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1128 SIXTY-FOURTH oononnss. sms. II. ou. 165. 1917. public or rivate road or_in_ any railroad passenger train, street car, or any public place or building, or at any public gathering, or if any person shall be drimk or intoxicated and shall disturb the peace of rmsummt. any person anywhere, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by im risonment for not less than five_ days nor more than thirty days in the workhouse or jail of the District of Columbia, or by both such fine and irnaprisonment. $$****1 }Q,’;s,?g*“%P Sec. 12. The ayment of the speci tax required of wholesale or iilfuiienf ° g m retail liquor dealbrs by the United States by andy person or persons Anze,p.11?5. other than manufacturers or druggists license under section five of this Act, within the District of Columbia, shall be prima. facie evidence that such person or qaersons are engaged in keeping and selling, offering and exposing or sale alcoholic iquors contrary to mf_f{*,§§‘;*; °‘ P°Y‘ the provisions of this Act, and a certificate from the collector of internal revenue, his agents, clerks, or deputies showing the payment of such tax, and the name or names of person to_ whom issued, and the names of the person or persons, if anyl, associated with the person to whom such tax receipt is issued, sha be sufficient evidence of the pa ent of such tax and of the association of such persons for the selliiilg and keeping, offering and exposing for sale of liquors contrary to the provisions of this Act in all trials or legal inquirves. Flaw vh¤¤géi<1¤g¤ Sec. 13. All houses, boathouses, buildmgs, club rooms, and places ggeligiduilidiiiié imii of every description, including drug stores, where alcoholic hquors are ””°°“· manufactured, sold, vended, or fumished contrary to law (including those in whiclrclubs, orders, or associations sell, barter, distribute, or dispense intoxicating liquors to their members, by any means or dovice whatever, as Bprovided in section eight of this Act) shall be held, m,’tSQ,¤j$n°g**¤’:;= ¤“°h· ¤ taken, and deem common and public nuisances. And any person ` who shall maintain, or shall aid or abet, or knowingly be associated with others in maintaining such common public nuisance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be Maaumembycourt subject to the penalties prescribed m section one of this Act, and judgment shall _ e given at such house, building, or other place, or any room therein, e abated or closed up as a p ace for the sale or kegping of such lqquor contrary to law, as the court may determme. A°“°¤=*°¤‘>°°°- no. 14. The nited States district attorney for the District of Columbia, or any citizen of the District of Columbia, may maintain an action in equity in the name of the United_ States to abate and Mmmm perpetually enjoin such a nuisance as defined m the preceding secp,,,,,_,,,,,,,,,, ,0,. ,,0, tion. The injunction shall be granted at the commencement of the '¤¤¤¤¤· action, and no bond_shall be required. Any person violating the terms of any injunction granted in such proceedings shall be punished for contempt by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 and by imprisonment in the District jail or workhouse for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, in the discretion of the court. wsummw *¤1¤¤°“°¤ Sec. 15. That when any violation of this Act is threatened, or shall prevent, etc., vie- . . . . anim. have occurred or is occurring, the dom of, or the continuance or repetition of the unlawful act, or any ofglike kind by the offending party may be prevented lim a writ of injunction out of a court of equity upon a bill Hled_m _ respects as in cases of liquor nuisances; in like manner the writ of mjunction may be employed to compel Lmmmmmmm obedience to any provision of this Act. U ,3,,,,,,,, sm, ,,,,,_,,,,,,,, Sec. 16. If a tenant of a building or tenement uses such remises, fendmd wid- or ang graft thereof, IQ maintaining a. common nuisance as hereinbefore e ed, or knowingly permits such use by another, such use shall render void the lease under which he holds, and shall cause the R·°¤¤¤Y by °"¤¤· right of possession to revert to the owner or lessor, who may, without process_of law, make immediate entry u n the remises, or may qgail pimself of the remedy provided fb? the flircible detention ereo .