EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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any minor at any time except upon the Written order of the
parent or guardian of such minor. Any person or persons,
corporation, company or association that shall sell any
intoxicating liquor without a license, as above prescribed, or
violating any of the provisions of the aforegoing sections,
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
more than two hundred dollars ($200) and costs, and upon
conviction before the Circuit Court or before a justice of the
peace, who shall have jurisdiction as in other cases of mis-
demeanors not punishable by confinement in the penitentiary,
shall be committed to jail until such fine and costs are paid,
or for a period of forty days, whichever may first occur; and

CHAP. 707

the Circuit Court for Charles county may at any time, upon
the recommendation of the grand jury of said county, suppress
the license of any dealer in intoxicating liquors, as herein-
before defined, either as to the person or place, or both, for
the period of one year.

Section 116 C. In any case in which the proceedings for
violation of this law shall be instituted before a justice of the

License
suppressed.

peace, the party defendant or the State's attorney, or the
party making the complaint, shall have the right of appeal
to the Circuit Court within ten days after the trial and
decision thereof; and in all proceedings for violations of the
provisions of this Act no technical nor merely formal allega-
tions shall be required, but it shall be sufficient to set forth the
essential facts constituting the offense; and all proceedings
before a justice of the peace shall either before said justice,
or upon appeal at any stage before final judgment be amend-
able, in order that the case may be presented upon its

Right of
appeal.

merits; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed
so as to repeal any local law relating to the sale of liquor in
La Plata.

Proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and they are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect subject to the dates and limitations of time here-
inbefore set forth, from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1906.

Repeal.