1646 ARTICLE 6.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 1.

370. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, partnership, club
or association of individuals to have shipped into Caroline, Queen
Anne's,* Talbot, Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester, Kent and Wicomico
Counties any spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors,
or any mixture thereof containing alcohol for beverage purposes, in any
quantity whatever; but it shall be lawful for any person or individual
over the age of twenty-one years to have shipped or bring into any one
of the said counties spirituous, vinous, or fermented liquors in any
quantity not to exceed one gallon in any one calendar month, or any
malt liquor in any quantity not to exceed six dozen pint bottles or one-
eighth barrel in any one calendar month, such liquor to be for persona!
use only of such persons, but such persons shall not be allowed to have
shipped or bring both the malt liquor and the spirituous, vinous or fer-
mented liquor in' the same calendar month. Any corporation, firm, part-
nership, club or association of persons receiving from any public or pri-
vate carrier or carriers any of the above liquors in any quantity and any
person or individual receiving from any public or private carrier or carriers
more than the above mentioned quantity of spirituous, vinous, fermented,
malt, or intoxicating liquors in any one calendar month or for any other
purpose than the personal use of the consignee, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense
and for each and every additional offense not less than fifty dollars ($50)
nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and be imprisoned in the
Maryland House of Correction for a term not exceeding six months.
The statement rendered the Sheriff and the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for any of the said Counties as provided for in Section 371 of this Article
by any and all public or private carriers of the delivery of more than one
gallon of spirituous, vinous, fermented or intoxicating liquors, or any
mixture thereof containing alcohol for beverage purposes, or more than
six dozen pints of malt liquor or one-eighth of a barrel of malt liquor as
hereinbefore provided in any one calendar month, or any copy of the
statement filed with the said Clerk certified under the hand of the said
Clerk with the seal of his office thereto attached, shall be prima facie
evidence of the violation of this Act; provided that any person, firm or
corporation who shall aid or abet in any manner or form any one in
getting or obtaining more than the amount of the liquors hereinbefore
described and permitted to be brought into and delivered in any of the
aforesaid counties shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this
Act.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 2.

371. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, steamboat com-
pany, express company or any common or private carrier or carriers to

*Ch 148 of the Acts of 1916 repealed ch. 831 of the Acts of 1914 in so far as
it applied to Talbot and Queen Anne's Counties.