100 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 44]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm
or corporation, directly or indirectly, to sell or otherwise dis-
pose of by way of barter, or give away, in any place of business
within the limits of Deals Island District No. 14, of Somerset
county, any Jamaica ginger, laudanum, Turlington's balsam or
Bateman's drops, provided that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to forbid or prevent the sale of any of the above-men-
tioned drugs or patent medicines by a bond fide druggist or
pharmacist upon a prescription of a regular practicing physi-
cian of Somerset county.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or per-
sons who shall be guilty of violating any of the provisions of
this act directly or indirectly, shall upon conviction by a justice
of the peace of said county or by the judge of the Circuit Court
of Somerset County be fined a sum not exceeding $25.00 for the
first offense and for each subsequent conviction shall be fined a
sum not exceeding $50, or sentenced to imprisonment in the
House of Correction for not less than six months nor more than
twelve months or both in the discretion of the court or justice
of the peace having jurisdiction.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person makes
a sworn complaint or affidavit before any justice of the peace in
and for Somerset county having criminal jurisdiction (particu-
larly describing the house or place to be searched and the things
to be searched for) that he has reason to believe and does believe
that the aforesaid drugs or patent medicines or any one of them
are sold or kept for the purpose of being sold in violation of the
provisions of this act, such justice of the peace shall issue his
warrant to any officer the complainant may designate having
power to serve criminal process, commanding him to search the
premises described in such complaint and warrant, and if any
such shall there be found in quantities and under such condi-
tions to suggest that it be kept for sale, the same shall be taken
into his custody, and shall be safely kept and produced before
the justice of the peace issuing the warrant, and he shall make
a full and complete return in writing to the justice of the peace
issuing the warrant within five days from the date of the issu-
ance of said warrant, and otherwise the proceedings shall be
substantially the same as provided for prosecutions under sec-
tion 138c of Chapter 518 of the Acts of 1908, title "Somerset
County," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," to which
extent and purpose the said section 138c is hereby made to
apply to this act, and the possession of each or all of the afore-
mentioned drugs or patent medicines in quantities and under