76 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 5
name and address of the corporation, partnership or asso-
ciation, as well as the name and address of the applicant. If
any fine shall be imposed by any Court upon any individual
who has obtained a license under the provisions of this Act
for or on behalf of any partnership, corporation, or unin-
corporated association, the bond given by said applicant,
and also the partnership, corporation or unincorporated as-
sociation, shall be liable for the payment of such fine, and
upon the revocation of any such license for or on behalf of
such corporation or unincorporated association for the sale
of alcoholic beverages upon the same premises until after
the expiration of not more than twelve months from the
date of such revocation.
Section 316A. It shall be unlawful for any holder of a
manufacturer's or wholesaler's license, or anyone connected
with the business of such holder, or any other distiller,
brewer, rectifier, blender or bottler, to have any financial
interest in the premises upon or in which any alcoholic bev-
erage is sold at retail by any licensee or in any business
conducted by such licensee; and it shall also be unlawful for
any such person or any one connected with his, its or their
business to lend any money or other thing of value or to
make any gift or to offer any gratuity to any retail dealer,
and it shall also be unlawful for any such person to furnish
any sign, display or other form of advertisement of any
value in excess of $5. 00 advertising the products of a par-
ticular manufacturer or wholesaler, distiller, brewer, recti-
fier, blender, or bottler, to the holder of any retail license
issued under the provisions of this Act; and except as above
provided, no retail dealer shall accept, receive or make use
of any money, gift, sign of display furnished by any manu-
facturer or wholesaler or any distiller, brewer, rectifier,
blender or bottler, or become indebted to any such person
except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages. Any person
violating any provision of this Section shall upon conviction
be punished by a fine of not more than $5, 000. 00 or by im-
prisonment for not more than two years, or by both fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
Section 316B. No holder of a manufacturer's or whole-
saler's license and no distiller, brewer, rectifier, blender, or
bottler of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted to enter
into any agreement with any retail dealer, the effect or pur-
pose of which is to limit the purchases or sales of any such
retail dealer to the products of any one or more of such
producers, it being the intent and purpose of this Act that
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