896 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 621]

tion, provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to for-
bid or prevent the sale of any of the above mentioned drugs or
patent medicines by a bona fide druggist or pharmacist upon a
prescription of a regular practicing physician of Wicomico
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 direct or indirectly, shall upon conviction by a justice
of the peace of said county or by the judges of the Circuit Court
of Wicomico 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 $50.00, or sentenced to imprison-
ment 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 Wicomico county having criminal jurisdiction (par-
ticularly 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, com-
manding him to search the premises described in such complaint
and warrant, and if any such shall there be found in quantities
and under such conditions 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 writ-
ing to the justice of the peace issuing the warrant within five
days from the date of the issuance of said warrant, and other-
wise the proceedings shall be substantially the same as pro-
vided for prosecutions under section 11 of Chapter 139 of the
Acts of 1908, to which extent and purpose the said section
11 is hereby made to apply to this act, and the possession of
each of all of the aforementioned drugs or patent medicines in
quantities and under such conditions as to suggest that it is
kept for sale shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of
this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.