996 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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

Approved February 25, 1908.

CHAPTER 518.

AN ACT to add additional sections to article 20 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Somerset County,"
sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," to follow imme-
diately after section 138 of said article as amended by chapter
80 of the Acts of 1902, and to be known as sections 138A, 138p
and 138c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That additional sections be added to article 20 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Somerset County,"
sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," said additional sec-
tions to follow immediately after section 138 of said article as
amended by chapter 80 of the Acts of 1902, and to be called sec-
tions 138A, 138B and 138C, and to read as follows:

138A. That the giving away of intoxicating liquor, except
cider and home-made wine, on the premises where manufactured
by any person at any place of business within the limits of Som-
erset county, or the making of any agreement within said
county for the sale or delivering of any intoxicating liquor or
the selling by any person of any cider or home-made wine on the
premises where manufactured, if the same or any part of the
same be manufactured from apples, grapes or other fruit not
grown or produced on said premises, or the selling by any per-
son of any cider or home-made wine, wheresoever manufactured
on any premises in said county within one mile from the limits
of any incorporated town or village therein, except as afore-
said, or any shift of device to evade any provisions of this Act,
or said section 138, as amended by chapter 80 aforesaid, shall be
held to be an unlawful selling; and any person violating this
section shall, upon conviction thereof by the Circuit Court, or
by a justice of the peace of Somerset county trying the case, be
fined not less than $50 nor more than $ 100, and be confined in
the Maryland House of Correction for not less than six months,
nor more than one year for each and every offense.

138B. And be it enacted, That in all prosecutions under this
Act, or said section 138, by indictment or otherwise, it shall not
be necessary to state the kind of liquor sold, nor to describe the
place where sold, nor to show knowledge of the principal to con-
vict for the acts of the agent or servant, nor to state the name