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thirty-three (133), and one hundred and thirty-four
(134) aforesaid, within the limits of Montgomery
county, he, she, it or they shall on each and every
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred
dollars and costs of prosecution, and be confined in
the Maryland House of Correction for not less than
three months nor mor than twelve months, or in the
discretion of the Court, forfeit and pay a fine of not
less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred
dollars and costs of prosecution, and failing to pay
such fine or fines and costs forthwith, shall be sen-
tenced to be confined in the Maryland House of Cor-
rection for a term not less than three months nor more
than twelve months, or until such fine or fines and
costs are paid.

"Sec. 184 B. That in the trial of any person or per-
sons, or any house, company, association or body cor-
porate, for a violation of any of the preceding sections
hereof, it shall be lawful for the State to prove that
such person or persons, house, company, association
or body corporate, on trial, has or have paid (if such
be the case) a special tax to the government of the
United States, under the internal revenue laws thereof,
upon or for his, her, their, or its business, as a brewer
or brewers, or retail dealer or dealers in liquors,
or wholesale dealer in liquors, or retail dealer or
dealers in malt liquors (as the case may be) in Mont-
gomery county, for a period of time within which
such violation has occurred, and to prove that he, she
it or they, has or have registered his, her, their or its
business for said period as such dealer or dealers with
the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district of
which Montgomery county shall form a part, and that
he, she, it or they, made application to said collector
to be so registered, and it shall be lawful for the State,
in such case, to offer in evidence said internal revenue
laws relating to said special taxes, and the payment of
said special tax or taxes upon, and the registering of
his, her, their or its said business may be proved by a
certificate of said collector, or any of his deputies, or
by the sworn testimony of him, or any of them, or by

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