FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the ballots cast at said
election, to be counted as deciding for or against the sale of
Spirituous or fermented liquors, intoxicating drinks or cider, in
Said county, shall have printed or written on them the words
"For License" or "Against License, " and the ballots cast "For
License" and the ballots cast "Against License" shall be care-
fully counted by the judges of said election in the respective
election districts of said county, and the number of ballots
"For License" and the number "Against License" shall be
certified by them 5 and the return judges of said election, at
their meeting after the said election, shall cast up the whole
vote "For License" and "Against License" in said districts,
and shall wake a separate written return of said whole vote
to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil county; and said
clerk shall reword said returns among the records of his office,
and shall prepare a certificate proclaiming the result of such
election, and cause said certificate to be published within fifteen
days after said returns have been received by him, once in all
the newspapers published in said county.

Ballots to be
counted.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall appear by the
returns of said judges and certificate of said clerk, that a
majority of said votes have been cast "Against License, " then
the following sections, numbered from one hundred and
seventy-nine to one hundred and eighty-eight, inclusive, and
designated by said numbers and to read as follows, shall be
and they are hereby added to article eight of the Code of
Public Local Laws, entitled "Cecil County, " sub-title "Liquors
and Intoxicating Drinks, " and to follow immediately after
said sub-title, and shall be in force and take effect on and after
the first day in May, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-
five, and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent therewith shall
be repealed after the aforesaid date.

In case vote
be against
license, sec-
tions 178-188
in force.

SEC. 179. It shall not be lawful for any person, or any
house, company or association, or body corporate, to barter or
sell, directly or indirectly, or to solicit or receive orders for the
purchase of, at any place within the limits of Cecil county, or
to give away at bis or its place of business, within the limits of
said county, any spirituous or fermented liquors, or alcoholic
bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, or cider, tonic beer,
lager beer, schnapps or gin, or any article used or sold as a
beverage, in the composition of which whiskey, brandy, high
wines, or alcohol, or any spirituous or fermented liquors, shall
be an ingredient, nor shall any license be granted for the sale
of the same therein.

Unlawful to
sell liquor.