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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the court before whom said person shall be
convicted, to suppress his license; and the same

Penalty.

is hereby declared to be in full force from the
date of the proclamation hereinbefore pro-
vided for, declaring the Local Option Law re-
pealed as to said precinct.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That section one
hundred and seventy-nine of article thirty,
Code of Public General Laws, title " Crimes

Repealed and
re- enacted.

and Punishments," sub-title " Sabbath Break-
ing," as the same was repealed and re-enacted
by the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
chapter sixty-six, be and the same is hereby
revived and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

SECTION 179. No person in this State shall
sell, dispose of, barter, or, if a dealer in any
one or more of the articles of merchandise in
this section mentioned, shall give away on

Sunday— Sel-
ling on.

the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday, any
tobacco, cigars, candy, soda or mineral waters,
spirituous or fermented liquors, cordials, lager
beer, wine, cider or any other goods, wares or
merchandise whatsoever, and any person vio-
lating any one of the provisions of this pec-
tion, shall be liable to indictment in any Court
in this State having criminal jurisdiction, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum
not less than twenty nor more than fifty dol-
lars, in the discretion of the Court, for the first
offence, and if convicted a second time for a
violation of this section, the person or persons
so offending shall be fined a sum not less than
fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned for not less than ten nor more
than thirty days, in the discretion of the
Court, and his, her or their license, if any were

Penalty.

issued, shall be declared null and void by the
Judge of said Court; and it shall not be lawful
for such person or persons to obtain another li-
cense for the period of twelve months from the
time of such conviction, nor shall a license be
obtained by any other person or persons to
carry on said business on the premises or else-