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indictments, shall allege such previous conviction therein; and it shall be
the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to furnish such information to
the State's Attorney and grand jury; and it shall not be necessary to set
forth particularly in any such presentment or indictment the record of a
former conviction, but it shall be sufficient to allege briefly that said per-
son, corporation, company or association, had been convicted of a viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this subtitle of this article; and any such
indictment or proceeding may be amended at any stage of the proceedings
before final judgment, and as a matter of right.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 1.
296. 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 quantity
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 per-
sons, 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 association

of persons receiving from any public or private carrier or carriers any
of the above liquors in any quantity and any person or individual receiv-
ing from any public or private carrier or carriers more than the above

mentioned quantity of spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt, or intoxicat-
ing liquors in any one calendar month or for any other purpose than the
personal use of the consignee, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
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 ren-
dered the Sheriff and the Clerk of the Circuit Court for any of the said

Counties as provided for in Section 297 of this Article by any and all
public or private carriers of the delivery of more than one gallon of spir-
ituous, vinous, fermented or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof

containing alcohol for beverage purposes, or more than six dozen pints

of malt liquor or one-eighth of a barrel of malt liquor as hereinbefore pro-
vided 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
This 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