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114. If any person shall bring any lumber to Bristol for sale,
and shall refuse to have the same inspected by the inspector so
appointed, when called upon for such purpose, he shall forfeit the
sum of fifty dollars, recoverable before a justice of the peace for
said county, one-half to the informer and the other half to the
State.

NEGROES AND SLAVES.

115. No licensed retailer in Anne Arundel county, nor any
person residing in said county, accustomed to make and sell dis-
tilled spirits or other liquors, shall suffer any free negro or negro
servant or slave to be in his store-house or other house wherein
he is accustomed to sell distilled spirits or other liquors between
sunset and sunrise.

116. The provisions of the last preceding section shall not be
construed to extend to the case of a servant or slave having a
written order or license from his master, overseer, or other per-
son in whose employment he may actually be with the consent
of his owner.

117. Any person who shall permit any negro to be in his house
contrary to the provisions of the 115th section of this article,
shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of fifty dol-
lars, one-half to the informer and the other half to the county
in case the negro was free; and one-half to the informer and the
other half to the master or owner in case such negro was a ser-
vant or slave at the time the offence was committed, to be re-
covered on indictment and conviction or confession of the party
accused in the Circuit Court for Anne Arnndel county.

118. If, on conviction for such offence, the person convicted
shall fail or be unable to pay said fine, the court shall, in their
discretion, order such person to be confined in the public jail of
the county, for a term not exceeding three months.

119. In all prosecutions which may be had under the pre-
ceding sections, if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the jury
that a free negro or negro servant or slave was in any store or
other house described in the 115th section of this article, within
the time therein prohibited, such evidence shall be sufficient to
establish the fact that such negro was permitted to be there by
the possessor and occupier of such store-house or other house,
unless he shall be able to show, by credible testimony, that he,