ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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election, and said clerk shall immediately make proc-

lamation of the result of said election.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall be found

by the returns of said judges of elections and the proc-

lamation of said clerk that the majority of all the

votes cast in said county are against the sale of intoxi-

cating liquors, that then it shall not be lawful for any

When unlawful

person or persons, house, corporation, company or

association, to sell, directly or indirectly, at any place,

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

business, any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating

liquors, of whatever origin, or alcoholic bitters, on or

after the first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-

five; but if it shall appear by the returns of said judges

of election and the proclamation of said clerk of said

When lawful.

court that a majority of all the votes cast in the county

are for the sale of intoxicating liquors, then the same

shall be sold, as now permitted by law.

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

persons, house, company or 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 bitters, or

intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the limits of

St. Mary's county, on or after the first day of May, in

the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, he, she or

they 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 cost of

Penalty for

prosecution; or instead of such fine be imprisoned in

violation.

the county jail for thirty days, or both, in the discre-

tion of the court; and on the second and every subse-

quent conviction shall pay a fine of not less than one

hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,

and cost of prosecution, and in addition to such fine

shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than

thirty days nor more than ninety days, in the discre-

tion of the court; and on failure to pay the fine, as

herein described, he, she or they shall be committed to

the county jail of St. Mary's county until such fines

and costs are paid; one-half of the fine imposed for

Fines— how
disposed of.

any violation of this act shall go to the informer, and

the residue to the board of county school commissioners

of said county for the benefit of the public schools

therein; and in case of any violation of any provisions

of this act by any company, corporation or association,