FRANK BROWN. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

the member of and firm, on its premises, shall in any of said
election districts sell or have on hand for sale any cider, except
apple cider; if any person or firm, or member of any firm, on
its premises, in any of said districts, shall sell or have on hand
for sale any apple cider adulterated by being mixed with
alcohol or any intoxicating liquor, or by being affected with
any drug whatever, and if the maker of any apple cider or
the grower of the fruit in said county, shall adulterate said
cider by mixing it with alcohol or any alcoholic or other intoxi-
cating drug whatever, whether such adulteration takes place
before or after the sale thereof, the said person or firm shall be
confined in the house of correction not less than one nor more
than four months; provided, that if the person or persons so
convicted shall before sentence tender the payment, and pay
such fine as the court or justice may direct, not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars, the court or justice may
sentence such person or persons to be imprisoned in the county
jail of said county, instead of the house of correction, for not
less than one nor more than four months; and, provided
further, that if: any person or firm has on his or its premises,
any cider adulterated as aforesaid, such fact shall be prima
facie evidence of its being there for sale; if any person or
firm, or the members of any firm, on its premises, in any of
said districts, shall violate any of the other provisions of these
sub sections, such persons or the members of such firm shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the
court or justice, and shall stand committed till fine and costs
are paid, or for not less than five nor more than thirty days, as
the court or justice may direct.

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SUB-SEC. 7. Upon the complaint in writing to any judge of
the Circuit Court or before any justice of the peace of Dor-
chester county, made and signed by five reputable citizens of
any election district where any licensed dealer in apple cider,
whether an individual or a firm carries on business, that such
dealer keeps a disorderly house at his or its place of business,
or that he or it allows drunken and noisy or disorderly persons
to congregate or meet upon his or its premises, such judge or
justice shall issue a summons requiring said dealer to appear
before him on some day to be named therein, not more than
six days from the date of such summons, to answer said com
plaint, and said case shall be heard on said day or on sonic day
not more than five days thereafter, unless for sufficient cause
shown, the judge or justice shall postpone the hearing for
another period not exceeding five days; and if the complaint,

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