1374 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 569
CHAPTER 569.

AN ACT to amend Section 13 of Chapter 492 of the Acts of
1914 as the same was amended by Chapter 340 of the Acts
of 1916 and to add one new section to said Chapter 492 of the
Acts of 1914, to follow immediately after Section 24, to be
known as Section 25, providing additional penalties for vio-
lating and additional means for enforcing the Local Option
Law for Carroll County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 13 of Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1914 as the
same was amended by Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1916, be and
the same is hereby amended, and that one new section be added
to said Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1914, to be known as Section
25, said Section 13, 16 and 25 to read as follows:

Section 13. And be it further enacted, That whoever shall,
by himself or another, either as principal, clerk or servant, di-
rectly or indirectly, sell, barter, give away or exchange any in-
toxicating liquor in any quantity whatever within the limits of
Carroll County, or manufacture, import transport, keep or have
in his possession any intoxicating liquor any or all with intent to
sell, or otherwise dispose of same in violation of the provisions of
this Act, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the jail or
House of Correction for no, t more than one year or be both
fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

Provided, however, nothing in this section shall be construed
to apply to individuals who may give away such liquor in their
own private residences when not used as or made a place of pub-
lic resort, to persons above the age of 21 years, who are not
habitual drunkards or persons of known intemperate habits.

If any person shall be convicted of violating any provision of
this Act and shall subsequently violate any provision of this
Act he shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than
One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000) and be imprisoned in the jail
or House of Correction for not more than two years.

And in like manner if he shall subsequently violate any pro-
visions of this section, for such third and each subsequent viola-
tions he shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than
Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 000) and confined in the Maryland
House of Correction for not more than five (5) years.

State's Attorneys and Justices of the Peace having knowl-
edge of any previous conviction of any persons accused of vio-
lating the provisions of this section, in preparing warrants, pre-
sentments and indictments, shall allege such previous convic-