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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 339.
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AN ACT to enable the qualified voters of the var-
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ious election districts of Washington county to
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determine by ballot whether spirituous or fer-
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mented liquors shall be sold in the various elec-
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tion districts of said county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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Question sub-
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bly of Maryland, That the question of whether or
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mitted.
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not any person or persons, or any corporation, may
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be licensed to sell spirituous or fermented liquors in
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any of the election districts of Washington county,
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shall be submitted to the registered qualified voters
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of the various election districts of said county, at
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the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the.
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first Monday in November next, in the year eighteen
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hundred and eighty, in each election district of said
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Ballots — how
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county; and that ballots for or against such sale
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prepared.
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shall have printed or written on them the words
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" for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors," or
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" against the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors,"
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and that the ballots so cast shall be carefully counted
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by the judges of said election, who shall, within
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three days thereafter, make a written return of the
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vote to the clerk of the Circuit Court of Washing-
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ton county, and said clerk shall record said returns
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among the records of his office ; and if it shall appear
that either one of said election districts shall have
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Majority to
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cast a majority of votes against the sale of spiritu-
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decide.
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ous or fermented liquors, then the clerk of said court
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shall prepare a certificate proclaiming the result of
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such election in said districts, and cause said certifi-
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cate to be published once in each newspaper pub-
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lished in said county.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if it shall appear
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by the returns of said judges of elections and certifi-
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When unlaw-
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cate of the clerk of said court, that a majority of the
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votes in any of the election districts of said county
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has been cast against the sale of spirituous or fer-
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mented liquors, then it shall not be lawful for any
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person or persons, or body corporate, to sell directly
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or indirectly at any place, or to give away at his, her
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