830 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Act, shall be taken and held and are declared to be common
nuisances and may be abated as such; and it shall be part of the
judgment, upon the conviction of the keeper, that the place
where liquor is found to have been sold contrary to this Act
be shut up and abated until the keeper shall give bond, with
sufficient security to be approved by the court, in the penal
sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), payable to the State of
Maryland, conditioned that he will not sell intoxicating liquor
contrary to law, and will pay all fines, costs and damages as-
sessed against him for any violation thereof; and in the case of
a violation of the condition of such bond suit may be brought
and rccovery had thereon for the use of said County for any
fine or fines that may be assessed against him under this Act.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Carroll County are hereby authorized to use any
part of the fines collected for the violation of this Act for hiring
detectives or secret service officers to secure the enforcement of
the same. And when there are no funds available from fines:
collected for the violation of this Act such County Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized to appropriate not more than Two
Hundred Dollars ($200) annually from the general revenue
fund for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That any Supervisor of
Elections, Judge of Election, Police Officer or other officer of
the law, who shall wilfully refuse or neglect or fail to discharge
any duty imposed by this Act, and any one who signs a petition
provided for in this Act, knowing that he is not qualified to do
so, or who files with the Supervisors of Elections any such peti-
tion or any sheet or part thereof knowing that it contains the
signature of a person not qualified to sign the same, or who
receives, requests or demands or gives, offers or promises any
reward for the signing or the refraining from signing of any
such petition, or who by treating or giving intoxicating liquor
or anything else, of the same or a different kind, or by threats
to injure another in person or property, or by betting or other
device, either directly or indirectly influences or attempts to in-
fluence any one, to sign or refrain from signing any such peti-
tion, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than Twenty Dollars ($20) nor more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200) or imprisoned in the County
jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90)
days, or be both so fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of
the court. If any person shall be convicted of violating any