5220 ARTICLE 24.

for in Section 121 of this subtitle by any and all public or private carriers
of the delivery of more than one gallon of spirituous, 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 provided 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 his office thereto

attached, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this Act; pro-
vided that any person, firm or corporation who shall aid or abet in any
manner or form any one in getting or obtaining more than the amount

of the liquors hereinbefore described and permitted to be brought into
and delivered in any of the aforesaid counties shall be deemed to have
violated the provisions of this Act.

1914, ch. 831. 1920 Code, sec. 147.

121. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, steamboat com-
pany, express company or any common or private carrier or carriers to

convey, transport or deliver to any depot, wharf or any point or place in
Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester, Kent
and Wicomico Counties any spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or intoxi-
cating liquors or any mixture thereof containing alcohol for beverage pur-
poses, to any firm, corporation, club or association of individuals; pro-
vided, however, that it shall be lawful for any of the aforesaid public or

private carriers to carry, transport, bring into and deliver to an individual

over the age of twenty-one years spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors
in any quantity not exceeding one gallon in any one calendar month or

malt liquor not exceeding in quantity six dozen pint bottles or one-eighth

of a barrel in any one calendar month, and it shall be unlawful for the
aforesaid common carrier or carriers to deliver such liquors to any person

other than the consignee thereof or to any person under the age of twenty-

one years, whether consigned to such minor or not. All such railroad com-
panies, steamboat companies, express companies or common or private

carriers doing business within the limits of any of the aforesaid counties
are hereby required to keep 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 ad-

dress in person to such record before the delivery of such liquors to such

consignee, which book shall be open to the inspection 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 wit-

ness, 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 hav-