ART. 20.] SOMERSET COUNTY. 997

of any person to whom liquor is sold; and the issuance of an
internal revenue special tax stamp or receipt by the United
States to any person as a wholesale or retail dealer in liquors or
in malt liquors at any place within said Somerset county shall
be prima facie evidence of the sale of intoxicating liquor by such
person at such place or at any place of business of such person
within said Somerset county where such stamp or receipt is
posted, and at any time charged in any prosecution as afore-
said ; provided, such time is within the life of such stamp or re-
ceipt.

138c. And be it enacted, (A) That if any person makes a
sworn complaint or affidavit before a justice of the peace for
the said county, particularly describing the house or place to
be searched and the things to be searched for, that he has
reason to believe and does believe that intoxicating liquor is
sold or kept for the purpose of being sold in violation of the
provisions of this Act, or of said section 138, such justice of the
peace shall issue his warrant, directed to any officer whom the
complainant may designate having power to serve criminal
process, commanding him to search premises described and des-
ignated in such complaint and warrant and the appurtenances
thereof, and if any such shall be found there to take into his
possession and safely keep all intoxicating liquor and the ves-
sels in which it is contained, if the same shall be found in quan-
tities and under such conditions to suggest that it be kept for
sale, and all the means used for the sale of the same, all the
paraphernalia or part of the paraphernalia of a barroom or
drinking saloon, and any United States internal revenue tax re-
ceipt for the sale of intoxicating liquor, effecting for the period
of time covering the alleged offense, and forthwith report in
writing all the facts and make immediate return on said war-
rant. (B) The warrant for search shall be directed to the
proper officer and shall show by a copy of the affidavit inserted
therein or annexed and referred to, or recite all of the material
facts alleged in the affidavit and particularly described, the
thing to be searched for and the place to be searched. A war-
rant for search substantially in the following form shall be
sufficient: State of Maryland, Somerset county, ss.: To
greeting: Whereas there has been filed with the undersigned an
affidavit, of which the following is a copy (here copy affidavit);
these are therefore to command you in the name of the State of
Maryland, together with the necessary and proper assistance, to
enter into (here describe the house or place described in the
affidavit) of the said of in the county aforesaid,
and there diligently search for the said intoxicating liquor and
means used for the sale of the same (here describe the articles