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through whom the conviction is secured; and such court or justice shall,
immediately after the conviction in any case, pass an order determining
whether any person by his exertions shall be awarded any part of the
said fine, and how much shall be paid to each one, the aggregate not to
exceed one-half, and such order shall he final.

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 quan-
tity 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 personal 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 fermented liquor in the
same calendar month. Any corporation, firm, partnership, club or asso-
ciation of persons receiving from any public or private carrier or car-
riers any of the above liquors in any quantity and any person or indi-
vidual 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 mis-
demeanor, 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 pub-
lic or private carriers of the delivery of more than one gallon of spirituous,
vinous, fermented or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof, contain-
ing 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

*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.