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LICENSES. [ART. 12.

costs of prosecution, shall be committed to jail and confined therein
until such fine and costs are paid, or for the period of forty days,
whichever shall first occur.

1872, c 430.
Fines and
penalties
27 Md 520.

92. If any person shall barter or sell any goods, wares, or mer-
chandise, or spirituous and fermented liquors, and lager beer, in
quantities not less than a pint, without taking out license therefor,
as hereinbefore provided, he shall, on conviction, pay a fine of not
less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each
offence; and upon failure to pay said fine and the costs of prosecu-
tion, shall be committed to jail and confined therein until such fine
and costs are paid, or for the period of twenty days, whichever shall
first occur.

1864, c 345.
Fines for viola-
tion of ordinary
license, and
selling liquor to
minors.

93. If any person shall take out an ordinary license, as herein
provided by law, without having the bedding and other accommo-
dations required; if any person shall sell or barter any spirituous
or fermented liquors, or lager beer, to any person who is a minor or
under twenty-one years of age, he shall, on conviction, pay a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution, and upon failure to pay the same, shall be

Imprisonment.

committed to jail and confined therein until such fine and costs are
paid, or for the period of forty days, whichever shall first occur, and
it shall be the duty of the court before whom said person shall be

Suppression of
license

convicted to suppress his license.

Art 56, s 91
1858, c 414, s 11.
Informer

94. In all prosecutions for a violation of any of the provisions
of this article relating to licenses to sell goods, wares, or merchan-
dise, or spirituous or fermented liquors, one-half of the fine shall be
paid to the informer, and the other half to the State; and it shall
be the duty of the grand jury to indorse on the back of the indict-
ment the name of the informer.

Id s 92
1827, c 117, s 3;
1831, c 329, s 11.
Order of court.

03, The clerk shall not, without the special order of the court,
or the judge thereof, grant a license to any person to sell spirituous
or fermented liquors from whom the grand jury has recommended a
license to be withheld, or to a person whose license has been sup-
pressed by the court.

SHOWS.

Id s 93
1841, c 194, s 1;
1845, c 374, s 1
Shows, etc

96. Any person, or company of stage-players, ventriloquists,
sleight-of-hand performers, lope-dancers, tumblers, and wire-dancers,
shall, previously to exhibiting or performing for a reward, in any
county in this State, pay to the clerk of the Circuit Court for such
county, thirty dollars for one year, or one dollar for each exhibition,
at his or their option.

Id s. 94
1845, c 374, s 1.
Circus.

97. Every person, or company of circus-riders or equestrian per-
formers, who shall exhibit for a reward in any county in this State,
shall pay to the said clerk the sum of thirty dollars for a license
therefor for one year.

Id s 95
1841, c 194, s 2.
Menageries and
curiosities.

98- Every person or company who shall exhibit for a reward any
animal or animals, or natural or artificial curiosities of any kind