Ch. 3 1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(2) In St. Mary's County, cider or native wines may be sold by [the] their
maker [thereof] without a license.
(c) (1) (I) [No] A license or permit [shall be] IS NOT required in the case
of:
1. [a] A common carrier,. warehouseman or other [lien
holder] LIENHOLDER exercising [his] THAT LIENHOLDER'S right to sell alcoholic
beverages under a lien;
2. [or any] ANY authorized county or Baltimore City official
exercising, [his] THE OFFICIAL'S right to sell certain confiscated alcoholic beverages as
[hereinafter] PROVIDED in this section [provided]; or
3. . [any] ANY sheriff, constable, receiver, auctioneer,, trustee,
attorney, executor or administrator selling alcoholic beverages under an order of court. [;
but no such sale shall]
(II) SALES MAY ONLY be made [except] to a license holder, and if
the purchaser is a retail dealer, the person making the sale shall pay the taxes imposed by
§ 5-102 of the Tax - General Article before delivery is made to the purchaser.
(d) Warehouse receipts covering alcoholic beverages on storage in public ([which
includes] INCLUDING government controlled) warehouses in this State may be
purchased or sold without a license or permit, but [no] withdrawals or deliveries of
[such] THOSE beverages [shall] MAY NOT be made in this State except to licensed
manufacturers and wholesalers. The Comptroller may prescribe regulations covering
warehouse receipt transactions.
(e) [No] A license or permit [shall be] IS NOT required EITHER of transport
planes furnished with a cocktail lounge [, nor shall a license or permit be required] OR
of ships carrying passengers or cargo to a foreign port, in order to purchase alcoholic
beverages from wholesalers or manufacturers, [provided] IF satisfactory proof in writing
is furnished that [such] THE beverages are for sale or use beyond the continental limits
and possessions of the United States.
(f) (1) Confiscation and forfeiture procedure. All alcoholic beverages and other
contraband kept, possessed, used, sold, manufactured, stored or transported contrary to
the provisions of this article [shall be] ARE subject to confiscation and forfeiture, and
when confiscated may be recovered or disposed of only as [hereinafter] provided IN
THIS SUBSECTION.
[(1)](2) Forfeiture. If any defendant is adjudged guilty of violating the
provisions of this article any property in [his] THE DEFENDANT'S possession or control
seized as contraband shall be deemed immediately forfeited. Any property otherwise
adjudged as contraband or otherwise in violation of the provisions of this article shall be
deemed immediately forfeited. Where any property seized as contraband is unclaimed for
[thirty (30)] 30 days subsequent to the date of confiscation and [such] THE property has
not been destroyed as provided in this section, [such] THE property shall be deemed
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