WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 93
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CHAPTER 63.
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AN ACT to punish the sale or other disposition of
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intoxicating liquors on or near the graded road
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leading from the Western Maryland railroad to
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High Bock, in Washington county.
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WHEREAS it is represented to the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland that places of public resort, known
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as Penmar Park and High Eock, have been estab-
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lished in Washington county, near Penmar station,
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Preamble.
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on the Western Maryland railroad, and that great
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numbers of persons from this and other States resort
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thither for pleasure and recreation, including many
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women and children; now, therefore,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for the
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keeper of any hotel, tavern, store, drinking estab-
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Unlawful to
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lishment or any other place where liquors are sold
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sell.
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directly or indirectly, to sell, barter or give, or dis-
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pose of any spirituous or fermented liquors, ale or
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beer, or intoxicating drinks of any kind upon the
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graded road leading from the Western Maryland
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railroad to High Rock, or at any place in this State
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within one-quarter of a mile from any part of said
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graded road between said railroad and High Rock,
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or within one-quarter of a mile of any buildings at
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High Rock or at Penmar station, or to place or dis-
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tribute any signs, cards or other devices inviting to
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the purchase of such liquors, ale, beer or intoxicat-
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ing drinks, or to solicit the purchase of the same
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within the limits of the one-quarter of a mile afore-
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said.
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SEC. 2. Any persons violating the provisions of
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the preceding section shall be liable to indictment
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by the Grand Jury of Washington county, and shall,
upon conviction before the Circuit Court for Wash-
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Fines for vio-
lation
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ington county, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
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more than one hundred dollars for each and every
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offence ; one-half of the fine shall be paid to the in-
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former, and the other to the County Commissioners
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of Washington county, for the use of the public
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roads.
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