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there shall be plainly and visibly labeled or stenciled thereupon the fol-
lowing : 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, railroad company, steamboat

company, or any common or private carrier failing or refusing to comply
with any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor 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 subse-
quent offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dol-
lars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by impris-
onment 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 agent, does not know the
identity of the person who may call for the said liquors, the said carrier
or its agent shall use reasonable precaution to be assured of the identity
of such person before delivery.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 3.

372. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to carry,
bring or have brought into Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester,
Somerset, Worcester, Kent and Wicomico Counties any spirituous, vin-
ous, fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof con-
taining 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 provided for in this Act, shall be deemed to have been done
with intent to violate the law of said counties relating to or prohibiting
the sale of such liquors. Any person, firm or corporation who violates the
provisions of this section upon trial and conviction therefor shall be sub-
ject to the fines and penalties hereinbefore provided in Section 371 of this
Article.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 4. 1918, ch. 446.

373. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to the shipment
or delivery to duly licensed pharmacists or druggists to be used in compli-
ance with existing laws and to hospitals in said counties, of spirituous or
vinous liquors and alcohol; nor to the delivery to churches or proper
officers thereof of wine in unbroken packages for sacramental purposes.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 5.

374. All prosecutions for violations of the provisions of the preceding
secttons of this Act, which are hereby declared to be criminal offenses,
may be either upon presentment and indictment, or by trial before a jus-
tice of the peace in the county in which the offense is committed, and
jurisdiction original and concurrent with the circuit courts for the afore-
said counties is hereby given in such cases to the justices of the peace in
find for the aforesaid counties respectively, in which the said offense is

committed and the said justices of the peace shall have power to issue all