The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-03

signed and sworn to by the person making the same and shall be transmitted to the Territ o rial Treasurer, accompanied by the re- quired license fee; whereupon the Treasurer shall issue to the appli- cant two copies of the license de- sired, in such form as he may prescribe, stating that the applicant has paid the license fee required and shal have a license to conduct the business <. mentioned, :. at the place to be described in the license, for the period to be stated therein Before commencing business, how ever, under such license, the appli- cant shall post one copy of such license in 8 conspicuous pla c where the business is to be con- ducted and shall file the dupli- cate copy of such license and a copy of his application for a li- cense with the. United States Com missioner of the precinct in which such place of business shall be situated, and such United States Commissioner shall thereupon file such license and application in his office and index the same, and the persons filing such license and application shall pay the Unit ed States Commissioner the sum of fifty ($.50) cents for the filing and indexing thereof.
 Section IA. Any officer or other person may commence proceeding in the United States District Court in the Judicial Division where any business license hereunder shall be conducted, for the purpose of re- voking such license. Such pro- ceeding may be commenced on the ground that the applicant for license shall have made a false statement in his application, or shall in any other respect have violated any of the provisions of this Act, such proceeding shall be commenced by the filing of com plaint setting forth the grounds upon which plaintiff relies for the revocation of the license and this complaint may be demurred to or an answer may be filed thereto, as in other civil cases, and if upon a trial, the court shall find that the applicant has made 8 false statement in relation to any fact required to- be stated in the ap- plication or that he has violated this Act in any other respect, then and in that case, the court shall revoke the license forthwith, and a copy of the order revoking such license shall be forthwith trans mitted by the Clerk of the Court to the Territorial Treasurer. After a license shall have been so re- voked, the Treasurer shall not issue another license to the person nam ed in the license that shall have been revoked until a period of two years shall have expired after such revocation. .
 Section 15. An excise tax is hereby imposed on all beer and wine produced, manufactured, brewed, fernented, bottled or imported for sale or gift, at the rate of two and 50z100 ($2.5O dollars for every bar rel containing not more than 31 gallons, and like, rate for any other quantity.
 Section 16. For the purpose of estimating and computing the ex- else tax upon beer and wine that has been bottled, a one cent. (1c) tax shall be collected on each pint, or part thereof, and two ($.02) cents on each quart.
 Section IT. All moneys collected from the excise tax levy under this Act shall be. paid into the Terri torial Treasury to the credit of the general fund.
 Section 18. The Territorial Treas urer shall cause to be prepared for the payment of such excise tax, suitable stamps denoting the amount of tax required to be paid on barrels, halves, quarters and eighths of a barrel, and on pint and quart containers. The Terri torial Treasurer shall distribute such stamps to the various United States Commissioners in the Terri tory and charge each United States Commissioner with the stamps so supplied to him. The United States Commissioner shall sell such stamps to such persons as may apply for them and collect from such persons at the time, in cash, the amount represented by the stamp or stamps sold. The United States Commis- sioner shall receive the sum of five (5q6) per cent of the amount so collected for his services and shall transmit the remaining ninety-five (95% per cent to the Territorial Treasurer and report to him the character of the stamps sold. Such report shall be made. within the first week of every month and shall include a statement of the stamps on hand as well as of the Starnns sold and a renl1est fnr