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566 FIFTY-SECOND coxesnss. sms. II. en. 204. issa. Limit trnmm. SECT 7. That no license under this act shall be issued for a greater period than one year, and no license can be transferred by the licensee nmrsr. to any other person except with the written consent of the excise board wmm consentre upon application thereto in writing, and then only on the proposed ‘*““"°‘ transferee’s obtaining the consent of a majority of the real estate 4M¢·P·5°5· owners and resident housekeepers as provided in section five of this rw. act, and the fee to be paid by the party making such transfer shall be two dollars, which shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the Disr•y?:wp»¢•a¤ trict, for the use of the District, which fee shall be paid before such "“" ‘ . transfer is made. ·· ¤l•¤¤¤¤=•¤·¤¤ 1i¤¤¤- Sec. 8. That the liquor licenses authorized and provided for by this "" act shall be of two classes-wholesale liquor licenses and barroom licenses. Every applicant for a liquor license shall deposit the amount new he atptssaa of the license fee with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia "P°"'!’l"'°’“°"· at the time of filing his application with the excise board. If, upon sutmutur pn- consideration of the application for license by the board as provided for °°°‘“'°‘ in this act, the board should decide to grant the license prayed for, they shall notify the assessor and the applicant of such decision in · writing, and the applicant shall thereupon receive his or her license. rm. The fee for a wholesale license shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and for a barroom license four hundred dollars per annum. rsmwm umm. A barroom license shall be required for every hotel, tavern, barroom, . or other place in which intoxicating liquors are sold by retail. A whole- _w1.»1¤¤r¤ uquu sale liquor license shall only authorize the licensee to sell distilled, "°°'“°“‘ malt, or fermented liquors, wines, and cordials in quantities not less J than one pint, not to be drunk upon the premises where sold; and no such license shall be granted until it is satisfactorily shown that the place where it is intended to carry on such business is properly arranged

 for selling such liquors as merchandise. Every place where distilled,

malt, or fermented wines, liquors, or cordials are sold in quantities as B·S».¤»¤u.r>~6¤ prescribed for retail dealers by section thirty two hundred and forty- four, Revised Statutes of the United States, to be drunk upon the premises, shall be regarded as a barroom; and the possession of malt, distilled, fermented, or any intoxicating liquors with the means and appliances for carrying on the business of dispensing the same to be drunk where sold, shall be prima facie evidence of a barroom within the meanilpg of this act, and the license therefor shall be known as a barroom cense. I·*°°“'°' *° "° Sec. 9. That every person receiving a license to sell under this act qi gunman. gy-¤1r•°;l`i‘rly..a. shall frame it under glass and place it in a conspicuous place in his or her chief place of sale of such liquor, so that any one entering such place of sale may easily read such license. qf,j°,';*{_$•_p_¤°},,¤:*__°° Sec. 10. That all applicants for license and persons holding licenses shall allow the duly authorized agent or officer of the excise board full opportunity and every facility to examine, at any time during business pours, the paerpiseshwhqre intoxiizzgng liquor is sold and for which a icense rs as e or as een gran . ,,r§Q;,j,,‘_f**¤¤°*• W Sec. 11. That druggists and apothecaries shall not be required to obtain license under the provisions of this act, but they shall not sell intoxicating liquors, nor compound nor mix any composition thereof, except upon the written prescription of a reputable physician, nor more than once on any one prescription of the physician; and every

  • 5,:** b°°" ""““’° druggist or apothecary shall keep a book for the special purpose, and

enter therein the date of every sale of intoxicating liquor made by him, to the person to whom sold, the kind, quantity, and price thereof, and ·,g,?g§'m_ 8,;******* *°· purpose for which rt was sold, and such book shall be at all times open to the said board, or of any person designated and authorized by them hum. M to make such inspection, and shall be produced before such board when ,,m,,,,m_,_ ¤°°· required; and any failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall render such druggist or apothecary so failing liable to the same penalties as if he had sold intoxicating liquors without a license.