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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 78.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
148, 149, 150, 151, 152, of Article fifteen of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Kent County," sub-title "Liquor
and Intoxicating Drinks/' and to add an additional Section
thereto, to be known and designated as Section J 51 A.

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 148, 149, 150, 151 and 152, of Article
fifteen of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Kent County,"
sub title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows :

Unlawful to
sell intoxi
icatlng
liquor.

148. It shall not be lawful for any person, company, associa-
tion or body corporate to sell, directly or indirectly, within the
limits of Kent county, or to give away, at any place of busi-
ness in said county, any spirituous liquors or alcoholic bitters
or intoxicating drinks of any kind, nor shall any license be
granted for the sale of the same.

Unlawful to
have in
possession.

149. No person, company, association or body corporate
shall receive, keep or have in possession, or allow his, their or
its place of business to be a depository for spirituous or fer-
mented liquor or alcoholic bitters or intoxicating drinks to be
used by others.

Power of
Justices of
the peace.

150. That any justice of the peace of Kent county, shall
have jurisdiction and authority to receive information, under
oath, of any violation of sections 148 or 149 of this law, and
to take»recognizances and bail, in a sum not less than two hun-
dred and fifty dollars, or to commit to the county jail in de-
fault of bail until the end of the session of the next succeed-
ing Grand Jury of said Kent county.

Violation of
sections 148
and 149.

151. If any person, company, association or body corporate
shall violate any of the provisions of sections 148 or 149
within the limits of Kent county, he, they or it shall, on in-
dictment and conviction in the Circuit Court for Kent County,
for each offense, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and costs
of prosecution, and on failure to pay forthwith such fine and
costs shall be confined in the Maryland House of Correction
for not less than six nor more than twelve months in the dis-
cretion of the court, or until such line and costs are paid, one-
half of all such fines shall, when collected, be paid to the