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shall be specifically described, directed to the sheriff or some
constable of said county, commanding him thoroughly to
search said described place and the appurtenances thereof and
if any there be found, to take into his possession and safely
keep, to be produced as evidence when required, all intoxicating
liquors, and all the means and paraphernalia for selling or dis-
pensing the same, and any United States internal revenue tax
receipt for the keeping or sale of intoxicating liquors, effect-
ive for the time of search or alleged violation, and take the
name and addresses of all persons present at said place, at
such time, and forthwith report all said facts, in writing, to the
State's Attorney for Prince George's county; and any such
intoxicating liquor, or the means or paraphernalia for selling
or dispensing the same, or any United States internal revenue
tax receipt for the keeping or sale of the same, effective as
aforesaid, shall be held to constitute prima facie evidence of
the violation of the provisions of this Act, as charged or
presented; and if the accused shall be found guilty, the intoxi-
cating liquor so seized shall, after the time of trial and appeal
has expired, be destroyed by the sheriff, and the other property
be held as the property of the accused or of the real owner; if
the accused shall be found not guilty, the whole shall be held
as his property, or as the property of the real owner.

SEC. 11. That in any indictment under the provisions of this
Act for the violation of the preceding sections thereof, it should
not be necessary to specify the particular kind of liquor which
is sold or dispensed, or that the same is actually sold or dis-
pensed, but it shall be sufficient if the indictment sets forth that
the traverser bartered or sold or solicited or received orders for
the purchase of, or deposited, kept or had in possession, with
the intent to barter or sell spirituous or fermented or alcoholic
liquors or intoxicating liquors, or with the intent that the same
be bartered or sold in violation of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 12. Provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to
cases now pending, nor to violations of the law that have here-
tofore occurred, but all such cases and violations shall be prose-
cuted and punished as provided by the laws hereby repealed, by
the provisions and effect of this Act, as if the same were
still in force.

SEC. 13. That in the interpretation of this Act, and to en-
large the meaning of the terms, the word "person" shall be
construed to include partnership, company, association, club
and body corporate; words of singular number shall include
the plural and those of masculine gender include the feminine;
that the words "sell" and "dispense" shall be construed to