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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That if, upon examination of
such person, it shall appear to such justice that there is prob-
able cause to believe him guilty of the offense charged, the ac-
cused shall be required to enter into a recognizance, with suffi-
cient securities, in the sum of not less than five hundred dol-
lars ($500. 00) to appear before the next term of the Circuit
Court of Prince George's County to answer an indictment if
one be preferred against him; and upon his failure to enter
into such recognizance, the justice shall commit him to jail to
answer such indictment. All material witnesses may also be
required to enter into a recognizance with or without securities,
as such justice may deem proper, to appear before the. Grand
Jury at the next term of said court and such justice shall
require the accused to give bond with sufficient security in the
sum of five hundred dollars ($500. 00), conditioned that he
will not violate any of the provisions of this Act during the
time intervening between the date of such bond and the ad-
journment of the next Court; and upon his failure to give such
bond, the justice shall commit him to jail until such bond be
given or until he be discharged therefrom by due process of
law.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That whenever intoxicating
liquors shall be seized in any room, building or place which has
been searched under the provisions of this Act, the finding of
such liquors in excess of the quantity permitted by this Act in
such room of a United States retail liquor dealer's tax receipt
therein shall be prima facie evidence of the unlawful selling
and keeping and storing for sale of the same by the person or
persons occupying such premises, or by any person named in
any such United States tax receipt posted in such room or his
associates, agents or employees thereunder, and the proprietor
or other persons in charge of the premises where such intoxi-
cating liquors were found, or who is so named in such United
States tax receipt, and his associates shall be subject to trial
on the charge of selling or keeping or storing for sale unlaw-
fully such intoxicating liquors, and upon his conviction the in-
toxicating liquors found upon said premises shall at once be
publicly destroyed by some responsible person to be appointed
by the Court.
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