36 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cause the District Superintendents to perform their duties be-
tween the first day of April and the first day of December in
each and every year.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 34.

AN ACT to enable the registered qualified voters of Garrett
County to determine by ballot whether spirituous or fermented
liquors shall not be sold in said County, or shall be sold only
as hereinafter described, and to repeal all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act, or any part of this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Act, or any part of this Act, relating to the sale
or prohibiting the sale of spirituous, fermented or malt liquors
or alcoholic bitters shall not be enforced in said County, on and
after the first day of May, Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, and
that all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, shall be repealed after said last-mentioned date; pro-
vided, however, that this Act shall not be construed to repeal said
Section of said Code, prior to the first day of May, Nineteen
Hundred and Fifteen, or to affect any offense already committed
or which may be committed before this Act shall take effect.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the question whether or not
any person or persons, house, company, association or body cor-
porate as hereinafter described, may be licensed in Garrett
County of this State, by whom or in which spirituous, fermented
or malt liquors or intoxicating drinks may be sold, or whether
or not license to sell the same in said County shall be issued, shall
be submitted to the registered qualified voters of said County
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, Nine-
teen Hundred and Fourteen, and on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November every fourth year thereafter, at the
election to be held therein, upon the filing with the Election
Supervisors of said County at least sixty days before said
election of a petition containing the signatures of at least twenty-
five per cent, of the registered qualified voters of said County,
requesting such submission. And the Election Supervisors of
said County shall at least three weeks previous to the day of said