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 336 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 4. JANUARY 24, 1934 . the payment of such fees as the Commissioners may prescribe. Any permitt ee thereunder may make an a pplication fo r a license un der this Act, and, if said application is approved by the Board, such Refunds. permittee shall surrender his permit and he shall be allowed a refund of the permit fee prorated as hereinafter provided. Any permittee under said Act of April 5, 1933, may surrender his permit and receive a refund of the permit fee prorated from the date of surrender of such permit to the date of expiration thereof. All such refunds shall be paid from the permanent indefinite appropriation for refunding Taxes hereunder. erroneously paid taxes in the District of Columbia. All permits Ante, p 28. issued under said Act of April 5, 1933, shall remain in force and effect for the respective periods for which they were issued, unless sooner surrendered. After the approval of this Act no taxes shall be collected under section 11 of the Act approved April 5, 1933. Repeal in one year . The said Act approved April 5, 1933, is repealed, effective one Ante, p .2s. year from the date of approval of this Act. Sales of spirits on SEC. 32. Any druggist or other person holding, on the date of band by d ruggi sts. the approval of this Act, a permit to manufacture, use, compound, or sell intoxicating liquors issued under the authority of the National Prohibition Ac t, as amended and suppleme nted, may, dur - ing such period of time as the Commissioners may designate, not to exceed sixty days after the approval of this Act, continue to manu- fact ure, use, co mpou nd, and sell alc ohol ic b ever ages as prov ided in Ant e, pp. 323, 326 . said per mit notw iths tand ing the prov isio ns o f se ctio n 9 and sect ion 36 of this Act, and the provision of section 11 (i) of this Act requir- ing the sale only of such liquors as are defined by the United States Pharmacopoeia, but such manufacture, use, compounding, and sale shall be subj ect to all ot her pro vision s of th is Act to the same e xtent Labeling re quire- as if such permittee were licensed hereunder. No rectified or blended ments. spirits shall be sold under this section unless the container in which it is sold shall bear a label containing in letters not less than one inch high the legend : "Rectified spirits ", or " Blended spirits", as the case may be. Fine, etc., where no SEC. 33. Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this Act for specific penalty is pro- vided. which no specific penalty is provided, or any of the rules and regu- lations promul gated pursuan t thereto, sh all be punishe d by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not longer than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Prosecutions for vio- Prosecutions for violations of this Act shall be on information iations. filed in the police court by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants, except for such violations as are felonies, and prosecu- tions f or such violat ions a s are f elonies shall be by the Uni ted St ates Attorney in and for the District of Columbia or any of his assistants. Inconsistent laws re- SEC. 34. All laws which prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages pea led. in certain defined sections or parts of the District of Columbia are hereby repealed. Selling spirits on SEC. 35. No holder of a retailer's license, except a retailer's license credit ex- class E, shall sell on credit any beverages except beer and light wines. This section shall not prohibit a club from extending credit to its members or the guests of members or a hotel from extending credit to its registered guests. Labeling,showingna- SEC. 36. No rectified or blended spirits shall be sold unless the con- ture of spirits, etc_ tainer in which it is sold shall bear a legible label firmly affixed thereto statin the nature and percentage of each ingredient therein (except water, the age of each such ingredient, and the alcoholic content of such spirits by volume.