186 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 104
report in writing all the facts and make immediate return on
said warrant.
(B) The warrant for search shall be directed to the proper
officer and shall show by copy of the affidavit inserted therein
or annexed and referred to, or recite, all the material facts
alleged in the affidavit and particularly describe the thing to be
searched for and the place to be searched. A warrant for
search substantially in the following form shall be sufficient:
'State of Maryland,
Washington County, to wit:
To........................ Greeting:
Whereas, There has been filed with the undersigned an affi-
davit of which the following is a copy:
(Here copy affidavit)
These are therefore to command you in the name of the
"State of Maryland together with the necessary and proper
assistance to enter into (here describe the house or place de-
scribed in the affidavit) of the said.......................
of.......................... in the County aforesaid and
there diligently search for the said intoxicating liquor and
means used for the sale of the same (here describe the articles
as in the affidavit) and that you bring the same or any part
thereof found in such search forthwith before me to be dis-
posed of and dealt with according to law.
Given under my hand this........... day of............
A. D..........
Such liquor and means used for the sale of the same shall
be held subject to the order of the Justice of the Peace or court
issuing the warrant to be used as evidence in the prosecution
of any case for the violation of this Act,
(C) If fluids be poured out or otherwise destroyed when
the premises are searched or about to be searched, said fluids
shall be held prima facie to be intoxicating liquor and intended
for sale in violation of this Act.
(D) If upon the final judgment of the Justice of the
Peace or Court the accused shall be found guilty, the intoxi-
cating liquor seized from him shall, after the time for appeal
has expired, and if no appeal is taken, be ordered to be de-
stroyed, and the other property shall be held as the property
of the accused or owner. If the accused shall be found not
guilty, the whole of the property seized shall be returned to
the person from whom it was taken.
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