JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 633

to article nineteen, of the Public Local Laws, enti-
tled Somerset county, and that section one hundred
and thirty-eight, of said article, entitled " Somerset
County," sub-title " Retailers," be and the same is
hereby repealed.
SUB-SECTION 1. On and after the first day of Jan-
uary, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, no malt,
vinous, spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be	Shall not sell.
sold, or caused or knowingly permitted to be sold,	Except.
directly or indirectly, or any composition of which
such liquors or any of them shall form the chief in-
gredient, except such as shall be compounded to be,
used as a medicine, within the limits of Brinkley's "	Except.
District, number three, and Lawson's District, num-
ber eight, Fairmount District, number six, Crisfield
District, number seven, Dame's Quarter District,
number two, and Hungary Neck District, number
five, of Somerset county ; and any person violating	Violating.
the provisions thereof shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not
less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, in the
discretion of the court, for the first offence, and if
convicted a second time, shall be fined not less than	Penalty.
fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and be im-
prisoned for not less than ten nor more than thirty
days, in the discretion of the court ; and in every
subsequent offence, the fine and imprisonment of the
last preceding offence, both as to minimum and
maximum shall be doubled ; one-half of which fines
shall go to the informer, and the other half to the
State.
SUB-SECTION 2. On the day of the general election
in November, in the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, the judges of the election districts of
Somerset county hereinbefore mentioned, shall re-
ceive tickets, written or printed, from the legal voters
thereof labeled "For License," or "Against License,"	Submitted to voters.
and shall deposit said tickets in a separate box pro-
vided for that purpose ; and the said tickets, so re-
ceived, shall be counted and returned, and certified
according to law, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Somerset county; and the same notice shall be
given by the sheriff of these elections, as is required
in the case of other elections ; and said election shall
in all respects be subject to and governed by the