38 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
ale, beer and all other fermented, malt and distilled liquors, and
every mixture of liquors which shall contain more than two per
cent, by weight of alcohol and every mixture of liquors which
shall contain less than two per cent, of alcohol, if the same shall
be intoxicating; or any article used or sold as a beverage in the
composition of which whiskey, brandy, high wines or alcohol or
any spirituous or fermented liquors shall be an ingredient, nor
shall any license be granted for the sale of the same therein.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no person, house, company,
manufacturer, association or body corporate, shall deposit, keep
or have in his or its possession, any spirituous or fermented
liquors or alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind,
or hard cider, tonic beer, lager beer, schnapps, or gin, or any
article used or sold as a beverage, in the composition or com-
pounding of which whiskey, brandy, high wines or alcohol or
any spirituous or fermented liquors shall be an ingredient, with
intent to barter or sell or give away the same in violation of the
provisions of the preceding Sections, or with intent that the
same shall be bartered or sold or given away in violation thereof
within the limits of said County.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any person, house, com-
pany, manufacturer, association, or body corporate, shall violate
any of the provisions of the preceding Sections within the limits
of Garrett County, he or it shall upon conviction thereof for the
first offense forfeit and pay a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars or more than five hundred dollars, and cost of prosecu-
tion, and failing to pay such fine and cost forthwith shall be
sentenced to be confined in the Maryland House of Correction
for a term not less than six months or more than twelve
months, and upon conviction thereof for the second, and each
subsequent offense, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $200. 00
nor more than $600. 00, and cost of prosecution, and to be con-
fined in the Maryland House of Correction for not less than six
months nor more than twelve months, and failing to pay such
fine and cost forthwith, shall be sentenced to be confined in the
Maryland House of Correction for a term of not less than twelve
months nor more than two years.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in the preceding
Sections shall be construed to prevent the compounding or sale
of any such liquors by a regular Pharmacist or Druggist who
may or shall have obtained a license therefor under the license
laws of this State, upon the written bona 'fide prescription of a
regular practicing physician of said County whose name shall be
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