1046

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

election districts number four, number nine, number six, num-
ber eight and number sixteen of Dorchester county, be and
the same are hereby repealed, and that a sub-section, to be des-
ignated sub-section o, be and the same is hereby added to come
in after section two hundred and thirteen of said Article, and
after the sub-sections heretofore enacted, to come in after the
same, the said sub-section now to be added to be applicable to
said election districts number four, number nine, number six,
number eight and number sixteen of said county, and to read
as follows :

SUB-SEC C. It shall be unlawful for any person or per-

Unlawful to
sell or barter
spirituous
liquors.

sons, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly, to sell or
otherwise dispose of by way of barter, within election dis-
tricts number four, number nine, number six, number eight
and number sixteen of Dorchester county, or in any of said
election districts, any spirituous, vinous, malt, fermented or
other intoxicating liquors, or any medicated bitters, or any
compound of which alcohol is a chief or principal imgredient,
and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or
corporation within the said election districts of said county, or
within any of them, to take any order or orders for any such
liquors, medicated bitters or any such alcoholic compounds,
under any pretense, in any manner, or for any pnrpose whatso-
ever, and if any person or persons, firm or corporation within
said electjpn districts, or within any of them, shall directly or
indirectly sell, or otherwise dispose of by way of barter any
of such liquors, medicated bitters or alcoholic compounds, or
shall, within any of said election districts, take any order or
orders therefor, then such person or persons, the member of
such, or the directors, trustees or managers of such corporations,
shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof,
in the Circuit Court for Dorchester county, or in the Circuit
Court for any county, acquiring jurisdiction by reason of the
removal of said cause thereto, or before any justice of the
peace, in and for said county, shall for any offense be confined
in the Maryland House of Correction for not less than three
nor more than six months. In any indictment, warrant or
other charge, the members of any firm may be designated, as
in civil suits, and in the case of any corporation, the directors,
trustees or managers thereof may be simply designated as
directors, trustees or managers of such corporation, and in no
case against the members of any firm, or against the directors;
trustees or managers of any corporation, shall abate, be quashed,
Or be set aside under demurrer, because less than the whole