1086 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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
to be shut up and abated until the keeper shall give bond,
with sufficient security, to be approved by the court, in the
penal sum of one thousand (1000) dollars, payable to the
State of Maryland, conditional that he will not sell intoxica-
ting liquor contrary to law, and will pay all fines, costs and
damages assessed against him for any violation thereof; and
in case of a violation of the condition of such bond, suit may
be brought and recovery had thereon for the use of the said
county of Wicomico for any fine or fines that may be assessed
against him under this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners of said county of Wicomico are hereby authorized to
use any part of the fines 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 availa-
ble from fines collected for the violation of this Act such
County Commissioners are hereby authorized to appropriate
not more than two hundred dollars annually from the general
revenue fund for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of
this Act.

SEC. 7. 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 actually
is required as a medicine. Every prescription for intoxicating
liquor shall contain the name, quantity of liquor prescribed,
the name of the person for whom prescribed, the date on which
the prescription is written, and direction for the use of the
liquor so prescribed. And the said prescription shall contain
the hour or exact time that it was written; and it shall be un-
lawful for any doctor or physician who has been convicted of
issuing verbal prescriptions for intoxicating liquor, or of
issuing prescriptions for intoxicating 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 provision hereof shall
be held to be an unlawful selling and on conviction thereof
the person issuing same shall be punished accordingly.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
shall be construed to forbid or prevent the sale within Wi-