300          Laws of Maryland         [Ch. 58

3. (a) General Provision. It shall be unlawful for any
person to manufacture, blend, rectify, bottle, transport,
import or sell, or suffer to be manufactured, blended, recti-
fied, bottled, transported, imported, or sold, or keep or
suffer to be kept on his premises, in his possession or
under his charge or control, for the purpose of sale and
delivery within this State, any alcoholic beverage except
as provided for in this Article. It shall also be unlawful
for any person to possess any alcoholic beverages upon
which the taxes provided by the tax provisions of this
Article have not been paid, unless otherwise provided in
this Article. It shall further be unlawful for any person to
buy, bargain, sell, lend, possess or knowingly transport
any apparatus designed for the unlawful manufacture of
alcoholic beverages. Such apparatus shall be determined
contraband and may be forfeited as provided for in this
Article.

125A. Tax on confiscated liquor. There shall be levied
and collected a State tax of $5.00 per 100 proof gallon, in
the form of an assessment, on all distilled spirits confis-
cated and on the potential quantity of distilled spirits to
be derived from the quantity of mash seized in connec-
tion with arrests made by state, local or federal officers
for the unlawful manufacture of distilled spirits within
the State of Maryland. Such assessment shall be made
by the Comptroller and shall be payable within SO days

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SON OR PERSONS CONVICTED. SUCH ASSESSMENT
SHALL BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY OF THE
PERSON OR PERSONS SO CONVICTED.

189A. Illicit Manufacture. In addition to any other
fines or penalties provided for the violation of the pro-
visions of this Article, any person convicted of the un-
lawful manufacture of alcoholic beverages or the unlaw-
ful possession of materials, equipment, implements, de-
vices and other property used or intended for use directly
and immediately in connection with the unlawful manu-
facture of alcoholic beverages within this State, shall upon
conviction be subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 nor
more than $10,000.00 or to imprisonment for not more
than five years, or both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the Court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1952.

Approved March 28, 1952.