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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or association to sell directly or indirectly, at any

place, or to give away at his, her, their or its place of

business, within the limits of said county, any spiritu-

ous, fermented or intoxicating liquors of any origin

whatever, or alcoholic bitters, after the first day of

May, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six ;

but if it shall be found by the returns of the said

judges of election and the proclamation of said clerk

of said court, that the majority of all the votes cast as

Lawful,

prescribed in the preceding second section in said

Charles county, have been cast for the sale of intoxi-

cating liquors, then the same shall be sold as now

permitted to be sold by law in said county; provided,

nevertheless, that where the majority of all the votes,

cast in any election district in said county, are against

the sale of intoxicating liquors, then it shall not be

Proviso.

lawful for any person, house, corporation or company

to sell, directly or indirectly, or give away at his, her

or its place of business within the limits of said elec-

tion district, any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating

liquors, or alcoholic bitters, after the said first day of

May, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any person or

persons, house, company, association or body corpo-

rate, shall sell, directly or indirectly, at any place, or

give away at his, her, their or its place of business,

any spirituous or fermented liquors, or alcoholic bit-

ters or intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the

Penalty.

limits of said county, or any election district of said

county where a majority of all the votes cast shall

have been cast against the sale of intoxicating liquors

in said county, or any election district thereof respec-

tively, on or after the said first day of May, in the

year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, he, she, they or

it shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay on the

first conviction a fine of not less than fifty dollars,

nor more than three hundred dollars and costs of

prosecution; or instead of such fine, imprisonment in

the county jail for not less than thirty days, or both,

Penalty.

in the discretion of the court; and on the second and

every subsequent conviction not less than one hun-

dred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and

in addition to such fine imprisonment in the county

jail for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days,

in the discretion of the court; and on failure to pay

any such fine as herein described, he, she or they shall