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 616 D.C. Council. Licensing authority. 48 Stat. 322.

L i c e n s e applicants, citizenship. 48 Stat. 328.

PUBLIC LAW 90-451-AUG. 3, 1968

[82 STAT.

SEC. 403. The first sentence of the second paragraph of section 7 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-107) is amended to read as follows: "The District of Columbia Council shall have authority to make rules and regulations for the issuance, transfer, and revocation of licenses; to facilitate and insure the collection of taxes; to govern the operation of the business of licensees, with full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions under which alcoholic beverages may be sold by each class of licensees; to forbid the issuance of licenses for manufacture, sale, or storage of alcoholic beverages in such localities in, and such sections and portions of, the District of Columbia as the Comicil may deem proper in the public interest; to limit the number of licenses of each class to be issued in the District of Columbia and to limit the number of licenses of each class in any locality in, or sections or portions of, the District of Columbia as the Council may deem proper in the public interest; to forbid the issuance of licenses for businesses conducted on such premises as the Council, in the public interest, may deem inappropriate; to forbid the issuance of any class or classes of licenses for businesses established subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act near or around schools, colleges, universities, churches, or public institutions; to prescribe the hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold; and to prohibit the sale of any or all alcoholic beverages on such days as the Council determines necessary in the public interest." SEC. 404. Section 14(a) of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (D.C. Code, sec. 25-115(a)) is amended— (1) by striking out in paragraph 2 "a citizen of the United otates,; (2) by adding immediately after paragraph 2 the following new paragraph: "3. That (A) each individual, each member of a partnership, and each principal officer of a corporation (other than a club) is a citizen of the United States, and (B) a majority of the principal officers of a club are citizens of the United States."; and (3) by redesignating paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 and all references thereto, as paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, respectively. Approved August 2, 1968.

Public Law 90-451 August 3, 1968 [s. 2445]

Federal Power Commission. Licensing authority. 49 Stat. 842.

AN ACT rY^y amend part I of the Federal Power Act to clarify the manner in which the licensing authority of the Commission and the right of the United States to take over a project or projects upon or after the expiration of any license shall be exercised. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 of the Federal Power Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 800), is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: "(c) Whenever, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the Commission determines that the United States should exercise its right upon or after the expiration of any license to take over any project or projects for public purposes, the Commission shall not issue a new license to the original licensee or to a new licensee but shall submit its recommendation to Congress together with such information as it may consider appropriate."

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