| 1784.
CHAP.
XXXVII.
May suppress
disorderly retailers,
&c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XXVI. And be
it enacted, That if any retailer shall keep a disorderly house,
upon complaint made thereof to any county court on the western shore,
they may
suppress such retailer; and, during the recess of the court, upon complaint
made
to any two of the justices of any county court on the said shore, or
upon their
own observation of such disorderly house, it shall be lawful for them
to suspend
such retailer till the next county court, who may hear and finally
determine on
the conduct of such retailer, and either entirely suppress or permit
the continuation
of such retailer; and if any retailer, suspended as aforesaid, shall
presume, during
such suspension, to retail, he shall forfeit forty shillings current
money for every
such offence. |
Sealed measures
only to
be used, &c. |
XXVII. And be
it enacted, That every licensed retailer shall sell only by sealed
measures, (except bottled cider, perry and strong beer, of the produce
of this
state,) and every retailer, who shall neglect to keep a sealed gallon,
quart, and
pint measure, or who shall refuse or neglect to sell by the same shall
forfeit
any pay twenty shillings current money for every refusal or neglect,
to the party
grieved; and it shall be lawful for any justice or constable, on complaint,
to enter
into the house of any retailer, and there call for and inspect the
measures used
by such retailer. |
Merchants,
&c. not to sell
less than ten
gallons, &C. |
XXVIII. And
be it enacted, That any thing in this act shall not prohibit any
merchant, or person keeping store for the sale of merchandise, to sell
any wine,
rum, brandy, whisky, or other distilled spirituous liquors, not less
than ten gallons,
so that such liquor, nor any part thereof, be not drank in the house
or store,
or prohibit any person, his agent, clerk, or other manager, to sell
or supply any
such liquor, not less than one pint at the same time, to tradesmen,
labourers, or
others, hired or employed by such person, or his agent, clerk, or other
manager. |
Retailers not
to sell on Sundays,
&c. |
XXIX. And be
it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any retailer to sell
or barter any such spirituous liquor, between the hours of eleven o'clock
of every
Saturday night, and five o'clock of the Monday morning thereafter,
under the
penalty of forty shillings current money for every such offence. |
Licences may
be granted at
any court, &c. |
XXX. And be
it enacted, That any person, not having before had a licence
to retail may, at any other court other than August court, have licence
granted,
if the county court shall approve, to continue no longer than the August
court
following, when it shall determine, and may be renewed; for taking
which licence
the retailer shall pay in proportion to the time between his obtaining
such
licence and the court aforesaid. |
Retailers to
enter into recognizance,
&c. |
XXXI. And be
it enacted, That every person applying for licence to retail
shall, at the time of granting the same, enter into recognizance to
the state, in
the sum of one hundred pounds current money, with two sufficient securities,
conditioned, that if the person obtaining such licence shall well and
truly observe,
perform and keep, the several matters and things required by this act,
and in
every respect conform thereto, then the said recognizance to be void,
otherwise
of force. |
Persons not to
sell liquor at
horse races
without licence,
&c. |
XXXII. And be
it enacted, That no person shall sell or barter any wine,
rum, brandy, whisky, or other distilled spirituous liquors, strong
beer or cider,
on the western shore, at any horse-race, without a licence for that
purpose obtained,
under the penalty of twenty pounds for every offence; and any person
desirous to obtain licence for the selling such liquors at any horse-race,
may apply
to any justice of the peace, and if he approves of such person, he
may direct
the clerk of the county to grant licence to such person to sell any
such
liquors at the horse-race specified in such licence, and on obtaining
such licence
there shall be paid to the clerk the sum of twenty shillings current
money, to be
by him paid to the sheriff of the county, and two shillings and six-pence
to the
clerk for his trouble, and the clerk shall, annually, on or before the
first day of
October, transmit a list of all such licences granted in his county to
the treasurer
of the western shore, and the sheriff shall pay all money by him received
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