26 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 11

doing of any such acts, shall keep complete and accurate rec-
ords of all alcoholic beverages purchased, sold, manufactured,
rectified, blended, improved, brewed, fermented, distilled, pro-
duced, stored, warehoused, withdrawn from storage, imported
or transported, and report under oath, at any time, and from
time to time, upon written request of the Comptroller, on
forms prescribed by the Comptroller, any information relat-
ing to alcoholic beverages for which the records prescribed
by this section are required to be kept. Such records shall
be of a kind and in the form prescribed by the Comptroller
and shall be safely preserved for two (2) years in such a man-
ner as to insure permanency and accessibility for inspection
by the Comptroller or any duly authorized employee of said
Comptroller during all regular business hours. All records
of license holders shall be kept and maintained at the location
designated in the license and shall be available for audit or
inspection by the Comptroller or his duly authorized repre-
sentative during all regular business hours. Provided, how-
ever, where a person is permitted to have more than one loca-
tion the records may be kept at the principal location. In
addition to the other penalties provided by this Act, the
Comptroller shall have power to suspend immediately, without
a hearing, for a period not exceeding thirty days, the license
of any licensee who shall fail to comply with the provisions
of this section, and such license may be further suspended or
revoked after hearing, as hereinafter provided.

41A. Every common carrier, by rail, water or highway,
transporting alcoholic beverages either in interstate or intra-
state commerce, to points within the State of Maryland, and
every person transporting alcoholic beverages by whatever
manner within the State of Maryland, shall at any time and
from time to time, upon written request of the Comptroller, re-
port under oath on forms prescribed by the Comptroller, all
such consignments or deliveries of alcoholic beverages, for such
period as the Comptroller may specify. If required by the
Comptroller, such reports shall show the name and address of
the person to whom the deliveries of alcoholic beverages have
actually and in fact been made, the name and address of the
original consignee, if alcoholic beverages have been delivered
to any other than the originally named consignee, the point of
origin,, the point of delivery, the date of delivery and the
number and initials of each car, if shipped by rail, the name of
the boat, barge or vessel, if shipped by water, the license num-
ber of each truck, if shipped by motor truck, or if delivered by
other means, the manner in which such delivery was made, the
kind of alcoholic beverages and the number of gallons thereof
contained in any such shipment or shipments and such other
additional information relative to shipments as the Comptrol-