.
| or otherwise furnish, in the District OF
Columbia any Intoxicating liquors. eN-
cept as hereinafter provided.
| Wherever thc term Intoxicating
liquors is used in this section 1t shall
| be deemed to include whisky, brandy.
! gin. wine, cordials, rum, ale, porter,
| beer. hard or fermented cider, and all
| other fermented. distilled. spirituous.
| vinous and malt liquors, and every mix
ture of liquors which shall contain more
| than two per centum. by weight. of
alcohol and any mixture of liquor which
| shall contain lees than two per centum
| of alcohol, If the same shall be in
| toXicat;ng.
Board Needed.
Par .. That there shall be, and is
hereby. constituted an excise board for
the District of Columbia. which shall be
ka
pointed by the President of the United
states, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. and who shall serve
for a term of three years. and until
their successors are appointed and
qualified except that the members first
appointed shall serve for one. two. and
three years. respectively. as may be
designated by the President, or until
their successors are appointed and quail
ified The salary of said commission
ers shall be at the rate of $2,40o per
annum.
Hereafter no license shall be issued
to a hotel having less than fifty bed
character Of which. or the character of
the proprietor or manager of which, is
shown to be Objectionable to said board.
Not more than three saloons or bar
rooms other than in hotels or clubs
shall be permitted on one side of
street between intersecting streets. nor
more than four on both sides of
street between intersecting streets.
Makes 900 Foot Limit.
No saloon. barroom, or other place
where intoxicating liquor is sold at re-
tail shall be licensed, allowed, or main-
tained within three hundred feet of any
alleyway occupied for residences or of
places commonly called slums except
upon the unanimous vote of all three
members of said excise board.
No saloon, barroom. or otner place
wherein intoxicating liquor is sold at
retail or wholesale. other than hotels
and clubs, shall be licensed, allowed.
Or maintained within 400 feet Of any
public schoolhouse, or a now located
and established college. or university,
or within 400 feet of any now estab-
lished house Of religious worship. meas
ured between the nearest entrances to
each by the shortest course of travel
between such places of business and
such public schoolhouse, college, or uni
versity, or established house of re-
ngiouS worship.
No license shall be granted to sell in
toxicating liquors in the waiting room of
any station or depot of any steam or
electric railroad or other carrier for
the transportation Of passengers within
the District Of Columbia.
Hereafter no license shall be granted
for the establishment or maintenance
of a barroom or other place for the
sale Of intoxicating liquors, otherwise
than in sealed packages and not to be
drunk on the premises. In any resi-
dence portion of the District of Column
bia: and II shall be the duty Of the
excise board to determine in the case
of each application for license whether
the location where the barroom is to be
located is or Is not within the business
portion of the District. and II not the
license shall be denied: and the excise
board is hereby authorized and required
to determine in each case what lis so
far devoted TO business as to constitute
II a business street or section: Provided,
That no license shall be granted for
any saloon or Darroom on any side of
any square, block. or tract OF land
where less than % per centum Of the
foot frontage, not including saloons or
hotels and clubs having barroom licenses
under this section. is used for business
purposes: nor shall Intoxicating liquors
be sold at wholesale outside of the bust
ness districts as above provided.
Fixes Territory.
No saloon. barroom. or wholesale
liquor business shall be licensed, main
tanned. or allowed in the territory west
Of the following lines: The westerly
line Of the fire limits as now established
from its southerly limits to where the
same intersects with the mile limit of
the Soldiers Home: thence westerly
and northerly along the said mile limit
until the same intersects with Kansas
avenue: thence along Kansas avenue
10 Its intersection with the northern
boundary of the District of Columbia.
Said board shall consider and act up
or all applications for license to sell
Intoxicating liquors, and may require
d report thereon by the Chief of Police,
and the action of said board shall be
final and conclusive. In the issuing Of
licenses for barrooms il shall be the
duty of the Excise Board TO adopt such
policy as will reduce the number Of
barrooms, including those in hotels and
clubs. to not exceeding three hundred
bv November ]. 1914. but no licensee
who shall conduct his business within
the law shall be deprived of his license
cr required to change his location be-
fore November !. 1914. On the granting
by said board of license TO sell intoXi-
eating liquors. the assessor shall issue
license TO the applicant Said board
shall make such rules and regulations
for carrying into effect this section as
1t may deem requisite and proper.
1t shall make an annual report 10
Congress setting forth the number of
applications for license. whether fav-
orabiy or unfavora bly, acted up, the
number of persons convicted for viola
ton of this statute. ana the number
and amount of fines collected and un-
collected: and said Excise Board is here
by authorized and empowered to sum-
mon any person before IL 20 give testi-
mony under oath or affirmation. as to
,pattar affecting the oDeratiOu OF