An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Fifty-Nine, Entitled "The Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as Amended, by Providing for Theater Liquor Licenses
Act No. 1734, enacted on October 2, 1907, amends Section Four of the Manila Liquor Licenses Act to introduce a "theater liquor license." This license allows individuals of good character who own or manage a legitimate theater or race track to maintain a bar on their premises, selling distilled spirits, wine, and fermented liquors in limited quantities to patrons. The license is valid for six months at a cost of 800 pesos, with a weekly option available for existing bar license holders at 50 pesos per week. The act emphasizes the need for prompt enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Congress of the Philippines
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October 2, 1907
ACT NO. 1734
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE MANILA LIQUOR LICENSES ACT," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THEATER LIQUOR LICENSES
SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Fifty-nine, entitled "The Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 4. A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character owning or managing a bona fide theater or race track authorizing him or them to keep and maintain a bar on the premises of the theater or race track for the sale of distilled spirits, wine, and fermented liquors, in quantities of two decaliters or less, which liquors, may be sold or served to bona fide patrons of the theater or race track, under such restrictions as may be prescribed by the Municipal Board, upon payment in advance of the sum of eight hundred pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "theater liquor license." A "theater liquor license" may also be issued to holders of first or second class bar licenses for a period of one or more weeks, upon payment in advance of the sum of fifty pesos per week for the time covered by each license: PROVIDED, That no license shall be issued for less than one week." SDAaTC
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 2, 1907.
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An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Fifty-Nine, Entitled "The Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as Amended, by Providing for Theater Liquor Licenses, Act No. 1734, Oct 2, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Fifty-Nine, Entitled "The Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as Amended, by Providing for Theater Liquor Licenses, Act No. 1734 (Phil. 1907)
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