Chap. 656.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 2 of an act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 2 of an act approved March 6, 1890,
entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and
incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for
the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest
on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining license to sell wine,
ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court cer-
tificate is required, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4,
1896, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 17, 1898.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That section one
of chapter two of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter
two of an act approved March sixth, cighteen hundred and ninety, en-
titled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property,
and incomes, and on licenses to transact busincss, and imposing taxes
thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and
to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of ob-
taining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture
thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, as amended and re-
enacted by an act approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
six, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January seventeenth,
cighteen hundred and ninety-cight, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

$1. That no person, corporation, company, firm, partnership, or associa-
tion shall, within the limits of this State, engage in the business of recti-
fying, or of manufacturing, or dis tilling malts or alcoholic liquors other
than. wine, or sell, or offer to sell, by sample or representation, or other-
Wise, wines, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, aleo-
holie bitters, bitters containing alcohol, or fruits preserved in ardent
spirits, cither by wholesale, retail, or to be drunk at the place where sold,
or in any other way, without first having obtained license therefor; nor
shall the license confer the privilege of selling in either way except
the manner hereinafter provided. And all mixtures, preparations, a!
liquids (except cider) which will produce intoxication shall be deem
ardent spirits within the meaning of this section. <A license to sell |
wholesale shall only include the privilege to sell in quantities of five g:
lons or more, except that wholesale dealers in malt liquors may have t
privilege of selling by bottles and jugs in quantities, if not less than o
dozen, to licensed retail dealers only.

A license to sell by retail shall include only the privilege of selling
quantities not exceeding five gallons at any time to any individual, whi
shall include both the privilege of selling, to be delivered to the pureha:
in bottles, Jugs, demijohns, or other vessels, and the privilege of ben
drunk at the place where sold. A license to keep an ordinary shall cc
tain all rights and privileges of a retail liquor dealer. A license to ke
a malt liquor saloon, under which no malt liquors, nor any mixtu
thereof, shall be sold to be taken away from the place of delivery, |
shall be drunk there. Any person desiring to carry on the business
wholesale liquor dealer, and also that of a retail liquor merchant, sh:
obtain a separate license for cach, and comply with all the provisions
this act in relation to both privileges. A violation of the provisions
this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by
fine of not less than twenty dollars, and, in the discretion of the cow
by imprisonment, not exceeding twelve months: provided, that nothi
in this section shall prevent wholesale confectioners from selling fru’
preserved in ardent spirits, or breweries who sell beer direct to consumi
at their homes.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.