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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

confined therein until such fine and costs are paid, or for the period

of forty days whichever shall first occur.

SEC. 86. A. If any person having a license to sell spirituous or

fermented liquors or lager beer, shall give to any person who is a

minor or under twenty-one years of age any such spirituous or

fermented liquors or lager beer, 01 having such license shall allow

upon the premises occupied by him any such person who is a

minor or under twenty-one years of age to drink any such spiritu-

Gifts to
minors

ous or fermented liquors or lager beer sold or bartered by him, he

shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than

two hundred dollars together with the costs of prosecution, and

upon failure to pay the same shall be committed to jail and con-

fined therein until such fine and costs are paid, or for the period

of forty days whichever shall first occur; and it shall be the duty

of the court before whom said person shall be convicted to sup-

press the license.

SEC. 86. B. If any person shall take out an ordinary license as

herein provided by law without having the bedding and other ac-

commodations required, he_s shall on conviction pay a fine of not

Must have

less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars together with

beds, &c.

the costs of prosecution, and upon failure to pay the same shall be

committed to jail and confined therein until such fine and costs

are paid, or for the period of forty days whichever shall first

occur; and it shall be the duty of the court before whom said per-

son shall be convicted to suppress the license.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this act shall

not apply to cases pending at the time of its passage, nor to any

Cases
pending.

violations of the law hereby repealed which have heretofore oc-

curred, but that in all such cases the right to prosecute the same

is hereby reserved to the State as if the law hereby repealed were

still in force.

Effective

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.