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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Special election

of Worcester county shall determine by ballot, at a

special election, to whom and under what circum-

stances license shall be granted for the sale of spirit-

uous or fermented liquors within the limits of said

county.

Liquor license

SEC. 167. And be it enacted, That said special

election shall be held in the several election districts.

of said county, on Tuesday the twenty-first day of

April, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-

four, after three week's notice being given by the

Sheriff, in the several newspapers of the county, of

the time and purpose thereof; at which said election

the ballots to be cast shall have printed or written

on them in words and figures, " for the granting of

license for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors,"

or " against the granting of license for the sale of

spirituous or fermented liquors," and the said ballots

so cast immediately after said election, which shall

open at nine o'clock A. M., and close at six o'clock

P. M. on that day, shall be carefully counted by

three judges appointed by the County Commissioners

for each of said election districts, who shall within

Return

three days thereafter, make a written return under

their hands and seals, of the number of ballots so-

cast, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county,

who shall cause the same to be recorded and state-

ments of the same certified under his hand and seal

of office, to be printed and published once in each of

the newspapers of the county; and the expenses of

said election including the printing of said ballots,

the Sheriff notices, and the publication of the certified

statements of the result by the clerk, shall be levied

by the Commissioners of the county, and paid by the

collector thereof.

SEC. 168. And be it enacted, That, whenever it

Not lawful to

shall appear by the returns of the Judges of said

grant

special election, that a majority of the whole number

of votes taken at said special election, has been cast

against the granting of license for the sale of

spirituous or fermented liquors, that then it shall

not be lawful, from and after the first day of May,

in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, for

any person or persons, firm or company, to sell

directly or indirectly or give away at his, her or their

places of business, any spirituous or fermented