QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 4237
LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 193. 1884, ch. 89. 1896, ch. 348. 1900, ch. 507.

1902, ch. 13, sec. 193.

280. It shall not be lawful for any person, house, corporation, com-
pany or association to sell, directly -or indirectly, at any place or to give
away at his, its or their place of business, within the limits of election
district number five, or Queenstown district, of Queen Anne's County,
any spiritous, fermented or intoxicating liquors of any origin whatever,

cider or alcoholic bitters.

Cohen v. Jarrett, 42 Md. 571.

1902, ch. 13, sec. 193A.

281. Any person, house, company, association or body corporate, who
shall sell, directly or indirectly at any place, or give away at his, its or
their place of business any spirituous, or fermented liqiiors or alcoholic
bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, or cider within the limits of
said election district number five, or Queenstown district, shall, on con-
viction thereof, forfeit and pay on the first conviction a fine of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution,
and be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty days; and on the second
and every subsequent conviction not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution, and in addition to such
fine, be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than sixty nor more than
ninety days, in the discretion of the Court; and on failure to pay any
such fine and costs as herein described, he or they shall remain in the
jail of said county after the term of imprisonment until such fine and
costs are paid; one-half of the fine imposed for violation of this section
shall go to the informer, and the residue to the Board of School Commis-
sioners of said county for the benefit of public schools therein.

1902, ch. 13, sec. 193B.

282. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the com-
pounding or sale of any such liquors for medicinal purposes by a pharma-
cist or druggist, who shall or may obtain a license under the license laws
of the State of Maryland, and upon a written bona fide prescription of a
regular practicing physician, whose name shall be signed thereto; and all
such prescriptions shall be filed and kept by such pharmacist or druggist
and no prescription shall serve for more than one purchase; but no physi-
cian shall make or sign any such prescription unless the person for whom
it is made is actually sick, and such liquor is absolutely necessary as a
medicine; any physician who shall make or sign any prescription for
such liquors except as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
this section, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for the first offence, and not
less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each subse-
quent offence; and if the buyer shall obtain a prescription by misrepre-
sentation he shall likewise be deemed guilty of a violation of this section
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