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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Penalty.

than three hundred dollars and costs of pro-
secution, and be committed to the county
Jail of said.county until such fine or fines and
costs of prosecution are paid; nor shall any-
thing in the preceding sections hereof, be con-
strued to prohibit a sale by a pharmacist or
druggist of such liquors to be used by or for
a sick person, in case of extreme illness, when
delay may be dangerous to the patient, nor to
prevent the sale by a pharmacist or druggist
of wine to be used for sacramental purposes
solely.

SEC. 10. In the trial of any person or per-
sons, or any house, company, association or
body corporate, for a violation of any of the
preceding sections hereof, it shall be lawful
for the State to prove that such person or per-
sons, house, company, association or body cor-

Competent
to prove.

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porate on trial, has or have paid (if such be the
case) a special tax to the Government of the
United States, under the Internal Revenue
Laws thereof, upon, or for his, her, their or its
business as a brewer or brewers, or retail dealer
or dealers in liquors, or wholesale dealer or
dealers in liquors, or retail dealer or dealers in
malt liquors, or wholesale dealer or dealers
in malt liquors (as the case may be) in Cecil
county, for a period of time within which such
violation has occurred, and to prove that he,
she, it or they has or have registered his, her,
their or its business for said period, as such
dealer or dealers, with the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for the district of which Cecil
county shall form a part, and that he, she, it or
they made application to said Collector to be so

Prima facie.

registered, and it shall be lawful for the State,
in such case, to offer in evidence said Inter-
nal Revenue Laws relating to said special taxes;
and the payment of said special tax or taxes
upon, and the registering of his, her, their or
its said business may be proved by a certificate
of said Collector, or any of his deputies, or by
the sworn testimony of him, or any of them,
and a copy of the application of any person