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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 844

(2)  Except a bona fide employee in the course of
his employment, a person under 21 years may only possess or
have upon his person beer or light wine of 14 percent of
alcohol by volume.

(3)  Any person violating this subsection upon
conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not
more than $50.

(f) In Somerset, Caroline, Dorchester, Cecil,
Frederick, Washington, Garrett, and Queen Anne's counties,
it shall be unlawful for any person under the age of
twenty-one years to possess or have upon his person any
alcoholic beverages other than beer and light wine and for
any person under eighteen years to possess or have upon his
person any alcoholic beverage, except a bona fide employee
in the course of his employment. Any minor having such
alcoholic beverages in his possession as aforesaid shall
upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). In Somerset
County, a person under 21 years may only possess or have
upon his person beer or light wine of 14 percent alcohol by
volume.]

[(g)] (D) No licensee, proprietor, or operator of any
establishment dispensing alcoholic beverages shall permit
the consumption or possession of any alcoholic beverages
other than beer or light wine by a person under the age of
twenty-one years or the consumption or possession of beer or
light wine by any person [under eighteen years ] NOT
DESIGNATED IN § 2(T)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE upon said premises
no matter by whom such alcoholic beverages shall have been
purchased or from whom obtained. [Anyone violating this
subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars
($50.00) in addition to any other penalties as provided
under this article.] A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBSECTION IS A
MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $50 IN
ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES PROVIDED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

[(h) In Montgomery and Prince George's counties it
shall be unlawful for any person to sell or to give to
minors any alcoholic beverages other than beer or light wine
or to keep ingredients, materials or instrumentalities with
intent to manufacture alcoholic beverages other than beer or
light wine for sale or gift to minors. It shall be unlawful
for any person to sell or to give beer or light wine to any
person under eighteen years of age or to keep ingredients,
materials or instrumentalities with intent to manufacture
beer or light wine for sale or gift to any person under
eighteen years of age. Any person violating 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.