[ Act No. 95, March 04, 1901 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN OF THE MANILA LIQUOR LICENSES ACT.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Sections seventeen and eighteen of the Manila Liquor Licenses Act are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 17. Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep in stock and sell or give away fermented malt, vinous and spirituous liquors in quantities of one gallon (three and seventy-eight one-hundredths litres) or more, upon payment in advance of the sum of twelve hundred pesos; but such licenses may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments of three hundred pesos each, at the election of the licensee. A license of this class shall he known as a 'First Class Wholesale Liquor License,' and it shall he unlawful for any person or persons to sell or otherwise dispose of fermented malt vinous and spirituous liquors at wholesale without such license, or, having obtained such license, to sell or otherwise dispose of such liquors except as herein prescribed, but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any person or persons holding a 'Brewer's License' or 'Distiller's License' from disposing of the products of such brewery or distillery.""SEC. 18. Licenses for periods of one year may he issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep in stock and sell or give away fermented mall and fermented vinous liquors in quantities of one gallon (three and seventy-eight one-hundredths litres) or more, upon payment in advance of the sum of six hundred pesos; but such licenses may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments of one hundred and fifty pesos each, at the election of the licensee. A license of this class shall be known as a 'Second Class Wholesale Liquor License.' and it shall he unlawful for any person or persons to sell or otherwise dispose of fermented malt or fermented vinous liquors at wholesale without such license, or, having obtained such license, to sell or otherwise dispose of any liquor but fermented malt or fermented vinous liquors, or to sell or otherwise dispose of such liquors except as herein prescribed."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.Enacted, March 4, 1901.

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