246 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 169.
AN ACT to amend an act of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland passed at its January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter
four hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An act
to enable the qualified voters of Queen Anne's,
Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot counties to
determine, by ballot, whether spirituous or
fermented liquors shall be sold in said coun-
ties, or in any election district thereof, or a
license granted for the same, by adding two
additional sections thereto, to be numbered
section five and six, to enlarge and extend
the provisions of said act so far as the same
relates to the fourth election district of Queen
Anne's county.
WHEREAS the act of eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, chapter four hundred and fifty-
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Preamble.
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three, of the General Assembly of Maryland,
was, at an election held in pursuance thereof,
adopted by a majority of the legal voters of the
fourth election district of Queen Anne's county,
and by said vote and the proclamation of the
judges of the circuit court for Queen Anne's
county, as provided in section one of said act,
became a law for said fourth election district of
Queen Anne's county ; and whereas, under the
construction placed by said court, intoxicating
or alcoholic bitters have been adjudged and de-
termined not to be embraced in the letter of
said act contrary to its spirit and intention, and
the sale of intoxicating and alcoholic bitters
has been continued contrary to the wishes of a
majority of the voters of said district, and to
the great disturbance of the peace, quiet and
order of said district ; and whereas petitions
have been addressed to the general assembly
for an amendatory act to remedy the grievances
complained of growing out of the defect in the
terms used in said act ; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
sembly of Maryland, That said act of the General
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