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1048 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
visions of this Act, but they shall not sell intoxicating liquors
except upon the written prescription of a regular physician,
nor more than once on any one prescription of any such phy-
sician, and said prescription shall be indorsed upon the back
with, date of filling, and shall be filed and preserved by the
druggist or apothecary filling same, and upon complaint, veri-
fied by affidavit, shall be produced before the Circuit Court for
Washington county, or any justice of the peace of said Wash-
ington county, when required, and the failure to comply with
the provisions of this section shall render such druggist or
apothecary so failing, liable to the same penalties as if he had
sold intoxicating liquors without procuring a license under
the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 325c. And be it enacted, That any person who shall
hereafter be convicted of selling intoxicating, spirituous or
fermented liquors or lager beer, or any admixture thereof in
Washington county, Maryland, without a license first having
been obtained therefor under the provisions of this Act, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars,
nor more than five hundred dollars, or undergo improvement
in the county jail for not less than three months, nor more
than twelve months, or both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court or justice of the peace trying the case.
SEC. 325D. And be it enacted, That any person under the
age of twenty-one years, who shall enter a saloon or other place
where intoxicating, spirituous or fermented liquors or lager
beer are sold, and shall ask, demand or offer to purchase of the
owner or proprietor thereof, or his agent, any intoxicating,
spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer kept for sale
therein or who shall knowingly and wilfully make any mis-
representations or false statement as to his age, and by reason
of such misrepresentation or false statement shall obtain any
spirituous or fermented liquors or lager beer from any such
person or persons as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned in the jail of
Washington county for not more than thirty days, or both
fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court or jus-
tice of the peace trying the case; provided, that the testimony
given by any minor or person under twenty-one years of age
in the prosecution of any person knowingly or wilfully selling
or furnishing any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors
to minors under the laws of this State shall not be used against
said minor in any prosecution under the provisions of this
section.
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