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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dollars for each and every violation thereof, one-half
of which said fine to be paid to the informer and the
other half to the school commissioners of said county
for school purposes; and any justice of the peace of
said county shall issue his warrant for the arrest of
offenders under this act, upon information, under

Right of ap-
peal.

oath, of a violation of its provisions; the right of
appeal to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county
being hereby given to any party or parties convicted
and fined hereunder, upon giving approved bond in
double the amount of the tine imposed, within ten
days from the rendition of the judgment by the jus-
tice of the peace.

Proportionate
charges.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That for the time inter-
vening between the time of the passage of this act
and the first day of May next ensuing, the charge
for a license under this act. shall be proportioned.

In force.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage, and all laws or
parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.

Approved March 16, 1876.

CHAPTER 79.

AN ACT to enable the qualified voters of Wicomico
county to determine by ballot whether spirituous
or fermented liquors shall be sold in said county.

Determine by
ballot.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the registered and qualified voters of
Wicomico county shall determine by ballot, at a
special election to be held on the twenty-fourth day
of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, whether
or not any person or persons, or any house may be
licensed to sell spirituous or fermented liquors within
the limits of said county..