EDWIN WARFIELD. ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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by said Cook to the collectors of State and county taxes or

Washington County as tax on income of mortgage for the years

189;. 1898, 1899 and 1900, the same being one-fourth of the

amount so erroneously paid, the other three-fourths thereof hav-

ing been refunded to the said George W. Cook by the Board of

County Commissioners of Washington County.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 403.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 116D

of Chapter (529 of the Acts of the General Assembly of

Maryland of the Regular Session of 1002, the said section

being a new section added by said Act to the Code of Pub-

lic Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Charles County," sub-

title "La Plata."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

La Plata.

land. That Section 116D of "Chapter 629 of the Acts of the

Charles

County.

General Assembly of Maryland of the Regular Session of 1902,

Md,

being a new section added by said Act to the Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, title "Charles County," sub-title "La

Plata," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so

as to read as follows :

116D. No person shall sell or barter any spirituous or fer-

Pertaiining to

mented liquors or lager beer in the said town, at any place-

sale of liqu-
ors.

within a distance of three hundred yards of any church, now

or hereafter to be constructed in said town ; nor shall any per-

son sell any such liquors within two hundred yards of the

County Court House, unless at the time of applying for license

therefor he shall file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the

county an application, in writing, verified by affidavit, stating

the exact place at which said liquor is to be sold, the manner

of selling the same, as to whether it is to be done in connection

with a hotel or otherwise, and bearing the endorsement of the

Commissioners of said town and the County Commissioners of

Charles County ; the aforesaid provisions of this section not to

apply, however, to any place where any such liquor is now sold

under such license as is provided by law in said town. Any

person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall, on

conviction, pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two

hundred dollars for each offense, and upon failure to pay the

same, together with the costs of prosecution, shall be committed

Prosecution

to jail and confined therein until such fine and costs are paid,

of violators.

or for the period of forty days, whichever shall first occur.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts in-

consistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed,

and that this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.