Chapter CLXVIII. to amend an Act, entitled “An act to prohibit the Sale of spirituous Liquors and intoxicating Drinks in the District of Columbia in certain Cases,” approved, August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one
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Chap. CLXVIII.— An Act to amend an Act, entitled “An act to prohibit the Sale of spirituous Liquors and intoxicating Drinks in the District of Columbia in certain Cases,” approved, August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. July 14, 1862.1861, ch. 44.*Ante*, p. 291. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That any person offendingPersons accused of selling spirituous liquors, trial and sentence. against the provisions of the act entitled “An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors and intoxicating drinks in the District of Columbia, in certain cases,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, may be tried before any justice of the peace for the District of Columbia, and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars, or, in default of such payment, shall be committed to the jail in Washington county, in the District of Columbia, for thirty days.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That any person licensed, or whoPersons licensed permitting volunteers, &c., to drink spirituous liquors, &c., to be punished. shall hereafter be licensed, to sell spirituous liquors, or intoxicating drinks within said District, who shall suffer or permit any soldier or volunteer in the service of the United States, or any person wearing the uniform of such soldier or volunteer, to drink any spirituous liquor, or intoxicating drink upon his premises shall be deemed guilty of the same offence mentioned in the act hereby amended, and upon conviction before any justice of the peace as aforesaid, shall be punished in the manner prescribed by this act.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That any person convicted under theForfeiture of license. provisions of this act, and the act hereby amended, shall forfeit his license to sell spirituous liquor, and intoxicating drink; and any license thereafter granted to any such person during the continuance of the existing rebellion shall be void. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That all fines collected under theFines collected to be paid to levy court. provisions of this act, and the act hereby amended, shall be paid to the levy court of Washington county, in the District of Columbia, for the use of said court.
Approved, July 14, 1862.