Evening star., 1934-01-18

to persons seated at public tables. and
beer and light wines may be sold and
served only to persons seated at public
tables or bona fide lunch counters ex-
cept that spirits. wine, and beer may
be served wed IN Private room hx 1hs
In the case Of hotels and clubs. bever-
ages may also be served in the private
rooms of guests. The annual license
fee for a restaurant is $500; for hotel
under 100 rooms $500; for a hotel of
l0C or more rooms $1,000; for a club
$3.50; for q marine vessel $50 per month
or $500 per annum; for a railroad club
or dining car 50 per month or $40 per
annum. The House bill carried Ii
cense fee Of IS per month or $50 per
annum for railroad club or dining cars.
License for Druggists.
CHI Retailers license. class D, to be
issued to bona flde restaurants, taverns,
hotels. clubs, or passenger-carrying ma
rlne vessels or railroad club or dining
cars to sell beer for consumption on the
premises. The annual license fee was
fixed in the House bill at 5000 for all
classes of licensees. The Senate amend
ment provides that in the case of pas
senger-carrying vessels the fee shall be
$50 a month or 5000 per annum. and in
the case Of railroad cars 81 per month
OF $40 per annum.
I'D Retailers license, class E, to be
issued to druggists to sell alcoholic bev-
erages on prescription OF physician.
The annual license fee is fixed at SIS.
ID Retailers license, class F. to be
issued to sell beer and light wines
temporarily, at banquets. picnlcs. a and
similar gatherings. The fee for such
Iiconco ic fyoi E6 npr daV
(k) Solicitors license to authorize an
individual to solicit orders for bever-
ages. The provision in the House bill
that in the case Of a solicitors license
the vendor whom the licensee repre-
sents must hold a manufacturers or
wholesalers license Is stricken out In
conformity with the amendment re-
curing a solicitors license even though
the sale be consummated without the
District. The fee for the solicitors IL
cense Is increased from 81 In the House
bill to $100 per annum.
Section IL prohibits a manufacturer
or wholesaler from holding any otner
kind of license. except that an out
of-town manufacturer may hold one
wholesalers license in the District. Un-
der Senate amendments companies nav
ing a number of hotels or restaurants
could obtain any number OF "on sale
licenses, but no holder of an "oh sale
license CT Id hold more than one Il.
cerse. except druggists for the sale OF
liquor on prescriptions.
Section 13 contains details relating
to the licenses and license year.
Section IA requires applicants for
licenses to be of good moral character.
citizens of the United States. at least
81 years of age, and excludes any one
who within 10 years has been convicted
of violating the national prohibition
act or convicted Of felony in that
time. This section requires the board
to advertise notices OF all applications In
a newspaper once a week for two weeks
and to post similar notice on a placard
outside the premises of the applicant.
If objection is filed q license cannot be
granted until the objectors have been
heard
Bond Question Remains.
This section contains the provision
under which certain kinds of licenses
must be denied if the owners Of ma
jority Of the residential property within
a radius of 600 feet file written objec-
ton. This provision, however. would
not affect hotels or clubs; stores licensed
to sell only beer and light wines for
consumption Of the premises, or drug
stores selling liquor on the premises. 1t