An Act to permit the District of Columbia Council to make rules and regulations under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, and for other purposes
PL 91-535 (H.R.9017), enacted 12/08/1970

Effective date. 
84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-535-DEC. 8, 1970 
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427(b) of title 37 may be paid a monthly allowance equal to $30. For 13^"!^' ^^' ^^^^" 
the purposes of this Act, the Vietnam conflict ends on the date desig-
nated by the President by Executive order as the date of the termina-
tion of combat activities in Vietnam. 
SEC. 2. This Act takes effect on the first day of the first month which 
begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved December 7, 1970. 
Public Law 91-535 
AN ACT 
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Decembers, 1970 
To amend the District of Ck)lumbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. 
[H. R. 90i7] 
District of 
Columbia Alco-
ve it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rep^'esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
^„_„.„.„ „_„. 
SECTION 1. The last sentence of subsection (c) of section 3 of the hoHc"'Beve"age 
District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. a^endm^'tl' 
25-103 (c)) is amended by striking out", other than champagne". 
48 stat. 319. 
SEC. 2. Subsection (g) of section 11 of the District of Columbia 
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-111 (g)) is amend- yg^ltft? 89^^^' 
ed by striking out the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sentences and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "In the case of restaurants and 
hotels, alcoholic beverages may be sold or served only to (1) persons 
seated at counters or tables, (2) persons in an enclosed or screened-off 
area set aside for the accommodation of persons waiting to be seated 
at tables, or (3) assemblages of more than six persons in a private 
room if such room has been previously approved by the Board. A 
restaurant operating on the premises of a theater, symphony hall, 
opera house, or other facility which has as its principal purpose the 
presentation of live drama, music, opera, or other performing arts, 
may sell and serve alcoholic beverages to seated or standing persons at 
locations within the facility approved by the Board. In the case of 
hotels, alcoholic beverages may also be sold and served in the private 
room of a registered guest. In the case of clubs, alcoholic beverages 
may be sold and served in any room or area available only to bona fide 
members of such club or their bona fide guests, or both." 
SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 17 of the District of Colum-
bia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-118) is 
^^ stat. 900. 
amended by striking out "or knowingly employs in the sale or distri-
bution of beverages any person who has, within five years prior thereto, 
been convicted of a misdemeanor under the National Prohibition Act, 
as amended and supplemented, or, within ten years prior thereto, been 
convicted of any felony,". 
(b) Section 25 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-125) is amended by 
striking out "allow any person who has, within ten years prior thereto, 
been convicted of any felony, to sell, give, furnish, or distribute any 
beverage, nor". 
SEC. 4. Section 26 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-126) is amended— 
^« ^'^'- 333. 
(1) by inserting "within the District" immediately 
after 
"served" in the second sentence; 
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(2) by inserting immediately after such second sentence the 
following new sentence: "Without the District, but not more 
than twenty-five miles distant from the place of the hearing, such 
summons shall be served by a L'nited States marshal or his 
deputy."; and 
(3) by striking out "United States District Court for the Dis-
63 Stat. 107. 
^j^[f>i of Columbia" in the third and fourth sentences and inserting 
Ante, p. 570. 
j ^ lieu thereof "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions". 
SEC. 5. The proviso in the first sentence of section 13 of the District 
49 Stat. 900. 
of ColumMa Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-114) 
is amended by inserting ", the holder of a retailer's license, class A," 
immediately after "wholesaler's license", and by inserting a comma 
immediately before "may store beverages". 
SEC. 6. Section 35 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage 
48 Stat. 336. 
Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-133) is amended by inserting after 
the first sentence the following: "For purposes of this section, the 
extension of credit by the holder of a class A retailer's license in con-
nection with a sale by such license holder of any beverage through a 
credit card or other document or device intended or adapted for the 
purpose of establishing credit shall be considered a sale on credit of 
such beverage by such license holder.". 
Approved December 8, 1970, 
Public Law 91-536 
AN APT 
Decembers, 1970 
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[H. R. 13565] 
To validate certain deeds improperly acknowledged or executed (or both) that 
are recorded in the land records of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of 
Columbia. 
D.C. 
Deeds, im-
Be it enacted hy the Setiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 515 of 
properiy' e'xecu- 
the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of 
ted. validation. i Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 45^08), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "prior to the adoption of this code" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "prior to January 1,1969,", 
(2) by inserting " ( 1 ) " immediately alter "in the District" in 
the paragraph of such section designated "Seventh" and by add-
ing before the period at the end of such paragraph the following: 
", (2) which may have been recorded without the seal of the 
notary public before whom the acknowledgment was taken having 
been first attached, (3) in which the certificate of acknowledgment 
is not in the prescribed form, (4) which may have been acknowl-
edged before a person who was not a proper officer, or (5) in 
which the official character of the officer taking the acknowledg-
ment is not set out in the body of the certificate", and 
(3) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "Defective acknowl-
edgments.—" and by adding at the end of such section the follow^-
ing new subsection: 
"(b) This section shall not be construed to validate any deed with 
respect to which there w^as any misrepresentation, fraudulent act, or 
illegal provision in connection with its execution or acknowledgment." 
Approved December 8, 1970.