714 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 340
nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to individ-
uals who may bring into any Anti-Saloon Territory, upon
their person or as to their personal baggage and for their pri-
vate use such liquors in quantity not to exceed one gallon nor
to physicians nor druggists to whom any public carrier may
deliver such liquor in unbroken packages, in quantity not to
exceed five gallons at any one time; nor to deliveries to churches
or the proper officers thereof of wine in unbroken packages for
sacramental purposes; nor to shipments of liquor in continuous
transit to a point outside of such Anti-Saloon Territory.
This Section shall apply to all packages of intoxicating
liquor whether broken or unbroken. Each package of intoxi-
cating liquor, regardless of the name by which it may be called,
accepted, received, transferred, handled, delivered or distrib-
uted in violation of the provisions of this Section shall con-
stitute a separate offense.
The acceptance, receiving, carrying, transferring, handling,
delivery or distribution of intoxicating liquor under false or
fictitious names in any Anti-Saloon Territory shall work a for-
feiture of such liquor.
It is further expressly provided that no provision of this
Section is intended or shall be construed to violate or be in
conflict with any provision of the Constitution and Laws of
the United States, respecting interstate commerce, but this
section and all parts of the same are intended to prohibit the
acceptance, receiving, carrying, transferring, handling, deliv-
ery or distribution, as herein provided, of intoxicating liquor
to such extent only as the same is not expressly permitted un-
der the Constitution and Laws of the United States.
If any provision of this Section shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional it is hereby provided, that all other portions
of same which are not expressly held to be void or unconstitu-
tional shall continue in full force and effect.
Section 20A. And be it further enacted, That whenever the
Sheriff of Carroll County, or one of his deputies, or one of the
constables of Carroll County shall have reasonable cause to
believe that any person is handling, carrying or bringing into
Carroll County, while the same shall be Anti-Saloon Territory,
intoxicating liquor, regardless of the name by which the same
may be called, in quantity exceeding one gallon, for his own
personal use or for any purpose whatsoever, it shall be the
duty of said sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, without a war-
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