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<br /> that it was kept in violation of this chapter , be ipso facto
<br /> 1 forfeited, and upon such forfeiture be delivered to the
<br /> Washington State Liquor Control Board, or if so ordered
<br /> 2 destroyed.
<br /> 3 Upon return of the warrant, as provided herein, the Court
<br /> 4 shall fix a time, not less than ten (10) days and not more
<br /> than thirty (30) days thereafter, for hearing of said return,
<br /> 5 unless such hearing shall be continued by the Court, when
<br /> he shall proceed to hear and determine whether or not the
<br /> 6 articles so seized, or any part thereof, were used or
<br /> in any manner kept or possessed by any person with the
<br /> 7 intention of violating any of the provisions of this chapter. At
<br /> such hearing any person claiming any interest in any of the
<br /> 8 articles seized may appear and be heard upon filing a written claim ,
<br /> 9 setting forth particularly the character and extent of his interest
<br /> and the burden shall rest upon the claimant to show by competent
<br /> 10 evidence his property right or interest in the articles claimed,
<br /> and the same were not used in violation of any of the provisions
<br /> 11 of this chapter, and were not in any manner kept or possessed
<br /> with the intention of violating any of the provisions of this
<br /> 12 chapter. If, upon such hearing, the evidence warrants, or if no
<br /> 13 person shall appear as claimant, the Court shall thereupon
<br /> enter judgment of forfeiture and all of such articles destroyed
<br /> 14 forthwith; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, in the opinion of the
<br /> Court, any of the forfeited articles, other than the intoxicating
<br /> 15 liquor, are of value and adapted to any lawful use, such Court,
<br /> if a part of the order and judgment, shall direct that said articles,
<br /> 16 other than the intoxicating liquor, shall be sold upon execution,
<br /> by the Chief of Police, or by whomever he shall designate,
<br /> 17 and the proceeds of such sale, after the payment of all costs
<br /> 18 in the proceedings, shall be paid to the liquor revolving
<br /> fund of the State of Washington. Action under this section,
<br /> 19 and the forfeitures, destruction or sale of any articles
<br /> thereunder, shall not be a bar to any prosecution under any
<br /> 20 other provision or provisions of this chapter."
<br /> 21 Section 3: That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 3067 is hereby
<br /> 22 amended as follows:
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<br /> "For the purpose of this chapter words and phrases used shall have
<br /> 24 the following meanings:
<br /> 25 'ALCOHOL' is that substance known as ethyl alcohol,
<br /> hydrated oxide or ethyl, or spirit of wine, which is
<br /> 26 commonly produced by the fermentation or distillation
<br /> 27 of grain, starch, molasses, or sugar, or other substances,
<br /> including all dilutions and mixtures of this substance.
<br /> 28
<br /> 'BEER' means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic
<br /> 29 fermentation of an infusion or decoction of pure hops, or
<br /> pure extract of hops and pure barley malt or other wholesome
<br /> 30 grain or cereal in pure water containing not more than four
<br /> per cent (4%) of alcohol by weight, and not less than one-half
<br /> 31 of one per cent of alcohol by volume. For the purposes of this
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