Chapter 418. To prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 418.— An Act To prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That it shall be unlawful forDistrict of Columbia.Sale, etc., of intoxicating liquors on Sunday prohibited. any maker, brewer, or distiller of beer or other intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia, or other person or corporation or the agent or servant of such maker, brewer, or distiller, or the agent or servant 1014 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 418, 419. 1899. of any maker, brewer, or distiller of beer or other intoxicating liquors outside of said district, or other person or corporation to sell or deliver any beer or other intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Sec. 2. Penalty. That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall on conviction thereof in the police court on a prosecution in the name of the District of Columbia be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every offense.
Approved, March 3, 1899.