The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-10

or town shall petition the Court so to do, the Court may cause to be placed upon separate ballot at the next municipal election in such incorporated city or town the following question: For the sale of intoxicating liquors !. "(yes or mol. It shall be the duty of the regular election officers to can vass the said ballots and to report the results thereof to the Clerk of the District Court. If, upon re- ceipt of the certificate of election, the Clerk of the District Court finds that at least two-thirds of the voters are against the sale of intoxicating liquor in said incor- porated city or town, all applica- tions for licenses within the said city or town shall thereafter be denied and no further licenses shall be issued therein for a period of one year, and until the voters therein, at a subsequent election held in the manner herein pro- vided for, shall decide that licenses may be issued.
 (B) No licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor shall be issued under this Act in precincts out side of incorporated cities or towns unless a petition having signatures of a majority of the bona fide res idents residing within two miles of the place where intoxicating liquor is to be sold, and over the age of twenty-one years, is filed with the Clerk of the District Court asking that licenses be issued within the said precinct.
 co Disposition of Funds: All moneys collected or due the Ter ritory for licenses under the pro- visions of this Act shall be deposited with the Territorial Treasurer, and sixty per cent (60%6) of all such moneys collected within the incor- porated cities may be refunded semi mi-annually to the said incor- porated cities; provided, however that in the event of the failure of the officers of said incorporated cities to actively enforce all of the ordinances of said incorporated cit ies, the law of the United States, the laws of the Territory of Alaska and those regulations relative to the manufacture and sale of intox- icating liquors in the Territory of Alaska, the Treasurer may deny said refund and no further mon eys will be paid to said incorporat- ed cities until the enforcement oi such laws and regulations is &C., lively resumed within such muni- cipalities.
 Municipal Regulations
 Incorporated municipalities, in the Territory of Alaska, may, by ordinance duly enacted, provide such additional rules and regula- tions governing the barter, sale and possession of intoxicating liquor within such municipalities as may be deemed necessary to the orderly conduct of the business of selling in- toxicating liquor; provided, how ever, that such ordinance or ordi- nances thus enacted shall not be inconsistent with this Act, and that no municipality shall impose any additional taxes.
 No license shall be issued for a greater period than one year; and no licenses shall be transferred by the licensee to any other person except with the written consent o1 the Court, but authority for the same shall issue upon application thereto in writing.
 Penalties
 A violation of any of the provis- ions of this Act shall be deemed 6 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by i'm prisonment of not more than one year, or by fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($5O0.00), each violation to be considered a separ- ate offense. Any intoxicating li- quors shipped into the Territory other than to licensees hereunder and contrary to the provisions o1 this Act, shall be deemed contra band, and subject to confiscatior by the Territory, or any enforce lment officer; and any intoxicating l liquors so seized shall be sold un- der the order of the District Court and the proceeds thereof deposited with the Territorial Treasurer.
 Classification of Licenses
 The following licenses may be obtained from the Clerk of the District Court:
 | tA) Beverage Dispensary Licens- les: A Beverage Dispensary License shall give to the holder thereof tht