1444 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 690

fermented or other intoxicating liquors, medicated bitters, or
any compound of which alcohol is a chief or principal in-
gredient, except as hereinafter provided; and it shall also be
unlawful for any person or persons, firm, or corporation,
within the said Caroline County to keep or suffer to be kept
on his or their premises, in his or their possession or under his
or their charge or control for the purpose of sale and delivery
within the limits of said County any such spirituous, vinous,
malt or fermented or other intoxicating liquors, medicated
bitters, or any compound of which alcohol is a chief or prin-
cipal ingredient, except as hereinafter provided; and it shall
also be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corpora-
tion within the said Caroline County, to take orders for any
such liquor, medicated bitters, or alcoholic compound, at any
time, under any pretenses, in any manner, or for any purpose
whatever; except as hereinafter provided; and if any person
or persons, firm or corporation within said Caroline County
in violation thereof shall directly or indirectly sell or other-
wise dispose of, by way of barter, any such liquors, medicated
bitters or alcoholic compounds, or shall keep or suffer to be
kept in his premises, on his possession or under his charge or
control, for the purpose of sale and delivery within the limits
of said County, or shall therein take any order or orders
thereof, then such person or persons, the members of such
firm, and directors, trustees or managers of such corporation
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof in the Circuit Court of Caroline County, or before
any Justice of the Peace thereof, shall be subject to a fine
of not more than One Thousand Dollars (f 1, 000. 00) or to
imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court or
Justice of the Peace; in any indictment, warrant or other
charge, the members of any firm shall be designated as in civil
suits, and, in the case of corporations the directors, trustees, or
managers thereof may be simply designated as directors, trus-
tees or managers of such corporation, and in no case against
the members of any firm or against the directors, trustees or
managers of any corporation shall abate, be quashed or set
aside upon demurrer, because less than the whole number of
the members of any firm or of the directors, trustees or man-
agers of such corporation have been charged or arrested, but
such as are charged and have been arrested may be tried, and
those who have not been charged, or those who, being charged,
have not been arrested, may, upon being charged, arrested,
be tried; in trials of the Circuit Court, where the cases have
been removed to said Court for a jury for trial, or in trials upon
appeals from Justices of the Peace, instead of proceeding to
trial upon the warrant issued by the Justice, the State's At-