Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-04-08

second section of Article fifty-six of the
| Code of Public General Laws relating to
| the granting of Licenses to Traders, be and
| the same is hereby repealed, and the fol-
lowing enacted as substitute therefor.
When any person, body polite, or corpo-
rate, shall propose to sell or barter anything
mentioned in the preceding section; except
spirituous or fermented liquors, he shall ap-
ply to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
county in which he may reside, or if he re-
sides in the city of Baltimore to the Court
| of Common Pleas, for a license therefor ;
but no license to trade, or to sell spirituous
or fermented liquors shall be issued by any
Clerk of a Court a feme coveret or to a
person under the age of twenty-one years,
without the special order of the Judge of
the Court. but no Judge shall give such
special order to issue license to sell spiritu-
Gus or termented liquors unless upon the
recommendation of at least ten respectable
freeholders, residents of the ward or dis
| trict wherein the place for sale may be, and
whenever any license shall be issued to
fcme covcret, or minor the said feme coveret
or minor shall be responsible for all con-
tracts made in the prosecution of their bus
mess under such license, and shall be liable
to be sued therefor in any of the courts of
the State, and said feme coveret may be
sued, or indicted, and prosecuted in the
case of {. violation by her of the license
laws of this State, OF i'll case she should
keep disorderly house. as if she were
feme sole; and if Judgment DO obtained
against her on any contract, execution,
shall or may issue in the ordinary way to
affect her separate estate; provided, how
ever, that such responsibility shall in no
manner affect OF impair the responsibility
of the husband or parent, under the exist
ing laws and that this act shall take effect
on the thirteenth day of April next.
HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS.
| AN ACT to amend the twenty-tirst and
twenty-sec0nd Sections of the tifty-sixth
| Article of the Code of Public General
| Laws, relating to the Licenses of Hawk
ers and Peddlers,
| SEC /. BE it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That the twenty first
and twenty second Sections of the fifty
sixth Article of the Code of Public General
Laws relating to the license Of Hawkers
and Peddlers be and the same is hereby re-
| peacd, and the following sections enacted
in lieu thereof:
Twenty For every such license,
not to extend beyond the county In which
the same may be issued there shall be paid
the following rates, to wit;
For every license to travel on foot,
the sum of 5 40 90
To travel with horse or other
beast of burden and wagon and
other vehicles, the sum of so 90
With two horses or other beasts of
burden and wagon and other We
hicles, the sum of 20 90
For every such license so extended
| over the whole Eastern Shore or
| the whole Western Shore, there
shall be paid the following rates,
| to wit
For license to travel on foot 60 90
| To travel with horse or other beast
of burden and wagon or otherve-
hicle, the snm of 100 90
| With two horses or other beasts of
| burden and wagon or other We
hicle, the sum of $50 90
| "Twenty-two" No such license shall be
granted to any other than white person,
or to any Hawker or Peddler in the name
or style of Il partnership or company, and
but one person shall act under any such
| license.
SEC. ?. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect on the day of its passage.
Chap. 121, page 1897
AN ACT to amend the fifty sixth Article
of the Code of Public General Laws, re
lating to Licenses, by adding thereto the
following sections relating to partner
ships taking out licenses.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That the following be
and the same is hereby added to the fifty
sixth Article of the Code of Public General
Laws to follow the second section thereof
Any license may be obtained by partner
ships and firms as well by individuals, but
in all cases the names of all the partners of
any firm shall be set forth in full in the
license, and no license shall protect any per-
son pretending to act under the same unless
he isnamed therein or assignee under the
provisions herein contained in this article,
and the Clerk issuing the license shall enter
upon the record of licenses the full name of
all the members of a co-partncrship to
which such license is issued.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect on the thirteenth day of
April next.
Chap. 21s, page 1851
AN ACT to amend Section one of Article
stifty six of the Code Of Public General
Laws entitled Licenses" relating to the
issuing OF licenses by Clerk of Courts.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, That section one of Ar
ticle fifty six of the Code of Public General
Laws, entitled Licenses" be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:
All licenses shall be granted by the Clerk
of the Circuit Courts of the counties and
the Clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas in
the city of Baltimore, except where differ
ent MODE is especially provided, and all IL
censes granted by the said clerks shall eX-
pire on the first day of May next, thereaf-
ter, except licenses for fisheries and horse
races, and if granted for part Of year,
ratable sum shall be charged therefor.
Chap. 22S, page ia, Act of 1861
AN ACT to add additional section to Arti-
Gle fiftysiX of the Code of Public Gener-
al Laws, entitled License so as to en-
power a trader to sell the license to trade
with the stock of goods.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the General
| Assembly of Maryland, That the following
section be added to article ffty-six of the
Code of Public General Laws entitled Lie
enscs"
SEC. t. Be it enacted. ANY trader who
has taken ont license to sell goods chattels,
wares, merchandise, spirituous or fermcnt-
ed liquors, or lager beer, in this State, shall
have the privilege to sell said license to any
party purchasing his stock of goods, and
purchasing or renting his place of bus