544                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

(o) Charles County.—In Charles County, it shall be unlawful for
any minor under the age of twenty-one years to possess or have
upon his person any alcoholic beverages. The word minor shall ap-
ply to every person under twenty-one years of age, except to bona
fide employees in the course of their employment and whose employ-
ment is not prohibited by this article. Any minor having such
alcoholic beverages in his possession as aforesaid shall upon convic-
tion be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more
than fifty dollars ($50.00).

[In Charles County the Circuit Court and trial magistrate shall
have concurrent jurisdiction to hear any violation of this subsection,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.]

(p) Court jurisdiction of minors who purchase or consume alco-
hol.—Jurisdiction over those minors who are above the age of
juvenile court jurisdiction is in the District Court. Jurisdiction over
those minors who are within the age of juvenile court jurisdiction is
in the juvenile court. However if there is a waiver of juvenile
jurisdiction with respect to a minor who is otherwise subject to
juvenile court jurisdiction, then the District Court has jurisdiction
over the matter notwithstanding any provision of Article 26,
§ 145 (b) (2) (iii) to the contrary.

121. Anne Arundel County.

(b) Sale or delivery to minors, midshipmen, etc., in Annapolis.—
It shall not be lawful for any person, whether licensed to sell spiritu-
ous, fermented or intoxicating liquor or not, to sell, give directly or
indirectly, dispose of, barter, furnish, hand over or deliver, within the
corporate limits of the City of Annapolis, or within five miles thereof,
any spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors, wines or cordials
of any kind, or in any quantity whatever, to any youth, or minor
under the age of twenty-one years, either for his or her own use or for
the use of any other person, either with or without the written order
or consent of the parent or guardian of such minor; nor to any
midshipman or student connected with or attached to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, or under orders to join or leave the said
Academy, or preparing for admission to said Academy, either for
his own use or for the use of any other person; and any person
violating the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned in jail for not less than ten days, nor more than sixty
days, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court;
but if any minor shall wilfully represent that he is of full age and
thereby shall obtain any spirituous liquors, and the person selling the
same shall be able to prove at his or her trial such misrepresentation,
and that he or she used due caution in ascertaining the age of such
minor before disposing of the liquor as aforesaid to said minor and
that in the exercise of reasonable caution he was deceived by the use
of documentary evidence and that for such reason he was unable
to ascertain that the minor was in fact a minor, then the person so
selling to such minor, shall be acquitted of the said charge, the minor
obtaining spirituous liquor by such misrepresentation of his or her
age shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon trial and conviction
[before any justice of the peace] shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty dollars and the costs