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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the said Tench Tilghman, as Major General of said
Division, be and the same are hereby repealed.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 238.

Passed March
10, 1862.

AN ACT to prohibit the sale or gift of intoxicat-
ing drinks to Negro Slaves, and to add an addi-
tional section to Article sixty-six of the Code of
Public General Laws, relating to dealing with
Slaves.

Additional
lections.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That nineteenth and twentieth sec-
tions of Article sixty-six of the Code of Public
General Laws, be and the same are hereby amended
by the addition of the following sections to said
Article, to be, inserted between the twentieth and
twenty-first sections :

Sale of liquor
to slaves pro-
hibited.

That it shall not be lawful for any person in this
State, except as hereinafter mentioned, to sell,
give or administer, to any Slave, any spirituous
liquor or intoxicating drink ; and every person of-
fending against the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon
conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, or
Court having criminal jurisdiction, be punished by
a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars.

Sale allowed
in the case of
license, &c.

That it shall and may be lawful for any Slave
having a license in writing from his or her master,
mistress or employers, to buy or receive from any
person having spirituous liquor or intoxicating
drinks, such quantity of the same as the said li-
cense or permission may authorize.

Appeal.

That any person deeming himself or herself
aggrieved by the judgment of a Justice of the
Peace under this act, shall have the right of ap-
peal to the Circuit Court of the county, as in.