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2066 WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 23.
made; and whenever it shall be unlawful to sell, give away or
dispense intoxicating liquors to any person, it shall be likewise
unlawful in the same manner for any other person to procure, or
aid in procuring it for him, and the person convicted of this
offence shall pay a fine of fifty dollars.
1884, ch. 270.
73. The court may take official notice of the fact that spirit-
uous, mixed or fermented liquors, by their usual common names,
are intoxicating, except cider; but cider unmixed shall not be
considered an intoxicating liquor.
Ibid.
74. Any person to whom the said clerk shall issue a license to
keep an inn or tavern, or a license under section 69, or a license
under section 70, shall pay to the said clerk the "amount now
required by the laws of this State for said license, and the further
eum of twenty-five dollars, the said latter sum to be paid by said
clerk to the school commissioners of said county, for the use of
the public schools in said county.
Ibid.
75. Any person found drunk or disorderly, from the effects
of liquor, on any street, highway or public place, may be arrested
by any officer, with or without a warrant, and taken before a
justice of the peace, whose duty it shall be to hear the case, and
if the party be found guilty, to fine him in a sum not exceeding
ten dollars and costs, and in default of payment of fine and costs,
to commit him to the county jail for ten days. And it shall be
the duty of every sheriff or constable to enforce the provisions of
this section, and a failure so to do shall be a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof, every sheriff or constable so failing shall
forfeit and pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars.
Ibid.
76. Judicial powers are hereby conferred on the clerk of the
circuit court for Wicomico county for the purposes herein men-
tioned.
Ibid.
77. The bond of said clerk shall be liable to the school com-
missioners of said county for moneys paid to him under this sub-
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