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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II . CH. 4. JANUARY 24, 1934 . Personnel

salaries

und er Cl assi fica tion Act . 'U.S.C., p. 65; Supp. VII, p.34. Int eres t in alco holic beverag es restricted . Revocation, etc ., of licenses . App eals allo wed . License suspended pending appeal . Add itio nal power s, duties, etc . Rules, etc., to be prescribed . Licenses, etc . Lim itati ons ; number. locality, etc . are authorized to employ such other personal services, including three addit ional assista nt corporation counsel, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to provide for the expenses of the Board . The salaries of employees, other than members of the Board, shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended . The Commis sioner s sha ll include in their annual estimates such amounts as may be required for the salaries and expenses herein authorized . SEC . 5 . No member or employee of the Board, directly or indi- rectly, individually, or as a member of a partnership or association, or stockholder in a corporation shall have any interest whatsoever in dealing in, manufacturing, transporting, or storing alcoholic beverages, nor receive any commission or profit whatsoever from any person authorized by virtue of this Act to manufacture or sell alco- holic beverages . No provision of this section, however, shall prevent any such member or such employee from purchasing, transporting, and keeping in his possession any alcoholic beverage for the personal use of himself or members of his family or guests . SEC . 6. The right, power, and jurisdiction to issue, transfer, and revoke all licenses under this Act shall be vested solely in the Board, and the action of the Board on any question of fact shall be final and c onclusive ; except that, in case a license is revoked by the Board, the licensee may, within ten days after the order of revoca- tion is entered, a ppeal in writi ng to the Com missioners to review said action of the Board, the hearings on said appeal to be submitted either orally or in writing at the discretion of the Commissioners, and the Commissioners shall not be required to take evidence, either oral, written, or documentary . The-decision of the Commissioners on any question of fact involved in such appeal shall be final and conclusive . Pending such appeal the license shall stand suspended unless the Commissioners shall otherwise order . Said Board shall have such other authority and perform such other duties as the Commissioners may, by regulation, prescribe . SEC . 7. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act as they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes thereof and to control and regulate the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, offer for sale, solicitation of orders for sale, importation, exportation, and trans- portation of alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia for the p rote ctio n of the pub lic heal th, comf ort, saf ety, and mor als . The Commissioners shall have specific authority to make rules and regulations for the issuance, transfer, and revocation of lice nses ; to facilitate and insure the collection of taxes ; to govern the opera- tion of the business of licensees, with full power and authority to pre- scribe the terms and conditions under which'alcoholic beverages may be sold by each class of licensees ; to forbid the issuance of licenses fo r manu facture , sale, or st orage o f alcoh olic b everage s in su ch loc al- ities in, and such sections and portions of, the District of Columbia as they may deem proper in the public interest

to limit the number

of licenses of each class to be issued in the District of Columbia and to limit the number of licenses of each class in any locality in, or sections or portions of, the District of Columbia as they may deem proper in the public interest ; to forbid the issuance of licenses for businesses conducted on such premises as they, in the public interest, may deem inappropriate ; to forbid the issuance of any class or classes of licenses for businesses established subsequent to the date of enact- ment of this Act near or around schools, colleges, universities, churches, or public institutions, to prescribe the hours during which