ART. 22.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 1061

shall be the duty of the clerk of the Circuit Court of said
county to furnish information concerning such prior convic-
tion to the State's Attorney and grand jury. A certified tran-
script from the docket of any justice of the peace or a certified
copy of the record under the seal of the clerk of the Circuit
Court shall be sufficient evidence of a previous conviction or
convictions under any section of this Act; it shall be sufficient
in such presentment or indictment to allege briefly that said
person has been convicted of a violation or violations of the
provisions of this section.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the giving away,
delivering or handling of any intoxicating liquor by any store-
keeper or at any place of business or the taking or soliciting of
orders or the making of agreements, at or within any political
sub-division or district while the same is anti-saloon territory,
for the sale or delivery or future giving away of any intoxicat-
ing liquor, or any other shift or device to evade any provision
of this Act, shall be held to be an unlawful selling.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That all places where in-
toxicating liquor is sold in violation of any provision of this
Act shall be taken and held and are declared to be common
nuisances and may be abated as such; and it shall be part of
the judgment, upon the conviction of the keeper, that the place
where liquor is found to have been sold contrary to this Act be
shut up and abated until the keeper shall give bond with suffi-
cient security to be approved by the court, in the penal sum of
one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the State of Mary-
land, conditioned that he will not sell intoxicating liquor con-
trary to law, and will pay fines, costs and damages assessed
against him for any violation thereof; and in case of a viola-
tion of .the condition of such bond, suit may be brought and re-
covery had thereon for the use of Washington county for any
fine or fines that may be assessed against him under this Act.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Washington county are hereby authorized to use
any part of the fines and forfeitures collected for the violation
of this Act for hiring detectives or secret service officers to
secure the enforcement of the same, and when there are no
funds available from fines or forfeitures collected for the viola-
tion of this Act, such County Commissioners are hereby au-
thorized to appropriate not more than two hundred dollars an-
nually from the general revenue fund for the purpose of en-
forcing the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That any Supervisor of
Election, judge of election, police officer or other officer of the