CECIL COUNTY. 2005

receipt thereof, the name and address of every person to whom such liquors
are shipped, the amount and kind received, the date when delivered, and
by whom and to whom delivered and the name of the firm, corporation or
individual shipping such liquors, and the statement that such liquors are
for personal use only. After such record shall be a blank space on which
the consignee shall be required to sign his name and address in person
to such record before the delivery of such liquors to such consignee, which
book shall be open to the inspection of the public at any time during, the
business hours of the company. If the consignee shall be unable to write
his name, he may sign by mark in the presence of a witness, and such
witness shall sign his name on such record after the word "Witness." Such
book shall constitute prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and
be admissible as evidence in any court or tribunal having jurisdiction or
in any manner empowered with the enforcement of the provisions of this
Act. On the last day of each month such railroad company, steamboat
company, express company, common or private carriers shall file with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court and the sheriff of the county aforesaid in which
any such liquor has been shipped a transcript of the records of said book
for that calendar month, which transcript shall be filed and preserved by
the aforesaid sheriff and clerk as a public document. No package, parcel,
or container of spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors,
or any mixture thereof containing alcohol for beverage purposes, shall be
delivered by any common or private carrier to any person in the
aforesaid county unless there shall be plainly and visibly labeled or sten-
ciled thereupon the following: the name and address of the consignor,
the name and address of the consignee, the kind and quantity of the liquors
contained therein, and that the liquors are only for the personal use of
the consignee. And any employee or agent of any express company, rail-
road company, steamboat company, or any common or private carrier
failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this Act shall
bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less
than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the
first offense and any subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred
dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the Maryland House of Correction
for a term not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court. Provided, that if the said carrier, or its
agents, does not know the identity of the person who may call for the said
liquors, the said carrier or its agents shall use reasonable precaution to
be assured of the identity of such person before delivery.

1914, ch. 858, sec. 3.

280. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to carry,
bring or have brought into Cecil County any spirituous, vinous, fermented,
malt or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof containing alcohol
for beverage purposes, except as hereinbefore provided, and any delivery
by any carrier or its agent or any receipt by any person, other than is