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prohibit the receiving of orders by mail, telephone or mes-
senger and the filling of such orders by delivery.

219. No holder of a manufacturer's or wholesaler's license,
and no distiller, brewer, distributor, rectifier, blender or
bottler of alcoholic beverages or the owner of any interest in
any distributor, distillery, brewery, rectifying, blending or
bottling plant shall be permitted to enter into any agreement
with any retail dealer, the effect or purpose of which is to
limit the. purchases or sales of any such retail dealer to the
products of any one or more of such producers, it being the
intent and purpose of this Act that every retail dealer shall at
all times be and remain free to purchase the alcoholic
beverages sold by him, from any holder of a manufacturer's or
wholesaler's license issued under the provisions of Article 2-B,
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, or from the holder
of a Class B Distributor's Beer License issued under this Act.

220. It shall be unlawful for any holder of a manufac-
turer's or wholesaler's license, or holder of a Class D-Distribu-
tor's Beer license issued under this Act, or any one connected
with the business of such holder, or any other distiller, brewer,
rectifier, blender, bottler, or distributor, to have any financial
interest in the premises upon or in which any alcoholic bever-
age is sold at retail by any licensee, or in any business con-
ducted by such licensee; and it shall also be unlawful for any
such person or any one connected with his, its or their busi-
ness, to lend any money or other thing of value, or make any
gift or to offer any gratuity to any retail dealer, and it shall
also be unlawful for any such person to furnish, any sign, dis-
play or other form of advertisement of any value in excess of
Five Dollars ($5. 00), advertising the products of a particular
manufacturer or wholesaler, distiller, brewer, rectifier, blender,
bottler, or distributor, to the holder of any retail license issued
under the provisions of this Act; and, except as above pro-
vided, no retail dealer shall accept, receive or make use of any
money, gift, sign or display furnished by any manufacturer
or wholesaler, or any distiller, brewer, rectifier, blender,
bottler, or distributor, or become indebted to any such person
except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages.

221. Should any portion or portions of this Act be held
invalid for any reason whatsoever, such invalidity shall not
be construed as affecting the validity of the remainder of this
Act or any part thereof, it being the legislative intent that
said remainder of the Act shall stand in full force and effect
notwithstanding any partial invalidity.

222. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act
except Section 215, shall upon conviction by the Circuit Court