No person shall keep open a place of business for the retail
sale of beverages derived wholly or in part from cereals or substitutes
therefor and containing less than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol, unfermented
grape juice, ginger ale, root beer, sarsaparilla, pop, artificial
mineral waters, carbonated waters or beverages and other so-called
"soft drinks" until a license therefor has been obtained from the
License Commission. The fee therefor shall be $1.
Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place
and number, if there is any, and if there is no number, then the location
of the place of business in which the license is to be exercised,
and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so
issued shall expire on the 30th day of April of each year. Any such
license may be suspended or revoked at any time after a hearing by
the License Commission.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to innholders,
common victuallers, druggists, nor to dealers whose principal business
is the sale of groceries and meats or either of said products, nor
to the sale of any or all of such beverages when sold not to be drunk
on the premises. This chapter shall not apply to persons who keep
open their places of business on Sunday for the sale of soda water
if they are licensed under MGL c. 136, § 7.