A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

part of such assessment, shall be entitled to receive
back from the said Mayor and City Council, or from
Register of said city, one-half of the amount
originally paid by them, the same to be paid out
of the first moneys collected under this act with
interest.

481

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all property
owners neglecting or refusing to comply with the
provisions of the second (2nd) section of this act,
within the time specified, shall be liable for the
whole amount of the original assessment, and the
same shall be a lien upon their property.

Owners
liable.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In torce.

CHAPTER 345.

AN ACT to amend section ninety of Article fifty-
six of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled,
Licenses.

Passed Mar.
10,1864.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section ninety of Article fifty-
six of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled,
licenses, to regulate the sale of spirituous or fer-
mented liquors, and lager beer in oyster or eating
houses, or other retailers, be amended and re-en-
acted so as to read as follows:

Section
amended.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall take outan ordinary license, as herein provided
by law, without having the bedding and other
accommodations required, if any person shall sell
or barter, any spirituous or fermented liquors, or
lager beer, to any person who is a minor or under
twenty-one years of age, he shall, on conviction,
pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two
hundred dollars, together with the costs of prose-
cution, and upon failure to pay the same shall be
committed to jail and confined therein until such

61

Penalty for
selling to
minors.