MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2787

any of the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall
suffer the penalties provided by § 200 of this article;
provided, however, that any person charged with selling
or furnishing any alcoholic beverages to a minor under
twenty—one years of age, except in Montgomery and Prince
George's counties where the age shall be eighteen years
for beer and light wine, shall not be found guilty of a
violation of this subsection, if such person establishes
to the satisfaction of the jury or the court sitting as a
jury, that he used due caution to establish that such
minor under twenty-one, or eighteen years of age in
Montgomery and Prince George's counties where beer or
light wine is sold or furnished, was not, in fact a minor
under twenty-one YEARS OF AGE IF A NONRESIDENT OF THE
STATE, or eighteen years of age in Montgomery and Prince
George's counties where beer or light wine is sold or
furnished, IF A NONRESIDENT OF THE STATE. IF, IN EITHER
CASE, THE PERSON IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
THE LICENSEE MAY ACCEPT, AS PROOF OF THE PERSON'S AGE,
THE DISPLAY OF THE PERSON'S AGE OF MAJORITY
IDENTIFICATION CARD AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION [[2-501.1
OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE.]] 6-602
OF ARTICLE 66 1/2. If any person shall be found not
guilty, or placed on probation without a verdict, of any
alleged violation of this subsection, such finding shall
operate as a complete bar to any proceeding by any
alcoholic beverage law enforcement or licensing
authorities on account of such alleged violation,
provided that the person inducing the sale in question
shall have been found guilty by a court under one of the
sections of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
numbered 400 to 403, both inclusive.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, [[1974]] 1975.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 840
(House Bill 1679)
AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Application for Licenses

FOP the purpose of prohibiting the locating of a
business, industry or use in an area which is not
properly zoned for the business, industry or use in