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730 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 403

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, (A) That if any taxpayer or
voter in the town of Crisfield makes a sworn complaint or
affidavit before a Justice of the Peace for said Somerset
County, particularly describing the building, place, automo-
bile or other vehicle, boat, air or water craft, in said town of
Crisfield, to be searched and the thing to be searched for, that
he has reason to believe and does believe that intoxicating
liquor is manufactured, sold or kept for sale therein in viola-
tion of the provisions of this Act, such Justice of the Peace
shall issue his warrant upon probable cause shown, directed to
the Sheriff of said Somerset County, commanding him to
search the building, place, automobile or other vehicle, boat,
air or water craft described and designated in said complaint
and warrant, and if intoxicating liquor shall there be found
in quantities and under such conditions as to suggest that it
be kept for sale, the said officer shall take into his possession
and safely keep all of such intoxicating liquor and the container
or containers in which it is contained, and all the parapher-
nalia used for the sale of the same, all the paraphernalia or
part of the paraphernalia of a barroom or drinking saloon,
and forthwith report in writing all the facts and make im-
mediate return on said warrant.

(B) The warrant for search shall be directed to the proper
officer and shall show by a copy of the affidavit inserted therein
or annexed and referred to or recite all of the material facts
alleged in the affidavit and particularly describe the thing to
be searched for and the building, place, automobile or other
vehicle, boat, air or water craft to be searched. A warrant for
search substantially in the following form shall be sufficient:
State of Maryland, Somerset County, to wit:

The State of Maryland, To............... Greetings:

Whereas there has been filed with the undersigned an affi-
davit of which the following is a copy (here insert affidavit);
these are therefore to command you in the name of the State
of Maryland, together with the necessary and proper assist-
ance, to enter into (here describe the building, place, auto-
mobile or other vehicle, boat, air or water craft described in
the affidavit) of the said.............. of................

in the County aforesaid, and there diligently search for the
said intoxicating liquor and paraphernalia used for the manu-
facture or sale of the same (here describe the article as in the
affidavit), and that you bring the same or any part thereof

 

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