Acts. 93

And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's President,

Liber B. L. C.

and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority
of the same, That from and after the End of this present Session of
Assembly, if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall sell, dispose
of, or expose to Sale any strong or spirituous Liquors of any Kind
whatsoever, at or near any public Road, in the Counties of Talbot
and Anne Arundel, at any Distance within three Miles in the said
Counties from the Meeting-Houses aforesaid, during the Days on
which the yearly Meetings of the People called Quakers shall be
kept or held, or shall sell, dispose of, or expose to Sale any such
strong or spirituous Liquors, at any Place whatsoever within three
Miles distant from the said Meeting-Houses, such Person or Per-
sons, for every such Offence, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five
Pounds Current Money, one Half to the Informer, or him or them
who will sue for the same; the other Half to the Use of the County
School where such 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 Essoign, Protection, or Wager
of Law shall be allowed; any Thing in the above recited Act to the

[No strong
Liquors to be
sold within
3 Miles of
the said
Meeting-
Houses.]

contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Provided always, That noth-
ing herein contained shall extend to prevent, hinder, or preclude any
licensed Ordinary-Keeper, Merchant, or other Person, dwelling or
residing in the said Counties, from selling any strong or spirituous
Liquors at his or her Dwelling-House, or Place of Residence, during
the Days on which such yearly Meetings shall be kept or held as
aforesaid; so that such Liquors to be sold as aforesaid (except what
is sold by Persons duly admitted and licensed to keep Ordinary) be
not drank at the Place where the same is sold or exposed to Sale.

[Proviso.]

And be it further Enacted, That so much of the above-recited
Act, prohibiting the setting up and erecting any Booth or Con-
veniency, or selling or disposing of any strong or spirituous Liquors,
or other Accommodations, or giving any Entertainment to any Per-
sons, at a Distance more than three Miles, be and is hereby repealed.

[Part of
an Act
repealed.]

This Act to continue during the Continuance of the above-
recited Act, and no longer.

[Continuance
of the Act.]

22 June 1752
Read and Assented to
by the/Lower House of
Assembly/
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Hon^ble the/Lord Prop^ry
of this Province I will/
this be a Law/
Benj." Tasker

the great seal in
Wax Appendant

22^d June 1752
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J. Ross Cl Up Ho.