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preceding sections, it shall be lawful for the State to prove that
such person, house, company, association or body corporate on
trial, has or have paid (if suck be the case) a special tax to the
government of the United States, under the internal revenue laws
thereof, upon, or for his or its business as brewers or retail
dealers in liquors, or wholesale dealers in liquors, or retail
dealers in malt liquors, or wholesale dealers in malt liquors, as
the case may be, in Cecil county, for a period of time within
which such violation has occurred, and to prove that he or it has
or have registered his or its business for said period, as such
dealers, with the collector of internal revenue for the district of
which Cecil county shall form a part, and that he or it made
application to said collector to be so registered; and it shall be
lawful for the State in such case to offer in evidence said internal
revenue laws relating to said special taxes; and the payment of
said special tax upon and the registering of his or its said
business, may be proved by a certificate of said collector, or any
of his deputies, or by the sworn testimony of him or any of them,
and a copy of the application of any person, house, company,
association or body corporate, for registry under said revenue
laws, made and attested by said collector, or any of his deputies,
shall be prima facie proof of such application.

1886, ch. 201.

185. If any druggist or pharmacist shall violate any of the
preceding sections, he shall be liable to the same penalties which
are set forth in section 182.

Ibid.

186. One-half of all such fines shall be paid to the informer,
and the balance shall be paid to the board of school commissioners
of the county for the use of the public schools therein.

Ibid.

187. All prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions
of this sub-title of this article shall be upon presentment and in-
dictment ; but any justice of the peace of the county shall have
the same authority to receive information of violations thereof,
and to take recognizances and bail, or to commit, as is now ex-
ercised by justices of the peace of the county, under the public
general laws of this State.