Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 248 - ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS, WINES AND BEER

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 176 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, IN REFERENCE TO TARIFF OF LICENSES, FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, WINES AND BEER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 176 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out Paragraph 8 of Subsection (b) of 6159. Section 30 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

6159. Section 30. (b) (8) To sell "alcoholic liquor" at "gatherings of persons" the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each day of said "gathering".

Section 2. That Chapter 176 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out Paragraph 10 of Subsection (b) of 6159. Section 30, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

6159. Section 30. (b) (10) (a) For a license to "manufacture" and to "sell" "beer" as provided in this Act, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

(b) For a license to operate a "distillery" for distillation or rectification, the licensee shall, based upon annual production, pay a sum to be computed upon the following schedule:

For the first 500 gallons, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);

For the next 5,000 gallons, or fraction thereof at the rate of Four Cents ($0.04) per gallon;

For the next 10,000 gallons, or fraction thereof, at the rate of Three Cents ($0.03) per gallon;

For the next 50,000 gallons, or fraction thereof, at the rate of Two Cents ($0.02) per gallon;

For the next 100,000 gallons, or fraction thereof, at the rate of One Cent ($0.01) per gallon;

For each 100,000 gallons in excess of the amounts set forth, or the fraction thereof, at the rate of one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon.

(c) For a license to "bottle" five hundred barrels or less of "beer" the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);

For each additional 500 barrels or less bottled, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);

(d) For a license to operate a "winery" or to "bottle" and to sell "wine" as provided in this Act, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

Approved May 5, 1937.