Evening star., 1915-12-07

legal shipments of alcohol or wine. ex-
cept between the hours of am. ana .
p.m.. and not on Sunday.
Penalty, fine of from 800 to $500. or
confinement not less than one or more
than six months, or both fine and con-
f1nement.
Provides for search and seizure"
Provisions for pleading. Not neces-
sary to prove the kind of liquor kept
or sold. delivered. etc. Evidence of
having or keeping liquors III hand, etc,
is sufficient to convict.
Prohibits drinking liquors in the pub
lie streets. on street cars or other pub
lie conveyances. including railroad
trains. Makes it an offense to be in
toxicated on streets. or in street cars.
railroad coaches, or in any public place
or building or at any public gathering
or to disturb the peace of any person
while intoxicated anywhere. Penalties.
fine from SO to s100. or Imprisonment
for not less than five days or more than
thirty days, both fine and imprison-
ment.
The payment of the special tax re-
quired of wholesale or retail liquor
dealers by the United States is made
prima facie evidence of violations of
the act.
Makes Them Public Nuisances.
PrOvldeS that all buildings, club
rooms, drug stores and other places
where alcoholic liquors are manufac-
tured, stored. sold, etc, contrary to the
provisions of the act, shall be deemed
common and public nuisances.
Penalties. Fine of $500 to $1,000 and
Imprisonment from thirty days to one
year. and, in addition, judgment shall
be given that such room. place or
building shall be abated or closed as a
place for the sale or keeping of liquors
contrary to law.
Provides against keeping or selling
liquors in clubs, by any system or de-
vice whatever Prohibits the locker
system and holds all persons con-
nected with n club responsible. Pro-
hlbits advertising of prohibited alco-
holic liquors in any manner in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Penalty, fine of not less than 500 nor
more than $500.
Provides that the United States dis
trict attorney for the District of Co.
lumbia, or any citizen of the District,
may maintain an action in a court OF
equity to abate and enjoin such nui-
sance as defined in previous section.
Provides Right of injunction.
Provides that the right of injunction
may be employed TO prevent the viola
ton of provisions of the act us in case
of liquor nuisances.
Provides that if tenant of a build
ing uses il in maintaining a common
nuisance, or permits it to be SO used
by another. the lease by which he holds
such building becomes void and the
right of possession reverts to the
owner.
Provides that the owner of build
ing, or a building under his control.
shall, after notice that said building &
is used as a common nuisance. take all
reasonable measures to eject the per-
son using such building: failure to do
so renders him liable as assisting in
maintaining a nuisance.
Provides that there shall be no prop
erty rights in liquors illegally manu-
factured, received, possessed or stored
and such liquors are contrabaad.
Provides for civil damages for wife
or other person injured in person or
property or means of support by an
intoxicated person. right of action to
lie against the person who caused in
toXication by selling or otherwise fur
nishing alcoholic liquors.
For Protection of Public.
Makes it an offense to operate any
locomotive engine, any train, street
car. steamboat. automobile or horse
vehicle while in an intoxicated condi-
ton; penalty, fine of from SIS to $500,
and in case of default. Imprisonment
for not more than three months, or
both fine and Imprisonment.
Places the responsibility of enforcing
the act upon the Commissioners of the
District. who shall detail members of
the police force to detect violations of
the law; they shall report to the cor
poration counsel, who shall diligently
prosecute all offenders: provides penal
ty for failure upon part of any officer
to enforce the law, fine of not less than
500 nor more than $500 and forfeiture
of office.
Further provides that any official re.
ferred to in the section who is neg
ligent in his duty to enforce the pro-
Office.
Provides that prosecutions of offend
ers shall be in the Police Court by the
corporation counsel upon sworn infor-
nation: but authorizes the Commission
ers to prosecute through the office cf
the United States district attorney for
the District of Columbia when it ap-
pears to the Commissioners to be in
the interest of better enforcement of
to the grand jury, and. if indicted. tried
in the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia
Provides that if any part of the act
shall be declared unconstitutional or
invalid the remainder of the act shall
not be effected thereby.
Provides that words of the singular
number shall include their plurals and
words of the masculine gender shall in
clude the feminine, as the case NAV be.
Provides that the act shall go into
effect the first day of November 1916
(the end of the present license year) and
replace all inconsistent laws