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have been paid (if such be the case) a special tax to the government of the
United States, under the internal revenue laws thereof, upon or for his,
her, their, or its business as a brewer or brewers, or retail dealer or dealers
in liquors or wholesale dealer in liquors, or retail dealer or dealers in malt
liquors, or wholesale dealer or dealers in malt liquors (as the case may be)
in Montgomery County, for a period of time within* such violation has
occurred, and to prove that he, she, it or they has or have registered his,
her, their or its business for said period as such dealer or dealers with the
collector of internal revenue for the district of which Montgomery County
shall form a part, and that he, she, it or they made application to said
collector to be so registered; and it shall be lawful for the State in such
case to offer in evidence said internal revenue laws relating to said special
taxes, and the payment of said special tax or taxes upon, and the register-
ing of his, her, their or its said business may be proved by a certificate of
said collector, or any of his deputies, or by the sworn testimony of him, or
any of them, or by the sworn testimony of any person who has examined
the books of said collector, and a copy of the application of any person or
persons, house, company, association or body corporate for registry under
said revenue laws, made and attested by said collector, or any of his
deputies, or sworn to by any person who has examined the books of said
collector, shall be prima facie proof of such application, and the payment
of said tax and the application for such registry shall be prima facie evi-
dence that the party so paying and applying is engaged in the sale of in-
toxicating drinks within the limits of Montgomery County.

1904, ch. 81, sec. 134C. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 391. 1924, ch. 454, sec. 391.
1927, Ch. 117, sec. 391.

578. Whenever any person shall charge on oath or affirmation before
any Justice of the Peace, or any grand jury shall present that any person
or persons, house, company, association or body corporate has or have vio-
lated in Montgomery County, any of the provisions of Sections 573, or
574 and 575 of this subtitle, and shall request said Justice of the Peace so
to do, or in case of presentment by the grand jury, the said grand jury
shall request the Court to direct the Clerk of the Court issuing the war-
rant, the said Justice of the Peace or Clerk of the Court, upon the direc-
tion of the Court as aforesaid shall issue his warrant, in which the house,
building or other place or automobile or other vehicle in which the viola-
tion is alleged to have occurred shall be specifically described, directed to
the Chief of Police of said county, commanding him thoroughly to search
the described house, building or other place, and the appurtenances there-
of, or vehicle, and if any such shall there be found, to take into his posses-
sion and safely keep, to be provided as evidence when required, all intoxi-
cating liquors, if the same shall be found in quantities and under condi-
tions to indicate that it is kept for any barter, or any sale, or gift to a
minor or minors, as aforesaid, and all the means, materials and instru-
mentalities for manufacturing, dispensing, otherwise disposing of, or

*"Which" omitted in 1912 Act, but was in 1904 Act.