GARRETT COUNTY. 2769

1906, ch. 423, sec. 122A.

216. Said Mayor and Council shall have power to provide by ordinance
for levying a tax on all saloons or places where intoxicating liquors are
sold within the town of Grantsville, and which tax shall not be less than
two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars per annum, to be
fixed and designated each year by said Mayor and Council within the
limits aforesaid; and any person desiring to sell spirituous or fermented
or intoxicating liquors within the limits of the town of Grantsville shall
make application to the clerk of said corporate authorities designating the
place or house wherein he or she desires to open said saloon or place for
the sale of intoxicating liquors, and upon the payment by the said party
making application for said permit and the payment of the corporation
tax as aforesaid, he or she shall be authorized to sell liquors, malt and
spirituous, in the town of Grrantsville, subject to the general laws of the
State of Maryland in regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and said
clerk shall issue a permit or license to said party making application for
the same, and upon his or her compliance with the provisions of this arti-
cle; but said permit shall not authorize or permit said party or parties to
sell liquors of any kind at any other place within the corporate limits other
than the place designated in said application; and said place so designated
in said application shall be closed, so far as the sale of intoxicating liquors
are concerned, promptly at ten o'clock P. M. every week night, and shall
remain closed from ten o'clock P. M. until six o'clock A. M. of the fol-
lowing day, and any one violating the provision by opening or selling
liquor between the hours named or from any time from ten o'clock Satur-
day night until six o'clock Monday morning, or shall attempt to open up
a place for the sale of intoxicating liquors within the limits of the town
of Grantsville before receiving a permit so to do from the Mayor and
Council aforesaid, and the payment of the tax hereinbefore provided for,
he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every offense, and each sale shall be deemed a new offense; pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the com-
pounding or sale of any such liquors by regular pharmacist or druggist
having a license for such business under the laws of this State upon a
written bona fide prescription of a regular practicing physician, whose
name shall be attached thereto. All such permits for the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors within the town of Grrantsville shall be dated from the first
day of May of each year, and shall expire the thirtieth day of April fol-
lowing, and any application made for a permit for the sale of intoxicating
liquors after the first day of May shall be charged for, for the time elaps-
ing between the date of said application and said thirtieth day of April,
in proportion to the whole amount of the tax for one year.

1906, ch. 423, sec. 122B.

217. The corporate body of the said town of Grantsville, now known
as "The Commissioners of Grantsville," are hereby authorized and em-