When the United States entered the First World War Baker made certain that the Draft Act of 1917 prohibited the sale of liquor to men in uniform and that it provided for broad zones around the camps in which prostitution was outlawed.

On display were 343 first-class paintings and sculptures from his fabled collection -- and every single one of them was up for sale.

Light's survey was completed in this period, and land was promptly offered for sale to early colonists.

The money raised by the sale was expended in the purchase of stores for the support of the communities, and what was over was devoted to charity.

One was intended to be a show house, but on being completed in 1904 was put up for sale, and as no buyers came forward, Gaudí, at Güell's suggestion, bought it with his savings and moved in with his family and his father in 1906.

The high price was likely due to the rare documents and packaging offered in the sale in addition to the computer, including the original packaging ( with the return label showing Steve Jobs ' parents ' address, the original Apple Computer Inc ' headquarters ' being their garage ), a personally typed and signed letter from Jobs ( answering technical questions about the computer ), and the original invoice showing ' Steven ' as the salesman.

Unlike paintings, their sale was very rarely documented.

During the period 1825 – 1863 a sheep market was held at a site in Castle Street, to stop the sale of sheep on the streets of the town.

The 7800 had originally been designed to replace Atari Inc .' s Atari 5200 in 1984, but was temporarily shelved due to the sale of the company after the video game crash.

The system had been designed in 1983 through 1984 with an intended mass market rollout in June 1984, but was canceled shortly thereafter due to the sale of the company to Tramiel Technology Ltd on July 2, 1984.

* 1990s: With the Yamada and Kojima household chain stores appearing throughout the suburban outskirts of Tokyo, the sale of consumer durables at Akihabara was greatly reduced, but the sale of computer goods increased in equal measure.

The reality is that Micheline Musseli Pozzo di Borgo, a French aristocrat who at 20 was France's youngest lawyer ever, brought considerable wealth to her marriage to Lerner and lost most of it through him, including nearly $ 600, 000 from the sale of her Parisian apartment, which Lerner placed in investments that either failed or were looted by him during periods of financial desperation.

This wealth was generated through numerous illegal vice enterprises, such as gambling and prostitution ; the highest revenue was generated by the sale of liquor.

Sometimes the sale of certain types of merchandise was prohibited, and in some cases all retail and business activity.

The only exception to this rule is New Year's Day, in which case alcohol sales are permitted until 4 a. m. Alcohol sale was likewise banned on Sundays until 12p. m., and on Dec. 25 from 12 a. m. until 12 p. m, until a repeal in late 2010.

The most successful was the American Association ( 1881 – 1891 ), sometimes called the " beer and whiskey league " for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators.

An area of special concern for advocates of the Amendment was the sale of ships for salvage, shipbreaking.

In 1922 the Conservative backbenchers rebelled against the continuation of the coalition, citing in particular the Chanak Crisis over Turkey and Lloyd George's corrupt sale of honours amongst other grievances, and Lloyd George was forced to resign.

The announcement of the sale was also poorly handled, and a dive in business confidence ensued.

By comparison, the former colony of the United Province of Canada ( divided into the District of Canada East, and the District of Canada West ) and the western provinces were dozens of times larger and in some cases were expanded to take in territory formerly held in British Crown grants to companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company ; in particular the November 19, 1869 sale of Rupert's Land to the Government of Canada under the Rupert's Land Act 1868 was facilitated in part by Maritime taxpayers.

( However, though inconsistent with a merchant's agreement with each credit card company, the merchant may treat a cash withdrawal as part of an ordinary credit card sale.

From the first Africans that were brought to Lagos for sale in 1444 ( see his contemporary biography by Zurara ), he received from the merchants the value corresponding to the fifth part ( o quinto ) as the expedition had been sponsored by the shipowners.

Rather than being transferred to Motors Liquidation Company as part of the GM bankruptcy in 2009, the brand was retained by GM, in order to investigate its sale.

The manufacturing industries that aggregate, pack, package, purify or process the raw materials close to the primary producers are normally considered part of this sector, especially if the raw material is unsuitable for sale or difficult to transport long distances.

# Asset sale privatization-selling an entire organization ( or part of it ) to a strategic investor, usually by auction or by using the Treuhand model

The application of the statute of frauds to dealings between merchants has been modified by provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, which is a statute that has been enacted at least in part by every state ( Louisiana has enacted all of the UCC except for Article 2, as it prefers to maintain its civil law tradition governing the sale of goods ).

In 1974, a document purporting to be the galley proofs of the missing section was sold at Sotheby's ; the catalogue description read, in part, that " The proofs were bought at the sale of the author's ... personal effects ... Oxford, 1898 ...".

The IFC prefers to invest for the long-term, usually for a period of eight to fifteen years, before exiting through the sale of shares on a domestic stock exchange, usually as part of an initial public offering.

A seventh station, WCVB-TV in Boston, was part of the original transaction but was spun off in a separate, concurrent deal to the Hearst Corporation as part of a right of first refusal related to that station's 1982 sale to Metromedia.

* Paskwüw ( Paskwa, Pisqua, usually called Pasquah-‘ The Plain ’; French: Les Prairies ), Chief of the Plains Cree, born 1828, son of the famous chief Mahkaysis, 1874 his tribal group were making their living with bison hunting in the vicinity of today's Leech Lake, Saskatchewan, they had also created gardens and raised a small herd of cattle, in September 1874 Pasqua took part in the negotiations on the Treaty 4 in Qu ' Appelle Valley, he asked the Canadian government for the payment of £ 300, 000 to the tribes, which the Hudson's Bay Company had received for the sale of Rupert's land to Canada, despite the refusal of Canada he finally signed the treaty and moved to a reserve five miles west of Fort Qu ' Appelle, stayed out with his tribal group from the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, died in March 1889 he succumbed to the tuberculosis )

On November 20, 1998, Cendant announced the sale of its entire consumer software division to Paris-based Havas S. A. With this sale, Sierra became a part of Havas Interactive, the interactive entertainment division of the company.

Advertisement for the sale of villa lots in York, Ontario | York, part of Toronto, from 1890.

Ickenham expanded with the sale and development of much of the Swakeleys estate in 1922 and became part of what was later termed " Metro-land ".

Housing is still under construction both by Gallions Housing Association ( for rent and part rent / part buy ) and by private developers ( for outright sale ).

The sale of these stakes is part of GIP's strategy to syndicate the equity portion of the original acquisition by issuing bonds to refinance bank debt.

After the sale of his company, as part of the deal, George W. Bush would serve on Harken's board of directors.

Both of the country clubs and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post are exceptions to Cabot's legal status as part of a dry county, which prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages elsewhere in the city.

A church is being built on the outer part of Parade Circle, where there is zoned commercial property for sale.

Remerton is an enclave of Valdosta and is a popular place for Valdosta State University students to live, in part because it does not have a Sunday blue law prohibiting the sale of alcohol.

The sale of Katy Industries to Union Pacific, in 1988, eventually saw the loss of scores of railroad jobs and, in effect, severed a major part of Parsons ' city history which stretched back to its 1871 incorporation.

The first land lot sale financed the new town's public buildings and paid some part of the elected official ’ s salaries.