ART. 17.] PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 961

any bona fide prescription given by a regular practicing physi-
cian in which spirituous liquors may be a component part; pro-
vided, that no pharmacist shall sell or compound more than
once any one prescription, and no physician shall give any pre-
scription for intoxicating liquor or in which intoxicating liquor
shall be an ingredient, unless it is for a bona fide case of sick-
ness, nor shall any pharmacist or druggist sell, barter or give
away in the course of trade any liquor within the limits of the
districts specified without such prescriptions, and any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to the
penalties imposed by the preceding section.

SEC. 9. That in the trial of said person for a violation of the
preceding section it shall be lawful for the State to prove that
snch person on trial has paid, if such be the case, a tax to the
Government of the United States under the internal revenue
laws thereof upon the business of brewer, retail dealer or whole-
sale dealer in spirituous liquor, malt liquor or any product con-
taining the same, in Prince George's county, for a period of time
within which such violation is alleged to have occurred, or" to
prove that such person has registered such a business for the
said period with the Collector of Internal Revenue of the dis-
trict of which Prince George's county forms a part, or that
such person has made application to be registered; and it shall
be lawful for the State to offer in evidence in such cases a copy
of the internal revenue laws relating to said tax, registration
or application for registration, which facts may be proved by
the certificate of said collector, or any of his deputies, or by
the sworn testimony of any person who has examined the books
of the said collector, and a copy of the application of any per-
son for registry under the said internal revenue laws, made and
attested by said collector or his deputies, or sworn to by any
person who has examined the books of said collector, shall be
prima facie proof of such application, and the payment of said
tax and the application for such registry shall be prima facie
evidence that the party so applying and paying the tax is en-
gaged in the sale of intoxicating liquor in Prince George's
county, in violation of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 10. Whenever any person shall charge on oath or affir-
mation before any justice of the peace of Prince George's
county, or any grand jury shall present any person for viola-
ting the provisions of this Act, and shall request said justice
of the peace so to do, or in case of presentment by the grand
jury shall request the court to direct the clerk of the court, the
said justice of the peace or the clerk of the court upon the direc-
tion of the court as aforesaid, shall issue a warrant, in which
the place in which the violation is alleged to have occurred