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WILLIAM PACA, Esq; Governor.
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That every person carrying goods, wares or merchandises,
for sale, from place to place, shall be deemed a hawker or pedler,
and
after the first day of April next shall, before they trade, barter
or sell, any goods,
wares or merchandise, on the western shore, take out a licence from
some county
court of the said shore, which shall be renewed every year; and the
said county
courts are hereby authorised and required, on application of any person
of reputation,
to grant licence to such person to travel and trade as a hawker or
pedler
on the western shore, for one year from the date of the said licence,
which licence
shall be made out by the clerk of the court under his hand and the
seal of
the county; and for every licence, and the renewal thereof, there shall
be paid
six pounds current money to the sheriff of the county, and five shillings
to the
clerk of the court, for making out or renewing such licence; and the
several
clerks are directed annually, on or before the first day of October,
to return to
the treasurer of the western shore a list of licences granted to hawkers
or pedlers;
and the several sheriffs shall annually, on or before the first day
of October,
pay all money by them received for the said licences to the treasurer
of the said
shore, and the same shall remain in his hands, subject to the orders
of the visitors
and governors of the said college, to be drawn according to this act;
and
if any hawker or pedler, after the first day of April next, shall be
found travelling
with, and exposing or offering for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise,
on the western shore, without a licence obtained as aforesaid for that
purpose,
such hawker or pedler shall, for every offence, forfeit and pay the
sum of ten
pounds current money; and it is hereby declared to be the duty of every
sheriff,
deputy sheriff and constable, on the western shore, to examine and
require any
person carrying goods from place to place for sale, to produce a licence,
and in
case of refusal, or neglect on request, to produce the same, to carry
such person
before some justice of the peace, who shall take a recognizance from
such person,
with security, to appear at the next county court; provided, that persons
travelling
with linen, hemp, flax or thread, the growth and manufacture of this
state,
and selling or bartering the same, shall not be deemed hawkers or pedlers
within
this act. |
1784.
CHAP.
XXXVII.
Hawkers, &c. |
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That no person shall retail any wine, run, brandy,
whisky, or other distilled spirituous liquor, strong beer or cider,
on the western
shore, except in the city of Annapolis or the precincts thereof, without
a licence
for that purpose obtained agreeably to the directions of this act; and
if any
persons shall retail any of the articles aforesaid without a licence, such
person
shall forfeit and pay six pounds current money for every such offence;
and every
person selling any of the articles aforesaid under the quantity of ten
gallons, shall
be deemed a retailer, and no person shall retail less than a pint of any
of the said
articles; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed, construed
or
taken, to prohibit the maker, distiller or brewer, of any spirituous liquor,
beer or
cider, from retailing the same, such person not selling less than a quart
at any
one time. |
Penalty on
persons retailing
spirituous
liquors, &c. |
XXV. And be
it enacted, That the justices of each county on the western
shore in court sitting, be authorised and required, at their next August
court,
and at their August court annually for ever hereafter, to grant licences
to any person
of good reputation that they shall approve, to be a retailer of any of
the liquors
above mentioned within their county, for one year from the time fo the
granting
such licence; and every person licensed to retail shall, at the time of
obtaining
such licence, pay for the same to the sheriff of the county the sum of
three
pounds current money, and to the clerk of the county the sum of five shillings
like money, for making out such license, which shall be made under his
hand,
with the seal of the county; and the clerk shall, annually, on or before
the first
day of October, transmit a list of all licences granted in his county to
the treasurer
of the western shore, and the sheriff shall pay all money by him received
to the
said treasurer, annually, on or before the first day of October, and the
said monies
shall remain in his hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors
of the
said college, to be drawn agreeably to the directions of this act. |
Justices to
grant licences,
&c. |
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