ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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dollars and costs, or shall be imprisoned not less, than

one nor more than six months, or both, in the discre-

tion of the court.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That every sale, gift or

disposal of liquor shall be presumed to be made by the

occupier of the premises where the same was made;

and that whenever it shall be unlawful to sell, give

Who presumed

away or dispense intoxicating liquors to any person,

to be sold by.

it shall be likewise unlawful in the same manner for

any other person or persons to procure, or aid in pro-

curing it for such person, and the person convicted of

this offence shall pay a fine of fifty dollars.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the court may

take official notice of the fact that spirituous, mixed

Who to take of-

or fermented liquors, by their usual common names,

ficial notice.

are intoxicating, except cider, but that cider unmixed

shall not be considered an intoxicating liquor.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That any person or

persons to whom the clerk aforesaid shall issue a

license to keep an inn or tavern, or a license under

section ten of this act, or a license under section eleven

of this act, shall pay to the said clerk the amount now

Sum to be paid
for licence.

required by the laws of this state for said license, and

the further sum of twenty-five dollars, the said latter

sum to be paid by said clerk to the school commission-

ers of Wicomico county, for the use of the public

schools in said county.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That any person found

drunk or disorderly, from the effects of liquor, on the

street, highway or public place, may be arrested by any

officer, with or without a warrant, and taken before a

justice of the peace, whose duty it shall be to hear the

case, and if the party be found guilty to fine him in a

sum not exceeding ten dollars and costs, and in default

Arrest drunken
persons.

of payment of fine and costs, to commit him to the

county jail for ten days. And it shall be the duty of

every sheriff or constable to enforce the provisions of

this section, and a failure so to do shall be a misde-

meanor, and on conviction thereof, every such officer

so failing shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than

fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That judicial powers are

hereby conferred on the clerk of the circuit court for

Judicial pow-
ers.

Wicomico county for the purposes herein mentioned.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the bond of the

clerk aforesaid shall be liable to the school commis-