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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or

persons who shall after the first day of May, in the

year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,

sell any spirituous or fermented liquors of any

kind or lager beer as a beverage, to any person or

persons whatsoever at any place within the above

described limits, shall be liable to indictment in

Pine for vio-
lation.

the Circuit Court for Prince George's county, and

on conviction thereof, shall be fined for each and

every offence not less than twenty dollars, nor

more than one hundred dollars, in the discretion

of the court, one-half to the informer, and one-half

to the State, the fines herein incurred to be col-

lected as similar fines are now collected by law.

In force.

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 486.

AN ACT to pay John H. Handy for his services

as counsel in the case of the State of Maryland

against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com-

pany for the recovery of taxes due on its gross

receipts.

Whereas John H. Handy, of the city of Balti-

more, was employed to prosecute the suits of the
State of Maryland against the Baltimore and Ohio

Railroad Company for the State taxes on the gross

receipts of said company ; and whereas the said

Preamble.

causes have been heard in the Court of Appeals
and the judgment of that court obtained, whereby

a large sum of money will be received by the

State against said company for said taxes; and

whereas it is now proposed to settle all said suits

by agreement, and if the same be accomplished