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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and have been arrested may be tried, and those who have not
been charged or those who being charged have not been arrested
may upon being charged and arrested be tried. In trials in
the Circuit Court where the cases have been removed to said
court for a jury trial or in trials upon appeals from justices of
the peace, instead of proceeding to trial upon the warrant issued
by the justice, the State's Attorney may in every such case
before the trial begins prepare and file in the same any infor-
mation or charge in the nature of an indictment, and the case
shall be tried thereunder. And if any person or persons be
charged as the members of any firm, or as the directors, trustees
or managers of any corporation, and shall deny that they are
members of such firm or are directors, trustees or managers of
such corporation, they shall be required to sustain such denial
by evidence.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1896.

CHAPTER 461.

AN ACT to enable qualified voters of any election district in
Garrett county, to determine by ballot whether or not spirit-
uous or fermented liquors or lager beer shall be sold in any
such election district.

Question of
sale of
liquor to be
voted on.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That at the next election for members of Congress of
the United States, from the sixth congressional district of
Maryland, to be held in Garrett county, on the next Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, there shall be held an election in any elec-
tion district in said county, subject to the provisions herein-
after enacted to determine by ballot, whether spirituous, fer-
mented or other intoxicating liquors shall be sold in said elec-
tion district of the county aforesaid; and it shall be the duty
of the sheriff of said county to make proclamation of such
election, as in case of other elections held in this State, under
penalty, in case of neglect or refusal to perform such duty as
is now provided in the election laws of this State.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said election shall be held
in accordance with the law governing general elections in this