902 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 501

(q) The words "in this State" or "within this State" mean
in or within the territorial limits of this State.

(r) "Court" means the Circuit Court of a county, or the
Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City, or any Judge
thereof.

(s) "Clerk" means the Clerk of any Circuit Court of a
county or the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City.

PROHIBITION—WITHOUT LICENSE OR PERMIT-
EXCEPTIONS

2. (a) GENERAL PROVISION. It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture, blend, rectify, bottle, transport, import
or sell, or suffer to be manufactured, blended, rectified, bottled,
transported, imported, or sold, or keep or suffer to be kept on
his premises, in his possession or under his charge or control,
for the purpose of sale and delivery within this State, any
alcoholic beverage except as provided for in this Article. It
shall also be unlawful for any person to possess any alcoholic
beverages upon which the taxes provided by the tax provisions
of this Article have not been paid, unless otherwise provided
in this Article.

(b) HOMEMADE WINE. No license or permit shall be re-
quired for the manufacture of wine or cider exclusively for
home consumption and not for sale. In St. Mary's County,
cider or native wines may be sold by the maker thereof without
a license.

(c) SALES PERMITTED WITHOUT LICENSE OR PERMIT. No
license or permit shall be required in the case of a common
carrier, warehouseman or other lien-holder exercising his right
to sell alcoholic beverages under a lien; or any authorized
county or Baltimore City official exercising his right to sell
certain confiscated alcoholic beverages as hereinafter in this
section provided; or any sheriff, constable, receiver, auctioneer,
trustee, attorney, executor or administrator selling alcoholic
beverages under an order of Court; but no such sale shall be
made except to a license holder, and if the purchaser is a
retail dealer, the person making the sale shall pay the taxes
imposed by this Article before delivery is made to the pur-
chaser.

(d) WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. Warehouse receipts covering
alcoholic beverages on storage in public (which includes gov-
ernment controlled) warehouses in this State may be purchased
or sold without a license or permit, but no withdrawals or
deliveries of such beverages shall be made in this State except