ART. 20.] SOMERSET COUNTY. 999

and the means used for the sale of the same, shall not be taken
from the custody of the officer by a writ of replevin or other
process while th'e proceeding herein provided are pending, and
final judgment of conviction in such proceedings shall be in all
cases a bar to all suits for the recovery of any liquor seized or
the value of the same, or for damages alleged to arise by reason
of the seizing and detention thereof. (K) When any prosecu-
tion is commenced before any justice of the peace or court for a
violation of this Act, and the liquor seized under this section is
to be used as evidence in such trial, the hearing must take place
in not more than thirty days, if such court be then in session,
and if it be not in session, within thirty days from the date
when it is next in session, if at the time appointed for trial the
returns have not been properly made, or for other sufficient
cause, the trial may be postponed to a further date not more
than, fifteen days beyond the said thirty days. (L) The word
"Liquor" when used in this section, unless the same be incon-
sistent with the context, shall be construed to include the vessel
containing the same, the phrase "means used for the sale of,"
shall include all furniture, implements or paraphernalia of a
barroom or drinking saloon, or any part of same, and any
United States internal revenue tax receipt effective for the
period of time covering the alleged offense.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of May, 1908.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 664.

AN ACT to add three additional sections to article 20 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Somerset
County," sub-title "Princess Anne," as repealed and re-en-
acted by chapter five hundred and forty-three of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, to follow section 203 and to be numbered and
designated as sections 203A, 203s and 203c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections be added to article 20 of the
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Somerset County," sub-
title "Princess Anne," as repealed and re-enacted by chapter five
hundred and forty-three of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to follow section
203, and to be numbered and designated as sections 203A, 203B
and 203c.