1806 SOMERSET COUNTY. [ART. 20.

grocery, shop, boarding or victualling house, or place of public
amusements, or any place connected therewith; nor shall it be
lawful to deposit any such liquor except in a dwelling-house, or
in a church for sacramental purposes, or in some mechanical,
chemical or medicinal establishment requiring its use, or whilst
in storage for transportation.

1870, ch. 414.

145. The boundaries of said district, for the purposes of the
preceding section, shall extend to the middle of the channel of
Tangier sound and Manokin river, respectively, whenever they
or either of them shall bind on said district.

Ibid.

146. If any person shall sell or give intoxicating liquors con-
trary to the provisions of section 144, he shall be fined not less
than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the first offence; and in
default of payment, shall be imprisoned not less than five nor
more than twenty days, or both, in the discretion of the judge or
justice before whom the same may be tried; and for the second
offence, he shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars, and shall be imprisoned not less than five nor
more than thirty days; and for the third offence, he shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars, and be imprisoned not less than
twenty nor more than fifty days; one-half of the fine imposed by
this section shall go to the informer and the other half to the treas-
ury of the State; and the officer making the arrest of the party
convicted shall be deemed the informer.

Ibid.

147. Upon complaint or information of any credible person,
on oath, that he knows or has reason to believe and does believe
that any person is violating the provisions of section 144, and
that some person named has knowledge of such offence, any jus-
tice of the peace of the district, or of Dame's Quarter district,
may summon such person before him, together with the party
accused, and require him to give testimony in the premises, and
upon his refusal he shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, as pro-
vided in the preceding section.