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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and fifty cents for their attendance. It shall be the

duty of the county commissioners of said county,

on the last Tuesday in April in each year, to appoint

one of the constables in each district of the county

Inspect
license.

to inspect licenses in the district; and the constable

so appointed shall visit every place of business in

his district, the proprietors whereof are required to

have licenses, immediately before the May and De-

cember terms of the court, and to require the pro-

prietor of each place of business to produce a

license; and in case of refusal to produce the same,

the constable shall arrest the proprietor so refusing

and take him before a justice of the peace, who

shall take recognizance from him, with security, to

appear before the next term of court to answer the

charge of selling without license; and if, upon trial

of such person so recognized, he shall produce a

license, the court may, in its discretion, cause the

party indicted to pay the costs of the prosecution as

a punishment for his refusal to produce the license

when required by the constable; and the said con-

Return to
grand juries.

stable shall return to the grand juries for the said
terms of the Circuit Court correct lists of all places

of business in their respective districts, which lists

shall contain the name or names of persons doing

business at each place, the character of business,

the date of the license, which shall include the

year for which it is issued and the name therein ;

and in all cases of conviction for selling in said

county without a license the constable informing

against the person so convicted shall receive the

informer's portion of the fine imposed, when his

name is endorsed on the back of the indictment by

the grand jury. Each constable appointed by the

county commissioners as inspector of license shall

Fee allowed.

receive from said county commissioners a fee of ten

cents for each license inspected by them on the said

constable making affidavit that he has personally

inspected said license.

Approved March 30, 1882.