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 564 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 204. 1893. ·‘¤`;gi=° *>°==° Sec. 2. That there shall be, and there is hereby, constituted an exmbimliesiuon. cise board for the District of Columbia, which shall consist of the three Duma. Commissioners of the District, and the duty of which shall be to take up and consider all applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors and to take action on such applications, and the action of said board shall be tinal and conclusive, and only on the granting by said board of mus of umm no a license to an applicant to sell intoxicating liquor shall the assessor "ggum ,m_ issue a license to such applicant; and said board shall make such rules and regulations for carrying into effect this act as they may deem A¤¤¤¤l ¤‘¤1><>¤— requisite and proper. And said board shall make an annual report to Congress, setting forth the number of applications for license both favorably and unfavorably acted on, the number of persons convicted tor violation of this statute and the amount of fines collected and uncollected. ciuk. ’ SEC 3. That the said board shall appoint a clerk and shall keep a Hmm, 0, applic} full record of all applications for license, of all recommendation for um., see. and remonstrances against the granting of licenses, and of their action thereon. nuns¤,sw.,¤msek. The clerk of the board shall be ex-oifcio the inspector of license issued under this act, and it shall be his duty to make the inspection required by this act under the orders of the board and make full report of such inspection to the board at such times as it may order. The salary to be paid such clerk and inspector shall be fixed by the board, and the same, with the expenses necessarily incident to the business of the board, shall be paid out of the fund arising from the license fees paid inder this act. Petitionsforlicense SEG 4. That every person applying for a license to sell intoxicating ‘° “°““‘D“’“"°”· liquors in said District shall file with the said board a petition for such license, and such petition shall be considered and acted on by the board in the order in which such petition is filed and numbered. Said 0¤¤f¤¤¢¤¤fr¤¤i¤¤¤= petition shall contain: Ntame, ¤w.,¤r appli- First. The name and residence of the applicant and how long he has °‘“ resided there P*“° °‘ b¤¤*¤*>•¤- Second. The particular place for which a license is desired, designating the same by street and number, if practicable, and if not, by such other apt description as definitely locates it. owner erpmuim. . Third. The name of the owner of the premises upon which the business liceness is to be carried on. smamsue of cm. Fourth. A statement that the applicant is a citizen of the United ‘°'“”'*’· °*°· States, and not less than twenty-one years of age and that such applicant has never since the passage of this act been adiudged guilty of violating the laws governing sale of intoxicating liquors, or laws for the prevention of gambling in the District of Columbia. om. Fifth. This petition must be veriiied by the atiidavit of the petitioner made before a notary public of the District of Columbia, or any person miss statements duly authorized by law to administer oaths. If any false statement is °°""'“‘“’ p°'J"’Y‘ made in any part of said petition, the petitioner or petitioners shall be resume. deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof his license shall be revoked and he shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for that crime. l yn an existing Sixth. That he is not the owner of or licensee named in any such ""°""*"’· license then in force. Not mi agen:. exc. Seventh. That he intends to carry on such business for himself and not as an agent of any other person, and that, if so licensed, he will carry on such for himself, and not as the agent of any other person. wm personally Eighth. That he intends to superintend in person the management ¤·=*·=·¤* ‘>¤¤i¤¤¤¤» em- of the business licensed and that, if so licensed, he will so superintend in person the management of the business so licensed. In i-mes, written Sec. 5. That in the cities of Washington and Georgetown it shall j;’ff_;*fm°,fW§1‘,Q{§df_f,{ be the duty ot every applicant for a barroom license to present to the »s¤1ms__ _¤·» be mea excise board with his application the written permission of a majority ‘""‘ l"’“"°“‘ of the persons owning real estate, and a majority of the residents