978 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That article 18 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title
"Queen Anne's County," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating
Drinks," be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new
section thereto, to follow section 196 thereof, to be numbered
section 196A, and to read as follows:

196A. It shall not be lawful for any person, house, corpora-
tion, company or association, to solicit, take or receive, at any
place within the limits of Queen Anne's county, any order, or
orders, for the purchase or delivery of any spirituous, fer-
mented or intoxicating liquors of any origin whatever, or alco-
holic bitters, and any person, house, corporation, company or
association violating the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay on the first conviction a fine
of not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, and the costs of prosecution, and be imprisoned in the
county jail for thirty days; and on the second and every subse-
quent conviction, not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution, and be
imprisoned in the county jail for not less than sixty nor more
than ninety days; and in default of the payment of such fine
and costs, he or they shall remain in the said county jail after
his or their term of imprisonment until such fine and costs
are paid. One-half of any fine imposed for the violation of this
section shall go to the informer and the residue (or if no infor-
mer, the whole fine) to the Board of School Commissioners of
said county for the use of the public schools therein. All prose-
cutions for violations of this section may be either upon pre-
sentment and indictment, or by a trial before a justice of the
peace of said county, in the way and manner prescribed and
provided for in sections 199 and 200 of said article 18, title
"Queen Anne's County," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating
Drinks."

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its pasage.

Approved March 10, 1908.

CHAPTER 653.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article 18 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Queen Anne's
County," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," said
additional section to follow section 197, and to be known as
section 197A.