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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

teen hundred and seventy-four" be and the same

is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as

follows :

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this

act, it shall not be lawful for the clerks of Circuit

Courts of this State to issue any license for the sale

How Lawful.

of spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer,

to any person or body politic in this State, unless

such person or body politic shall have been re-

commended to the clerks by the grand jury which

shall have been in session at the term next preceding

the first day of May in each and every year in the

county where the applicant for such license shall

reside; provided that this act, or any of its provisions,

Where not to
apply.

shall not apply to Baltimore city, Frederick, Balti-

timore, Prince George, Allegany, Somerset, Carroll,

Howard, Washington,Wicomico, St. Mary's, Harford,

Dorchester, Cecil, Anne Arundel, Montgomery,

Worcester, Garrett, Talbot and Caroline counties;

and provided, nevertheless, that the clerk of Circuit

Court tor Charles county is hereby authorized and

empowered to issue license for one year from the

first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors or

lager beer in said county, to R.. F. Willett, upon his

File recom-

filing with the said clerk, with his application, a

mendation.

recommendation signed by a majority of those who

constituted the grand jury at the November term,

eighteen hundred and eighty-one, of said court,

recommending the granting of said license, with an

affidavit of the applicant attached thereto, that the

said signatures to said recommendation are true and

genuine.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts, and parts

Inconsistent

of acts, inconsistent with this act, be and the same

acts repealed.

are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That none of the pro-

ceedings and recommendations heretofore had and

made under the provisions of the acts of eighteen

Not affected.

hundred and eighty, chapter three hundred and

seventy-three, shall be in any manner affected by

this repeal and re-enactment of the same.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.