1062 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

law, who shall wilfully refuse or neglect or fail to discharge
any duty imposed by this Act, and any one who signs a petition
provided for in this Act, knowing he is not qualified to do so, or
who files with the Supervisors of Elections any such petition or
any sheet or other part thereof, knowing that it contains the
signature of a person not qualified to sign the same, or who re-
ceives, requests or demands or gives, offers or promises any re-
ward for signing or the refraining from signing of any such
petition or who by treating or giving intoxicating liquor or
anything else of the same or a different kind, or by threats to
injure- another in person or property, or by betting or other
device, either directly or indirectly influences or attempts to in-
fluence anyone to sign or refrain from signing any such peti-
tion, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor more
than two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisoned in the county
jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days
or be both so fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the
court. If any person shall be convicted of violating any provi-
sion of this section, and shall subsequently violate any provi-
sions of this section for such second and each subsequent viola-
tion he shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than
twenty dollars ($20) nor more than two hundred dollars
($200), and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten
(10) days nor more than ninety (90) days.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful
for any doctor or physician to issue a prescription for intoxi-
cating liquor, except in writing, or in any case unless the per-
son for whom it is issued is actually sick or such liquor is re-
quired as a medicine; every prescription for intoxicating
liquor shall contain the name and quantity of liquor prescribed,
the name of the person for whom prescribed, the date on
which the prescription is written and direction for use of the
liquor so prescribed, and it shall be unlawful for any doctor or
physician who has been convicted of issuing verbal prescrip-
tions for intoxicating liquor, or of issuing prescriptions for in-
toxicating liquor knowing the same to be for use as a beverage,
or of issuing prescriptions that do not in form comply with this
Act, thereafter to issue any prescription for intoxicating
liquor for any purpose for a period of two years from the date
of such conviction. Every prescription issued in violation of
the provisions hereof shall be held to be an unlawful selling,
and on conviction therefor the person issuing same shall be
punished accordingly.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
shall be construed to forbid or prevent the sale within anti-