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1066 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
vict for the acts of an agent or servants, nor to state the name
of any person to whom liquor is sold, nor to set forth the facts
showing that the required number of legal voters petitioned for
the submission to the voters of said proposition, nor that a ma-
jority of the legal voters voting upon said proposition voted
"yes," but it shall be sufficient to state in that regard that the
act complained of took place in an anti-saloon territory or dis-
trict. The issuance of an internal revenue special tax stamp or
receipt by the United States to any person as a wholesale or re-
tail dealer in liquors or in malt liquors at any place within
territory which, at the time of the issuance thereof, is anti-
saloon territory, shall be prima facie evidence of the sale of in-
toxicating liquor by such person at such place, or at any place
of business of such person within such territory where such
stamp or receipt is posted, and at the time charged in any suit
or prosecution under this Act; provided, such time is within
the life of such stamp or receipt.
SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, (A) That if any person
makes a sworn complaint or affidavit before any justice of the
peace having criminal jurisdiction, or judge of the Circuit
Court for Washington county (particularly describing the
house or place to be searched and the things to be searched for)
that he has reason to believe and does believe that intoxicating
liquor is sold or kept for the purpose of being sold in violation
of the provisions of this Act, such justice of the peace or judge
shall issue his warrant, directed to any officer whom the com-
plainant may designate having power to serve criminal process,
commanding him to search the premises described and desig-
nated in such complaint and warrant, and the appurtenances
thereof, and if any such shall there be found, to take into his
possession and safely keep all intoxicating liquor and the vessels
in which it is contained, if the same shall be found in quantities
and under such conditions as to suggest that it is kept for sale,
and all the means used for the sale of the same, all the para-
phernalia or part of the paraphernalia of a barroom or drinking
saloon, and any United States internal revenue tax receipt for
the sale of intoxicating liquor effective for the period of time
covering the alleged offense, and forthwith report in writing all
the facts and make immediate return on said warrant. (B)
The warrant for search shall be directed to the proper officerr
and shall show by a copy of the affidavit inserted therein or an-
nexed and referred to, or recite all the material facts alleged in
the affidavit, and particularly describe the thing to be searched
for and placed to be searched; a warrant for search substan-
tialy in the following form shall be sufficient: State of Mary-
land, Washington county, to wit: To greeting: Where-
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