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the provisions of this Act, upon conviction thereof, except in
the cases enumerated in the next preceding and succeeding
section, he shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than three hundred dollars, and on conviction a
second time, which. fact the court may ascertain from the
dockets of the court, in connection with evidence, he shall pay
a fine of two hundred dollars and his license shall be sup-
pressed.
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That if any person having a
license under the provisions of this Act, shall sell or barter any
spirituous or fermented liquors of any kind to any person who
is a minor, or under twenty-one years of age, or shall sell or
barter to any person such spirituous or fermented liquors, for
the purpose of being drunk by such person who is a minor, or
under twenty-one years of age, or shall give to any such person
who is a minor or under twenty-one years of age any spirituous
or fermented liquors, or shall allow upon the premises occupied
by him, any person who is under twenty-one years of age, to
drink any such spirituous or fermented liquors, sold or bar-
tered or given by him, he shall, on conviction, pay a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars, and if he be convicted a second time, which fact the
court may ascertain from an inspection of its dockets and by
other evidence, he shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, together with the
costs of prosecution, or be confined in jail for not less than
one month, nor more than six months, or be both fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and it shall be the
duty of the court before whom such person shall be convicted
to suppress his, her or its license.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That one-fourth of all moneys
paid to the said clerk for license fees under the provisions of
this Act shall be held by him for the use of the State and paid
over and accounted for as money received for license has been
heretofore accounted for, and the remainder thereof shall be
paid by him to the treasurer of Baltimore county, for county
uses; provided, however, that the clerk of the court shall be
entitled to retain five per cent, of the gross license fees for the
collection of same, to be accounted for as other fees of his office.
SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall not be construed to authorize the issue of license to sell
spirituous or fermented liquors at any place in said county
where the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors is not now
authorized by existing law.
SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the druggists and apothe-
caries shall not be required to obtain license under the pro-
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