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and pay the sum of twenty dollars for each time he shall sell,
or be concerned in the sale of such spirituous liquors as afore-
said, to be recovered by indictment, and applied to the use of
Baltimore county.
See 1812, ch. 122, sec. 4, which re-enacts the interdictions in this section
as to spirituous liquors, except so much as interdicts a tavern within one-
eighth of a mile of the Gaol.
1800, ch. 13, directs the prisoners to be transferred to the new Gaol.
1800, ch. 84, makes further provision for finishing the Gaol.
1801, ch. 80, sec. 1, created a Board of Visitors, and vested their ap-
pointment in the Levy Court. The entire act is merged in 1831, ch. 58.
A further additional SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act for building
a new Gaol in Baltimore County.— 1812, ch. 122.
Every provision of this act relates to the finishing or improvement of
the Gaol, or repealed by, or merged in subsequent acts, save the 4th and
6th sections.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no cider, beer, wine, brandy,
rum, whiskey, or other spirituous liquor whatever, shall be
brought or carried within the prison lot by any sheriff, keeper,
turnkey, porter, or other person having charge thereof, or by
any prisoner, visitor, or other person whatever, except by order
of the attending physician or physicians of said prison, and
except of such small quantities of either as may be absolutely
wanted to be consumed by the keeper, turnkey, porter, or other
person having charge of said prison, and his, her or their family
or families ; and that no person, except the attorney or attor-
neys of a prisoner, shall be permitted to visit a prisoner or pri-
soners within said lot or prison, unless by special license from
the sheriff or principal keeper, or some judge or justice, or other
person legally authorized to give the same ; and if any sheriff
shall introduce within the prison lot, or suffer to be introduced,
any such spirituous liquors, knowing it to be done contrary to
this act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars
for each and every offence, to be recovered by indictment, or
information, one-half to be paid to the informer thereof, and the
other half to be applied to the use of Baltimore county ; and if
any keeper, turnkey, porter, or other person, having charge of
said prison or prison lot, shall introduce any such spirituous
liquors, or suffer them to be introduced, knowing it to be done
contrary to this act, and if any turnkey, porter or other person,
having charge of said prison or prison lot, except the sheriff and
principal keeper, shall admit any person or persons, (with the
exception of the attorney or attorneys of any person confined in
said prison,) to enter the said prison or lot without license as
aforesaid, each and every of them so offending, and it being
fully proved, shall be suspended from his office of keeper, turn-
key or porter, and be thereby incapable of holding any office or
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No spi-
rituous li-
quors to be
carried
within
prison lot.
Penalty for
so doing.
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