WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1015
its next session, if it be not in session, and to return said com-
mitment or recognizance with the names and residences of
witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith, to
the Clerk of said Court, and the Trial Magistrate shall, in
every such case, inform the person charged of his right to a
jury trial. If after trial before the Trial Magistrate, either
party shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of such Trial Magis-
trate, there shall be a right of appeal within ten days to the
Circuit Court for said County.
(m) UNLAWFUL SELLING. The giving away, furnishing, de-
livering, handling, distributing or exchanging of any intoxi-
cating liquor by any store-keeper or at any private residence
not accepted or held as such, or the taking or soliciting of
orders, or the making of agreements by any person at or within
the County for the sale or delivery or future giving away of any
intoxicating liquors, or any other shift or device to evade any
provision of this Act, shall be held to be an unlawful selling.
(n) ENFORCEMENT. The County Commissioners of the
County are hereby authorized to use any part of the fines
collected for the violation of this Article for hiring detectives
or secret service officers (who shall be deputized proper officers)
or for paying county constables to secure the enforcement of
this Article. And when there are no funds available from fines
collected for the violation of this Article, such County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized to appropriate not more than
two hundred dollars annually in Queen Anne's and Wicomico
Counties and five hundred dollars ($500.00) in Worcester
County, from the general revenue fund for the purpose of en-
forcing the provisions of this Article.
(o) INTENT. The intention of this section is to effectually
prevent and suppress the evasions and violations of the liquor
laws in the County, and for that purpose all the provisions
of this section shall be liberally construed and interpreted; pro-
vided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall
apply to shipments by means of common carriers operating
under the Interstate Commerce Act where such carriers have
no knowledge that said shipments contain intoxicating liquors.
(p) PENALTY. Every person convicted of violating any pro-
vision of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) in Worcester County, and not less than two
hundred dollars ($200.00) in Queen Anne's County, nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the
county jail or House of Correction for not less than six
months nor more than one year, or be both so fined and im-
prisoned, in the discretion of the Justice of the Peace or the
Court. If any person shall be convicted of violating any pro-
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