1688 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

that other expenses of said election are paid; but if for any
reason said notice shall not be given or not given in the manner
herein prescribed, such failure shall not affect the validity of
this Act or operate to prevent its taking effect.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the ballots cast at said
election to be counted as deciding for and against the sale of
spirituous, fermented or malt liquors or intoxicating drinks in
said County, shall have printed on the official ballots cast or
used at said election the words "For License"—"Against
License" in the same manner prescribed by Section 56 of Arti-
cle 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of 1904 and the bal-
lots cast'' For License'' and the ballots cast '' Against License''
shall be carefully counted by the judges of said elections in the
various polling places in said County as provided by law and
the number of ballots cast "For License" and the ballots cast
"Against License" shall be certified by them, and the Super-
visors of Elections of said County shall, as soon as conveniently
may be after receiving and canvassing all the ballots cast "For
License" and "Against License" in St. Mary's County after
said election proclaim the result of said election and publish
such proclamation in some newspaper or newspapers published
in said County and shall record in a well-bound book to be kept
in their office by them and their successors, the result of the
vote upon said proposition and such result may be proved in
all courts and in all proceedings by such record or by the official
certificate of the Supervisors of Elections.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall appear from the
record or certificate of the Supervisors of Elections that a ma-
jority of the legal voters voting upon said proposition voted
"Against License" it shall not be lawful after the first day of
May, 1916, for any person or persons, house, company, associ-
ation, club, body corporate or manufacturer of intoxicating
liquors of any kind to barter or sell, directly or indirectly or
to solicit, or to receive orders for the purchase of, at any place
within the limits of St. Mary's County or to give away at his,
hers, its or their place of business within the limits of said
County, any spirituous, fermented or malt liquors or alcoholic
bitters or intoxicating drinks of any kind, including whiskey,
brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, beer and all other fermented, malt
or distilled liquors and any mixture of liquors which shall con-
tain more than 2 per cent, by weight of alcohol and any mixture
of liquors which shall contain less than 2 per cent, of alcohol,
if the same shall be intoxicating, or any article, used or sold