Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 30.djvu/1378

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1340 _ FIFTY-FIFTH CON GRESS. Sess. Ill. Ch. 429. 1899. HP;¤_j;*g `Q*;{hg¤Qi¤{g Sec. 47 2. That anyone engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors, toilet. A u as specified in this Act, in the District of Alaska, who is required by it to have a license as herein specided, without first having obtained a license to do so as herein provided, or any person who shall engage in such sale in any portion of the District where the sale thereof is prohibited, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than one month nor more than one year; and upon every subsequent conviction of a like offense shall, in addition to the penalty above _ named, be imprisoned not less than two months nor more than one rear. m{’;§i’fg'“‘°' "i°l°· D Sec. 473. That any person, having obtained a license under this Act, ·` who shall violate any of its provisions, shall, upon conviction of such violation, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred l dollars, and upon every subsequent conviction of such violation during the year for which such license is issued shall be fined a like amount, and in addition to such fine shall pay a sum equal to twenty-five per centum of the amount of the fine imposed for the offense immediately preceding, and have his license revoked, and in case of nonpayment of the fines and penalties above named shall be imprisoned for a period of time not exceeding six months, or till the same are paid. That after second conviction no license shall thereafter be granted to said party: 5;]*;-jswtmmtwd Provided, That no minorunder sixteen years of age shall be allowed to num liquor mia. enter any place where liquors are sold other than a hotel, without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor. P’°°°'*'“‘ Sec. 474. That prosecutions for violations of the provisions of this Act shall be on information filed in the district court or any subdivision thereof, or before a United States commissioner, by the United States — marshal or any deputy marshal, or by the district attorney or by any of his assistants. Or such prosecution may be by and through indictment by grand jury, and it shall be the duty of either of said officers, on the representation of two or more reputable citizens, to file such information, or to present the facts alleged to constitute violations of the law _ _ to the grand jury. _°};,f°‘{s‘;:f*°Y °° Sec. 475. That license for any of the purposes specified shall not be ` granted to any person to conduct such business within four hundred feet of a public schoolhouse, private school, or house of religious worship, except in such places of business as may have been located previous to the erection or occupation of such schoolhouse, private school, or house of religious worship owned or occupied in the District of Alaska, measured between the nearest entrance toeach by the shortest course of travel between such place of business and the schoolhouse, private school, or house of religious worship. Wf*°¤¤*·l¤f¤¤•¤·¢¤· Sec. 476. That all applicants who have had a license during the pre- ' ceding year shall apply for a renewal of such license on or before November first of each license year, and shall be permitted to continue business until license shall be granted or refused by the court or judge thereof; but in all cases of refusal to grant license such proportion of the license fee as may have become due shall be deducted and retained from the sum deposited therefor as the time from the first day of November to the date of such refusal bears to the entire license year, and no other person shall be permitted to conduct said business until ` I mm a gcenspzgs glued therefor. h b I W" ’°*‘°”“° EG. . at nothin in t is Act shall in an way re al conflict In B u°°E°°t°d` or interfere with the public general laws of the Ullited Stalltces imposing ‘ taxes on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors for the purpose of revenue and known as the “Internal-Revenue laws.” m£g;*;t§¤:0¤r;&{ Sec. 478. That no licensee under a barroom license shall employ, or mtmdeu. " permit to be employed, or allow any female or minor or person convicted of crime, to sell, give, furnish, or distribute any intoxicating _ drinks or any admixture thereof, ale, wine, or beer to any person or S**° *° ’¤*¤°*'* persons. And no licensee in any place shall knowingly sell or permit to be sold in his establishment any intoxicating liquor of any kind to