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from by due course of law; if such party against whom judgment
is rendered is unable to pay the same, such fees shall be paid by
the county wherein said judgment was rendered; and all fines and
penalties received by any justice under the provisions of section
177, shall be accounted for and wholly paid, without abatement
or deduction therefrom by such justice, to the county commis-
sioners of the county wherein they are collected, for the use of
said county, and no part of any fine or penalty enforced or col-
lected under said section shall be paid to any informer.
LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS.
1882, ch. 112. 1886, ch. 382. 1886, ch. 383.
180. If any person, house, company, corporation or asso-
ciation, or body corporate, shall sell, directly or indirectly,
at any place, or give away at his, her, their or its place of
business, any spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters,
or intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the limits of Anne
Arundel county, except in the city of Annapolis and in the first
precinct of the fifth election district of said county, he, she or
they shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay on the first con-
viction a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, and cost 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
conviction shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, and cost of prosecution; and
in addition to such fine, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for
not less than thirty nor more than ninety days, in the discretion
of the court; and on failure to pay the fine, as herein described,
he, she or they shall be committed to the county jail of Anne
Arundel county until such fine and the costs are paid. One-half
of said fine shall go to the informer, and the residue to the board
of county school commissioners of said county, for the benefit of
the public schools therein; and in case of any violation of this. '
section by any company, corporation or association, each or any
member of such company, corporation or association shall be
liable, and shall suffer imprisonment as herein prescribed for
persons violating the same.
Chesapeake Club v. State, 63 Md. 446.
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