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dispose of same in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not less than fifty (50) dollars nor more than two
hundred (200) dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail or House of
Correction for not less than three months nor more than six months, or be
both so fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. If any person
shall be convicted of violating any provision of this Act, and shall subse-
quently violate any provision of this Act, he shall, upon conviction thereof,
be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dol-
lars, and imprisoned in the county jail or House of Correction for not less
than six months nor more than one year. A certified transcript from the
docket of any justice of the peace, or a certified copy of the record, under
seal, of the clerk of any court shall be sufficient evidence of a previous

conviction or convictions under any section of this Act.

1908, oh. 139, sec. 4 (p. 1085).

121. The giving away, delivery or handling of any intoxicating liquor
by any storekeeper, or at any place of business, or the taking or soliciting
of orders, or the making of agreements by any person at or within the said
county of Wicomico for the sale or delivery or future giving away of any
intoxicating liquor, or any other shift or device to evade any provision of
this Act, shall be held to be an unlawful selling.

1908, ch. 139, sec. 5 (p. 1085).

122. All places where intoxicating liquor is sold in violation of any
provision of this Act shall be taken and held and are declared to be com-
mon nuisances, and may be abated as such; and it shall be part of the
judgment, upon the conviction of the keeper, that the place where liquor
is found to have been sold contrary to this Act to be shut up and abated
until the keeper shall give bond, with sufficient security, to be approved
by the court, in the penal sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars, payable
to the State of Maryland, conditional that he will not sell intoxicating
liquor contrary to law, and will pay all fines, costs and damages assessed
against him for any violation thereof; and in case of a violation of the
condition of such bond, suit may be brought and recovery had thereon
for the use of the said county of Wicomico for any fine or fines that may
be assessed against him under this Act.

1908, ch. 139, sec. 6 (p. 1086).

123. The County Commissioners of said county of Wicomico are
hereby authorized to use any part of the fines collected for the violation
of this Act for hiring detectives or secret service officers to secure the
enforcement of the same. And when there are no funds available from
fines collected for the violation of this Act such County Commissioners
are hereby authorized to appropriate not more than two hundred dollars
annually from the general revenue fund for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of this Act.