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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hundred and eighty-two, shall not remain in
force on and after the first day of December,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and that all

Repealed and
re-enacted.

acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act shall be repealed after said
last mentioned date ; provided, however, that
this act shall not be construed to repeal said
act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chap-
ter ninety-two, prior to the first day of Decem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, or to
affect any offense already committed, or which
may be committed before this act shall take
effect, but all such offenses may be prosecuted
and punished under the law existing at the
time of the commission of said respective
offenses ; and provided further, that if for any
reason this act shall not take effect on the first
day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, the said act of eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, chapter ninety-two, shall continue
to remain in force until other laws shall be
enacted in lieu thereof.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the questions
whether or not any person or persons, house,
company, association or body corporate, as

Submitted to
qualified vo-
ters.

hereinafter described, may be licensed in Har-
ford county of this state, by whom, or in which
spirituous or fermented liquors or intoxicating
drinks may be sold, or whether or not no license
to sell the same in said county shall be issued,
shall be submitted t,o the qualified voters of
said county at the general election to be held
therein on the first Tuesday after the first Mon-
day in November in the year eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, and which election shall be
held in accordance with the law governing
general elections in this state, and the sheriff
of said county shall, at least three weeks pre-

Give public
notice.

vious to said election, cause public notice to be
given of the time and purpose of said election
by advertisements set up at the most public
places within each election district of said
county, and also by advertisements in all the
newspapers published therein, which said ad-
vertisement shall contain a copy of this act,
and of the time and place of holding said elec-
tion ; and the expenses of said election, in-