54 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. [ART. 57.

but no judge shall give such special order to issue license to sell
spirituous or fermented liquors, unless upon the recommenda-
tion of at least ten respectable free-holders, residents of the ward
or district wherein the place of sale may be, and whenever any
license shall be issued to a feme covert, or minor, the said feme
covert or minor shall be responsible for all contracts made in the
prosecution of their business under such license, and shall be
liable to be sued therefor in any of the courts of this State; and
the said feme covert may be sued, or indicted and prosecuted in
case of a violation by her of the license laws of this State, or in
case she should keep a disorderly house, as if she were & feme
sole; and, if judgment be obtained against her on any contract,
execution shall or may issue in the ordinary way to affect her
separate estate; provided, however, that such responsibility shall
in no manner affect or impair the responsibility of the husband
or parent, under the existing laws.

SPIRITUOUS OR FERMENTED LIQUORS BY RETAILERS.

The Act of 1862, ch. 119, repeals section 70, and enacts the following substitute:

9. If any person or body politic shall propose to open or keep
an ordinary he shall apply to the clerk of the Circuit Court of
the county in which said applicant may reside, or if he reside in
the city of Baltimore, to the Court of Common Pleas, for a
license therefor; under which license spirituous or fermented
liquors, or lager beer, may be bartered or sold in quantities less
than a pint.

ARTICLE LVII.

Limitation of Actions.

The Act of June 21, 1861, ch. 73, repeals the 1st section of this Article, and substi-
tutes the following:

SEC. 1. All actions of account, actions of assumpsit, or on the
case, actions of debt on simple contract, or for rent in arrear,
detinue or replevin, all actions for trespass, for injuries to real
or personal property, all actions for illegal arrest, false imprison-