4606 ARTICLE 21.

aforesaid counties are hereby required to keep1 a book in which shall be
entered, immediately upon the receipt thereof, the name and address of
every person to whom such liquors are shipped, the amount and kind
received, the date when delivered, and by whom and to whom delivered
and the name of the firm, corporation or individual shipping such liquors,
and the statement that such liquors are for personal use only. After such
record shall be a blank space on which the consignee shall be required to
sign his name and address in person to such record before the delivery
of such liquors to such consignee, which book shall be open to the inspec-
tion of the public at any time during the business hours of the company.
If the consignee shall be unable to write his name, he may sign by mark
in the? presence of a witness, and such witness shall sign his name on
such record after the word "Witness." Such book shall constitute prima
facie evidence of the facts therein stated and be admissible as evidence in
any court or tribunal having jurisdiction or in any manner empowered
with the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. On the last day of
each month such railroad company, steamboat company, express com-
pany, common or private carriers shall file with the Clerks of the Cir-
cuit Court and the sheriffs of the respective counties aforesaid in which
any such liquor has been shipped a transcript of the records of said book
for that calendar month, which transcript shall be filed and preserved by
the aforesaid sheriffs and clerks as a public document. No package, parcel,
or container of spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors,
or any mixture thereof containing alcohol for beverage purposes, shall
be delivered by any common or private carrier to any person in any of
the aforesaid counties unless there shall be plainly and visibly labeled
or stenciled thereupon the following: the name and address of the con-
signor, the name and address of the consignee, the kind and quantity of
the liquors contained therein, and that the liquors are only for the per-
sonal use of the consignee. And any employee or agent of any express
company, railroad company, steamboat company, or any common or pri-
vate carrier failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a
fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one hundred dol-
lars ($100) for the first offense and any subsequent offense shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more
than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment 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 reason-
able precaution to be assured of the identity of such person before delivery.

1914, ch. 831, sec. 3.

313. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to carry,
bring or have brought into Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester,
Somerest, Worcester, Kent and Wicomico Counties any spirituous, vinous,
fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof, contain-