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 75TH CONGRESS, IsT SESSION-C H. 766 AUGUST 25, 1937 SEC. 2 . That subsection (d) of section 14 of the District of Colum- bia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows "SEC. 14 . (d) A separate application shall be filed with respect to each place of business . The required license fee shall be paid to the collector of taxes and his duplicate receipt shall accompany the application for license . In the event the license is denied the fee shall be returned . Every such application shall be verified by the affidavit of the applicant, if an individual, or by all of the members of a partnership, or by the president or vice president of a corpora- tion. If any false statement is knowingly made in such application, or in any accompanying statement under oath which may be required by the Commissioners or the Board, the person making the same shall be deemed guilty of perjury . The making of a false statement in any such application, or in any such accompanying statement, whether made with or without the knowledge or consent of the appli- cant, shall, in the disc retion of the Boar d, consti tute suff icient ca use for the revocation of the license ." SEC . 3 . That the second paragraph of section 17 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows "That in the event the Board at any time shall order the suspen- sion of any license a notice may be posted by the Board, in a con- spicuous place, on the outside of the licensed premises, at or near the main street entrance thereto ; which notice shall state that the license theretofore issued to the licensee has been suspended and shall state the time for which said license is suspended, and state that the suspension is ordered because of a violation of the District of Co- lumbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, or of the Commissioners' regulations adopted under authority of said District of Columbia, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act ." SEc . 4. That the District of Columbia Alcohol ic Beverage Con- trol Act, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section "SEc. 39 . (a) It shall be unlawful for anyone, except a public or common carrier or the holder of a manufacturer's, wholesaler's, or retailer's license issued tinder this Act, to transport ., import, bring, or ship or cause to be transported, imported, brought, or shipped into the District of Columbia from without the District of Columbia any wines, spirits, or beer in a quantity in excess of one gallon at any one time. "(b) No pu blic or c ommon carr ier shall tran sport or bring into the District of Columbia wine, spirits, or beer in a quantity in excess of one gallon at any one time for delivery to any one person in the District of Columbia other than the holder of a manufacturer's, wholesal er's, or retailer' s license issued under thi s Act . "(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to bona-fide possessors of old stocks who are moving into the District of Colum- bia nor to embassies or diplomatic representatives of foreign coun- tries, nor to wines imported for religious or sacramental purposes, nor to wine, spirits, and beer to be delivered to the holder of a man- ufacturer's, wholesaler's, or retailer's license issued under this Act . "(d) The penalty for violation of this section shall consist of the forf eitur e of the b ever ages trans port ed, i mport ed, or sh ipped or caused to be trans ported, impo rted, brought , or s hipped in vi olatio n of this section and a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more tilan six months ." Approved, August 25, 1937. 4S Stat. 329. Separa te appl icatio n for each place of busi- neSS. Verifi cation- False statements. Penalty. 49 Stat. 900. Posting of notice of suspension on prem- ises. 48 Stat. 337. 803 Limitation on im- portati ons, et c. Common carriers. Exemptions. Penalty provisions.