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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sale of intoxicating liquors sold by any person

Proviso.

licensed under this act ; provided, however, that if

there shall not be twelve freeholders resident in the

school district in which the house may be situated

where intoxicating liquors are expected to be sold,

or if said house be not situated within the limits of

any school district, in such case it shall be sufficient

that the certificate required by this section shall be

signed by twelve freeholders, resident in the election

district in which such hotel may be situated.

SUB SECTION D. Before any person can obtain a.

License for

license under this act, he shall be required to pay to

each place.

the said clerk for the license to be issued as herein-

after directed, for each place of sale of intoxicating

liquor, the sum of money which is now, or which

may hereafter be, required by the general law of the

State, to be paid into the treasury of the State, and

Pay addition-

shall, in addition thereto, pay the said clerk, for a li-

al.

cense to sell by the drink, the sum of one hundred

dollars, or for a license to sell by measure, sixty dol-

lars for one year, or, for a fractional part of a year,

pro rata, to be paid by said clerk to the Board of

County School Commissioners of Somerset county,

to be by said board applied to and used as a part of

the public general school fund of said county, and

Bond liable.

the bond of the said clerk shall be liable for the pay-

ment of said money on suit instituted by said board,

and all licenses issued under this act shall expire on

the first day of May next thereafter, and whenever the

foregoing provisions have been fully complied with

it shall be the duty of the said clerk to issue to the

License
transferable.

applicant license accordingly, and the said licenses
shall be transferable as traders' licenses now are under

the general law of the State.

SUB-SECTION E. No person who shall obtain a li-

Except writ-

cense under this act shall sell or barter any intoxi-

ten order.

cating, spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors to any

minor, except under the written order of his parent,

guardian or employer, or to any person intoxicated

at the time ; but any hotel keeper licensed under this

May sell

act may sell intoxicating, spirituous or fermented

drinks

liquor to all other persons, in drinks to be drank upon

the premises, but not otherwise; and any storekeeper

licensed under the provisions of this act may sell the