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the passage of this Act, shall be prosecuted to conviction and punishment
to the same extent as if this Act had not been passed.

P. L. L. (I860), Art. 3, sec. 134. 1888, Art. 3, sec. 144. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 247.
1916, sec. 367. 1928, sec. 446.

446. It shall not be lawful for any person, house, company, associa-
tion or corporate body to sell, directly or indirectly, or to give away at
his or its place of business, any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating
liquors of any origin whatever, or alcoholic bitters, within an area or dis-
trict of territory in Baltimore County commencing at a stone planted on
the north side of the Patapsco River and near to the bank thereof oppo-
site to and in a northerly direction from the Alberton cotton mills, in
Howard County, and extending two miles in all directions in said Bal-
timore County from the said point of commencement.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 145. 1884, ch, 359. B. Co. (1908), sec. 248.
1916, sec. 368. 1928, sec. 447.

447. If any person, house, company, association or body corporate
shall sell, directly or indirectly, at any place, or give away at his or its
place of business, any spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters,
or intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the limits of the said area or
district in Baltimore County, he or it shall, on conviction 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, or instead of
such fine be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty days, or both in the
discretion of the court; and on the second and every subsequent convic-
tion not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,
and in addition to such fine be imprisoned in the county jail for not less
than thirty days nor more than ninety days in the discretion of the court;
and on failure to pay any such fine as herein prescribed he shall be com-
mitted to the jail of said county until such fine and costs are paid.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 3, sec. 146. 1884, ch. 359. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 249.
1916, sec. 369. 192'8, sec. 448.

448. Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall be con-
strued to prevent the compounding or sale of any such liquors for medic-
inal purposes by a pharmacist or druggist who shall or may obtain a license
under the license laws of this State, and upon a written bona fide pre-
scription of a regular practicing physician, whose name shall be signed
thereto; and all such prescriptions shall be filed and kept by such phar-
macist or druggist, and no prescription shall serve for more than one pur-
chase; but no physician 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 pre-
scription for such liquor, except as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of
a violation of said sections, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for the first
offense, and not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each subsequent offense; and if the buyer shall obtain a pre-