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Passed Feb.
6, 1866.
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AN ACT to repeal the first section of the Act of
eighteen hundred and sixty -five, chapter eighty-
seven, and to amend and re-enact sections fifty-
five, fifty-nine and sixty of the second article of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arun-
del County, relating to the sale of spirituous
and fermented liquors to minors in the City of
Annapolis, and within five miles thereof.
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Repealed,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the first section of the act of
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, chapter eighty-
seven, entitled, an Act to amend and re-enact sec-
tions fifty-five and fifty-eight of article second of
the Code of Public Local Laws relating to the sale
of spirituous liquors to minors and persons of color
in the city of Annapolis be, and the same is hereby
repealed, and that the said fifty-fifth section of
the said article of the Code of Public Local Laws
be, and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:
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Prohibited
from telling
or giving to
minors.
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Sec. 55. It shall not be lawful for any person,
whether licensed to sell spirituous liquors or not,
to sell, dispose of, barter or give, directly or indi-
rectly, within the corporate limits of the city of An-
napolis, or within five miles thereof, any spirituous
or fermented liquors or cordials of any kind, or in
any quantity whatever, to any youth or minor under
the age of twenty-one years, without the written
order of the parent or guardian of such minor, nor
to any midshipman or student connected with or
attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, or
under orders to join or to leave said Academy, nor
to any student connected with St. John's College;
and any person violating the provisions of this
section, shall be liable to indictment in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel county, and upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be fined a sum not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dol-
lars, and also be imprisoned in the county jail for
not less than five days, and be confined in the
county jail until the said fine and costs of prosecu-
tion shall be paid.
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