JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 293

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the questions of whether or not any person or persons, or any house may be licensed in any election district of Caroline county of this State, by whom or in which spirituous or fermented liquors may be sold shall be submitted to the voters of said county on the third Tuesday in May next, which election shall be held in accordance with the law governing general elections of this State, and that ballots for or against such sale shall have printed on them or written on them the words, "For the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, " or " Against the sale of spirituous or fermented liq- uors, " and that the ballots so cast shall be carefully counted by the judges of said general election, and	Be submitted.
that said judges shall make a return of such vote to the Judges of the Circuit Court of the county, and if it should appear that either one or more election districts of said county shall have cast a majority against the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, then the Judges of the Circuit Court shall make a proclamation of the result of such election, defining therein the district or districts, or the whole county as the case may be.	Make return.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall be found by said returns of judges of election and proclama- tion of the Judges of the Circuit Court that a major- ity of the votes in any district of said county or all of them has been cast against the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, that then it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, or body corporate to sell spirituous or fermented liquors in any district of said county voting by a majority against the selling of the same.	Not lawful.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons, or body corporate shall be guilty of a viola- tion of this act in selling spirituous or fermented liquors in any or either of the election districts of said county where the majority has been cast against such sale, they shall on conviction thereof be fined in the sum of not more than three hundred dollars, nor less than fifty for every such offence, in the dis- cretion of the Circuit Court.	Penalty.