1620 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. [ART. 17.

use of the school commissioners of said county, a sum of money
not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, to be applied by said
school commissioners in the purchase of a lot of ground in the
town of Laurel, and the building and equipment of a public
school building in said town of Laurel.

LIQUOR AND INTOXICATING DRINKS.

1888, ch. 258.

247. It shall not be lawful for any person, house, corporation,
company or association, to sell or barter, directly or indirectly,
either himself, themselves or through an agent or servant, any
spirituous or fermented liquors, ale, lager beer or alcoholic bitters,
at any place within the limits of the tenth election district,
known as Laurel district, in Prince George's county, as defined
by the act of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chapter two
hundred and sixty-two; nor shall the clerk of the circuit court for
Prince George's county issue any license for the sale of the same
in said district.

Ibid.

248. H any person, house, company, association or body cor-
porate, his or their agents or servants, shall sell or barter, directly
or indirectly, any spirituous or fermented liquors, alcoholic bitters
or intoxicating drinks of any kind within the limits of said dis-
trict, he or they shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a
fine of not less than fifty dollars or more than three hundred
dollars, and the costs of prosecution, or be confined in the Mary-
land house of correction for thirty days, or in the county jail
for thirty days, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discre-
tion of the court or justice of the peace.

Ibid.

249. All prosecutions for violations of sections 247 and 248
may be either upon presentment and indictment in the circuit
court, or by trial before a justice of the peace; and all justices of
the peace in said county shall have jurisdiction, original and con-
current, with the circuit court for said county; and said justices
of the peace shall have power to issue all process, and do all acts