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74TH CONGR ESS . SESS . I. CH. 756 . AUGUST 27, 1935. which a license under this Act has been issued) at a time when th e sale of such alcoholic beverage on the premises is prohibited by this Act or by the regulations promulgated thereunder . No person shall be drunk or intoxicated in any street, alley, park, or parking, or in any vehicle in or upon the same or in any place to which the public is invited or at any public gathering and no person any- where shall be drunk or intoxicated and disturb the peace of any pers on ." Vol .48,p.333.

SEC . 14. That subsection (b) of section 28 of the said Act be amended so as to read as follows Punishment for vio- " ( b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall lations . be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprison- ment in the discretion of the court for the first offense ; by a fine of not more than $200 or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court for the second offense, or by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment fo r not more than six months or by both such fine an d imprisonment in the discretion of the court for each subsequent offense ." Vol.48,p.330.

SEC . 15 . That section 18 of the said Act is amended to read as follows Manufact urer of b ev- a SEC . 18. If any manufacturer of beverages, whether licensed here- erages ; restriction on intere st in busi ness of under or not, by direct ownership, stock ownership, interlocking di- wholesale or retail licensee . rectors, mortgage, or lien, or by any other means shall have such a substantial interest, whether direct or indirect, in the business of any wholesale or retail licensee or in the premises on which said busi- ness is conducted as in the judgment of the Board may tend to in- fluence such licensee to purchase beverages from such manufacturer, the Board may, in its discretion, revoke the license issued in respect of the business in which such manufacturer is interested, subject to review by the Commissioners as herein provided. No such manu- facturer of beverages shall loan or give any money to any whole- sale or retail licensee, or sell, rent, loan, or give to such licensee any equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property, or give or sell any serv- Pr•z'is•3 .

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of the Board, a manufacturer may sell, give, rent, or loan to a whole- sale or r etail licen see a ny se rvice or ar ticle of p ropert y cos ting such man ufa ctur er not more th an $ 10 . No who lesale or retail licensee shall receive or accept any loan or gift of money from any such manufacturer or purchase from, rent from, borrow or receive by gift fr om such manufact urer any equipmen t, furniture, fix tures, or property, o r accept or rece ive any service f rom such manufact urer : Except ion . Provided, however, That, with the prior approval of the Board, a who lesa le or ret ail lice nsee may purc hase from , re nt f rom, borr ow or receive by gift from such manufacturer any service or article of prop erty cost ing such manu fact urer not more tha n $1 0 . N oth ing herein contained, however, shall prohibit the sale of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages and the reasonable extension of credit there- eo"srued " facturer" for by a manufacturer to a wholesale or retail licensee . Wh en used in this section the word `manufacturer' shall include any stock- holder holding directly or indirectly 25 per centum or mo re of the common stock or any officer of a manufacturer of beverages, if a corporation, whether licensed hereunder or not . This section shall not apply to retail licenses, class E, or to the wholesale license held by a pe rson not license d as a manufactur er hereunder owni ng an es- tablishment for the manufacture of beverages outside of the District of Columbia ."