EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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who shall bona fide represent the side as to which the said
vacancy shall occur; the polls shall be opened at eight
o'clock A. M. and close at six o'clock P. M.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if at the said election there
shall be more votes cast in said county against license than
there are for license, then the provision of this Act shall go

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into effect and continue in force in said county on and after
the 30th day of April, 1907, and no license shall thereafter
be issued for the sale of any intoxicating liquors as defined
herein; and any person or persons, corporation, company or
association who shall thereafter sell any intoxicating liquors
of any kind whatsoever as hereinbefore defined, or who shall
give away any such liquor on any day on which an election
is being held, or on Sunday, or at any other time, except at
his own house in the way of private entertainment, shall be
subject to a fine for each and every offense, of not less than
fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or shall be
imprisoned in the House of Correction for not less than one
month nor more than six months, or by both fine and impris-
onment, in the discretion of the court or of the justice of the
peace, who shall have jurisdiction of the offense under this
Act, as in case of other misdemeanors punishable otherwise
than by confinement in the penitentiary. In case there shall
be more votes cast for license than there are against license
in said county, then licenses shall continue to be issued in
accordance with the provisions of law hereinafter made in
this Act.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That Chapter 623 of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1902, entitled an Act to regulate

Unlawful to
sell or give
away liquor
on Sunday or
electlon^day,
etc.

the sale of spirituous and fermented liquors in Charles
county, and to repeal Sections 55" to 89, inclusive, of Article
56 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Licenses,"
sub-title "Spirituous and Fermented Liquors by retailers,"
so far as the same apply to Charles county, and to add cer-
tain sections to Article 9 of the Code of Public Local Laws,

Repeal.

title "Charles County," sub-title "Spirituous and Fermented
liquors," to be numbered Sections 195 and 196, be repealed
and the following sections be enacted in lieu thereof to con-
stitute a new sub-title, designated "Intoxicating Liquors,"
the said sections to be known as 116 A, 116 B, and 116 C.
Section 116 A. From and after the passage of this Act no
intoxicating liquors of any kind shall be sold in Charles

Now sections
added.