648 Assembly Proceedings, May 16-July 11, 1747.

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giving Entertainment, or shall sell, dispose of, or give away any
strong or spirituous Liquor, or give Entertainment in such Booth or
Convenience, within any Distance less than three Miles from either
of the said Meeting Houses, in Talbot or Anne Arundel County,
during the Days on which such Yearly Meetings shall be kept or
held, he, she, or they shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds
Current Money each; one Half to the Informer, or him or them
that will sue for the same, the other Half to the Use of the County
School where the Offence shall be committed; to be recovered in any
Court of Record within this Province, by Action of Debt, Bill,
Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager
of Law shall be allowed.

If any
Booths be
set up then
the Justices
to order
them to be
taken away

And be it further Enacted, That every Justice of the Peace for the
County where such Offence shall be committed, is hereby author-
ized and required immediately upon Complaint to him made, to issue
his Warrant to cause the said Offender or Offenders to be brought
before him, and upon Proof of the Premises, by the Oath (or Af-
firmation if a Quaker) of one credible Witness, or Confession of
the Party, to command him, her, or them, immediately to remove
and take away such Booth or Convenience, and also any strong or
spirituous Liquor or other Accommodations which he, she, or they
may have in such Booth or Convenience, and to desist from giving,
selling, or disposing of such Liquor or other Accommodations, and
giving such Entertainment as aforesaid, and to give Security for his,
her, or their Appearance at the next Court to be held for such County,
to answer the Premises; which if he, she, or they shall refuse to do
immediately, then and in such Case, the said Justice may, and he is
hereby empowered and required to commit him, her, or them to the
Public Prison of the County, there to remain until he, she, or they
shall give such Security as aforesaid, and shall cause such Booth
or other Convenience to be removed.

Privilege to
Ordinary
Keepers

And be it further Enacted, That if any Person or Persons what-
soever, except such as shall be lawfully admitted and licensed by the
Court to keep an Ordinary for the Ease and Accommodation of
Travellers shall build, set up, or erect any Booth or Convenience,
within or without such a distance, as is before-mentioned, in order
to sell or dispose of any strong or spirituous Liquors, or other
Accommodations, or give any Entertainment to Persons travelling
or going to, or returning from, such Meeting-Houses, or shall pre-
sume to sell or dispose of any such strong and spirituous Liquors, or
other Accommodations, or give such Entertainment in such Booth
or other Convenience he, she, or they, shall for every such Offence,

Penalty or
others

forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds Current Money each; to
be recovered and applied as aforesaid.
And be it further Enacted, That such Ordinary-Keepers, who shall
be duly admitted and licensed by the County Court, and who shall