1570 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful
for any railroad company, steamboat company, express com-
pany or any common or private carrier or carriers to convey,
transport or deliver to any depot, wharf or any point or place
in Caroline, Queen Anne's Talbot, Dorchester, Somerset, Wor-
cester, Kent and Wicomico Counties any spirituous, vin-
uous, fermented, malt or intoxicating liquors or any mixture
thereof containing alcohol for beverage purposes, to any firm,
corporation, club or association of individuals; provided, how-
ever, that it shall be lawful for any of the aforesaid public
or private carriers to carry, transport, bring into and deliver
to an individual over the age of twenty-one years spirituous,
vinous, or fermented liquors in any quantity not exceeding one
gallon in any one calendar month or malt liquor not exceeding
in quantity six dozen pint bottles or one eighth of a barrel in any
one calendar month, and it shall be unlawful for the aforesaid
common carrier or carriers to deliver such liquors to any per-
son other than the consignee thereof or to any person under
the age of twenty-one years whether consigned to such minor
or not. All such railroad companies, steamboat companies, ex-
press companies or common or private carriers doing business
within the limits of any of the aforesaid counties are hereby
required to keep a book in which shall be entered, immediately
upon the receipt thereof, the name and address of every per-
son to whom such liquors are shipped, the amount and kind
received, the date when delivered, and by whom and to whom
delivered and the name of the firm, corporation or individual
shipping such liquors, and the statement that such liquors are
for personal use only. After such record shall be a blank
space on which the consignee shall be required to sign his name
and address in person to such record before the delivery of
such liquors to such consignee, which book shall be open to the
inspection of the public at any time during the business hours
of the company. If the consignee shall be unable to write his
name, he may sign by mark in the presence of a witness, and
such witness shall sign his name on such record after the word
"Witness." Such book shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the facts therein stated and be admissable as evidence in
any court or tribunal having jurisdiction or in any manner
empowered with the enforcement of the provisions of this Act.
On the last day of each month such railroad company, steam-
boat company, express company, common or private carriers
shall file with the Clerks of the Circuit Court and the Sheriffs
of the respective counties aforesaid in which any such liquor