PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1739

shall be entered, immediately upon the receipt thereof, the name
and address of every person 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, corpor-
ation 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 com-
pany, steamboat company, express company, common or private
carriers shall file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the
Sheriff of the county aforesaid in which any such liquor has
been shipped a transcript of the records of said book for that
calendar month, which transcript shall be filed and preserved
by the aforesaid Sheriff and Clerk as a public document. No
package, parcel, or container of spirituous, vinous, fer-
mented, malt or intoxicating liquors, or any mixture thereof
containing alcohol for beverage purposes, shall be delivered by
any common or private carrier to any person in the aforesaid
county unless there shall be plainly and visibly labeled or
stenciled thereupon the following: the name and address of the
consignor, the name and address of the consignee, the kind and
quantity of the liquors contained therein, and that the liquors
are only for the personal use of the consignee. And any em-
ployee or agent of any express company, railroad company,
steamboat company, or any common or private carrier failing
or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by
a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one hun-
dred dollars ($100) for the first offense and any subsequent
offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500)
or by imprisonment in the Maryland House of Correction for
a term not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the Court. Provided, that if the said