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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1910.
CHAPTER 647.
AN ACT to repeal Section 46 of Article 2 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "Anne Arundel County,"
subtitle "Annapolis," as same was repealed and re-enacted
by Chapter 41 of the Acts of 1902, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section forty-six of Article two of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Anne Arundel County," subtitle
"Annapolis," be repealed with amendments so as to read as
follows:
46. It shall not be lawful for any person, whether licensed
to sell spirituous liquors or not, to sell, dispose of, barter or
give, directly or indirectly, within the corporate limits of the
City of Annapolis, or within five miles thereof, any spirituous
or fermented liquors, wines or cordials of any kind, or in any
quantity whatever, to any youth or minor under the age of
twenty-one years, without the written order or consent of the
parent or guardian of such minor, nor to any midshipman or
student connected with or attached to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, or under orders to join or leave the said academy
or preparing for admission to said academy, nor to any student
of St. Johns College, without the written order of some pro-
fessor of said college. And any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be liable to indictment in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined a sum not less than twenty dollars and not more
than one hundred dollars and costs, and shall be confined in
the county jail until such fine and costs are paid, provided
said confinement in jail shall not exceed sixty days, but if any
minor or person referred to in this section shall wilfully rep-
resent that he is of full age and that he is not prohibited by
this section and thereby shall obtain any spirituous liquors,
and the person selling the same shall be able to prove, at his
trial, such misrepresentation and that he used due precaution
before disposing of the liquor as aforesaid to said minors or
other person falsely representing himself shall be acquitted of
other persons, then the person so selling to the said minor or
the charges; the minor or other person obtaining spirituous
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