190

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

business carried on under a license issued under the provisions
of this act, said court shall, after giving the party holding such
license, fifteen days written notice, revoke the same.

175 N. Any person or persons holding a license issued under

Assignment
of license.

the provisions of this act, may assign the unexpired term
thereof to another; provided, that said assignee shall comply
with all the requirements and provisions of this act, in the
same manner as is hereby required of an original applicant for
a license under this act, and, upon such transfer, the license so
transferred shall have the consent of the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Allegany county, endorsed on said license, and such
assignee shall in every respect be subject to all the require-
ments, provisions and penalties of this act, and also of all
privileges and benefits hereby conferred.

175 O. No club or corporation in Allegany county heretofore

Provisions as
to clubs.

formed or hereafter to be formed under the general laws of
this State, or under any special law, shall give, barter or sell
any spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer to any member
thereof, or to any other person, without having first complied
with the requirements of this act; and such club or corpora-
tion procuring a license under the provisions of this act, shall
be subject to all the conditions and penalties of this act, and
all its rights and privileges.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

on the first day of May, in the year 1894; and in the event of
any person who shall have received a license under the now
existing law, being refused a license under this act, he, she or

Refusal to
grant license

they shall be allowed the term of two months to dispose of
such stock as he, she or they may have on hand; but if such
person shall do a liquor business after the expiration of said
two months, he, she or they 'shall be deemed guilty of selling
liquors without license, and be liable to the penalties therefor ;
provided, however, that all licenses in force at the time of the
adoption of this act shall continue in force until the first day
of May, 1894; and provided further, that nothing contained
in this act shall apply to cases pending now to violations of
the law which shall have occurred prior to the adoption of
this act, but all such cases and violations shall be prosecuted as
if this act had not been passed and adopted.

Repeal.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this act (so far as the same
are so inconsistent) are hereby repealed.

Approved March 29th, 1894.