Chapter 2569. Prohibiting the purchase or procurement, sale, gift, or disposition, of intoxicating liquors to or for the use of minors by unlicensed persons
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CHAP. 2569.— An Act Prohibiting the purchase or procurement, sale, gift, or disposition, of intoxicating liquors to or for the use of minors by unlicensed persons. March 2, 1907. [[H. R. 23556](/us/bill/34/hr/23556).] [[Public, No. 228](/us/pl/34/228).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Intoxicating liquors.Sale, etc., to minors by unlicensed persons, prohibited. That it shall be unlawful for any person not having a license in any manner to purchase or procure for sell, give, or dispose of to or aid or assist in any manner in such purchase or procurement for, sale, gift, or disposition for the use of 1249any person under the age of twenty-one years, knowing him or her to be such, any intoxicating liquor as the same is defined in the Act ofVol. 27, p. 563.
Congress entitled “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, or any narcotic drugs except for necessary use in theNarcotic drugs. case of illness when furnished by a parent or guardian or duly licensed physician, or upon the prescription of a duly licensed physician. Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this Act shall,Penalty for violation. on conviction thereof on prosecution by information tiled in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the District jail or workhouse for not more than six months for each and every such offense.
Sec. 3. That nothing in this Act contained shall be held to repealSale by licensed dealers not affected. or abrogate the provision of the said Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, or amendments thereof prohibiting the sale gift, or disposition of intoxicating liquors to any minor by persons having a license to sell intoxicating liquors. Approved, March 2, 1907.