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sale, and after deducting one-half of the amount due on same, including
fine, which he shall retain, shall account for the balance to the said Com-
missioners ; the said bailiff is hereby given the power, and it shall be in
his discretion to take the same proceeding with reference to any animal or
animals of any kind hereinbefore named of which the owner may be
known, and it shall be his duty to so impound the said animal or animals
if the owner be known, or to institute proceedings before a justice of the
peace as hereinbefore provided for violation of the provisions of this sec-
tion as hereinafter set forth herein. It shall be the duty of the bailiff, as
far as practicable, to enforce this and other provisions of this Act as well
as the ordinance enacted by the said Town Commissioners, as provided in
this Act, and any wilful neglect upon his part to enforce either of them
upon coming to his notice shall be malfeasance in office.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 116D.

193. No person shall sell or barter any spirituous or fermented liquors

or lager beer in the said town at any place within a distance of three hun-
dred yards of any church now or hereafter to be constructed in said town;
nor shall any person sell any liquors within two hundred yards of the
county court house, unless at the time of applying for license therefor he
shall file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county an application in
writing, verified by affidavit, stating the exact place at which said liquor
is to be sold, the manner of selling the same, as to whether it is to be done
in connection with a hotel or otherwise, and bearing the indorsement of
the Commissioners of said town and the County Commissioners of Charles

County, the aforesaid provisions of this section not to apply, however, to
any place where such liquor is now sold under such license as is provided
by law in said town. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this
section shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars for each offense, and upon failure to pay the same,
together with the costs of prosecution, shall be committed to jail and con-
fined therein until such fine and costs are paid, or for the period of forty
days, whichever shall first occur.

1912, ch. 770, sec. 116E.

194. Any person who shall sell spirituous or fermented liquors or
lager beer or who shall keep or conduct the business of a hotel, inn or
boarding house, whether the same shall be a building exclusively for that
purpose or in a dwelling house, shall pay a license of twenty-five dollars
per year, or a proportionate amount for periods less than a year; all such
licenses shall be paid to the clerk or bailiff appointed in accordance with
the provisions of this Act for municipal purposes, and shall run in all
cases from the time of the beginning of said business to the first of May
ensuing. The license herein imposed shall be in addition to any other
license that may be imposed by the Public General Laws of this State or
the Public Local Laws relating to Charles County; but it is not the intent
hereof that any person keeping a hotel and selling any of the aforesaid