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Session Laws, 1878
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JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 729

liquors and medicated bitters producing intoxication,

 

as heretofore specified in this act, shall be sold or dis-

 

posed of, as hereinbefore specified, in such election

 

district; and the clerk of said court shall give special

 

notice thereof to the sheriff of said county, whose

 

duty it shall be, under penalty for neglect or refusal
as is now or hereafter may be provided by law for

When to give
notice.

such neglect or refusal in regard to proclamation of

 

other elections held in this State, to give notice of

 

the same at the time he shall give notice of the elec-

 

tion to be held for a member of Congress of the

 

United States from the said first congressional district
of Maryland next following the filing of said petition
and passing of the order thereon hereinbefore spe-

 

cified.

 

SEC 9. And be it enacted, That such election shall

 

be held as provided in sections one and two of this

 

act, and the results thereof so proclaimed, and if a

Results to be

majority of votes are cast " For license" in any

proclaimed.

such election district, then the provisions of section

 

three of this act shall apply to such election district

 

wherein such election has been had and such ma-

 

jority cast ; and if a majority of votes are cast

 

"Against license," then the provisions of sections

 

four and five of this act shall apply to such election

 

district wherein such election has been held and such

 

majority cast.

 

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That every expense

Expenses —

attending any such election shall be borne and paid

how borne.

by said county ; and if the said judges of election,

 

or any of them, or the clerk of said court, shall

 

neglect or refuse to perform the duties required of

 

them by any section of this act, they shall be deemed

 

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and

 

conviction therefor shall be fined not less than fifty

 

nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for

 

such offence, and stand committed until such fine

 

and costs are paid.

 

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the provisions

 

of section three of this act, as to license for sale of

 

liquor or other fermented spirits, shall apply not

Where to
apply

only to every election district of said county wherein

 

such sale is now prohibited by law, but may here-

 

after be licensed by a vote of the people of such

 

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