The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-04-19


less than pint, for the sum of $3.50. unless the
person applying therefor shall also obtain license
10 sell goods. chattels, wares and merchandise,
paying the sum hereinbefore prescribed, accord
ing to the amount of stock in trade,
The Clerk shall not issue license to any person
10 sell spirituous and fermented liquors from whom
the Grand Jury has recommended license to be
withheld. or to person whose license has been
suppressed by the Court without special order
The Act of Assembly passed at the session Of
1875 amends and modihes the above law as fol
lows:
CHAPTER 2s1.
AN ACT to provide for the regulation Of the sale
of Sprituous and Fermented Liquors and Lager
Beer, in Cecil county.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland That no license shall be granted
to any person to sell sprituous fermented liquors
or lager beer in Cecil county. until the person APP
circuit Court for said county petition signed by
Mt least twelve freeholders residing within the
election district Of the proposed place OF business
q such applicant praying that such license may
be granted nor until the person applying for such
License shall file with said Clerk a bond with Sc
curity approved by said Clerk in the penal sum
Of five hundred dollars for the yment of all fines
and penalties and costs to which the person obtain
ing such license may become liable for any viola
on OF any OF the license laws of this state relating
TO the sale of spirituous or termented liquors or
lager beer.
splrtuous or fermented liquors or lager beer in
Cecil county shall be granted to any applicant
VINO has complied with the preceding section of
this Act, until said applicant in addition to the
sum or sums o! money now required or which may
hereafter be required, to be paid by the General
License Law OF this State, shall also pay to said
Cierk sum equal in amount, to b. paid by said
Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners of
SAID county Tor the use of said county: prorided,
that the additional amount to he paid to the coun
y Tor any license to sell spirtuOus or fermented
liquors or lager beer in quantities not less than
pint shall not be less than the sum OF thirty dol
Of the year allowed by State License Law
Sec B. And be it enacted, That the Clerk of the
Circuit Court Tor said county shall diligently in
quire as to the suffcicncy of the bond and the
competency Of the petitioners required by section
one Of this Act aud il he shall wilfully or negi-
gently TAIL so to do, he shall upon conviction be
deemed guilty of n misdemeanor and be liable TO
a flne in the discretion of the Court of not less
each oftensc "
Sec. !. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty OF said Clerk to require from each applicant
Tor licenses, as aforesaid in addition to any re-
9uircments of the General License Law of this
State. written affda"'' :" - - =.
III winch said applicant shall state the situation Of
she house or place of business and premises at or
which the sale to be authorized by said license
may be or is proposed to be done, and the rate Oil
rent or annual value thereof, including all the
buildings and grounds occupied or used in conn"-
ton herewith; also that each of the pei
required by section of this Act, are f.
live within the district of r.
business Of said apnl'~ ,,loners
may IN ms disr ..eehoders and
ther proc .e proposed place of
10 can't and that said Clerk
lion require such other and fur
ny the written atfidavits of other parties
filed in his office US TO the compliance in
good faith of sid applicant with the requirements
of this Act, as he may deem proper,
Sec S. And be it enacted, That ali sums received
by said Clerk for the use of said county shall he
accounted for and paid over to the County Com
mssoners of said county on the first OF January.
April. July and October of each year, and the said
fffSsa be liable for all said sums on his official
hnnT onJ sSeell, in addition to fees now allowed,
be entitled to reeive the sum OF one dollar LOT
approving and filing eonus AMI @ & ~, him
to said County Commissioners sau ICES anu coIi
missions to be paid by Applicant ior ilctnse, Will
out deduction of the sum to be pal 'ui NJ eount!
Sec. 8. And he it enacted. That i. I'll not DC
lawful for any person having licen '" SCH
spirituous or iermented liquors or lager IN
Cecil county, to permit any game OF chance On
for profit or amusement to be played in the bar
room other public room on the premises occupied
by him or her under his or her control; and II
any person or persons having license shall violate
this law he she shall, upon conviction, be hned
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hun
drcd dollars, or be imprisoned in the county ]al
not less than ten more than forty days, in the
discretion of the Court and his or her license sinai
thercupon be suppressed.
Sec l. And he it enacted. That whenever any
license shall be suppressed for any violation OF th
Act it shall not be lawful for the Clerk OF the CIR
cult Court Cecil county to grant license to sci
spirituous or iermented liquors or lager peer, tt
INV other person to sell aforesaid upon thu
premises Tor which the license has been so sup
pressed. ~,
of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby re
pealed. AT,
take effect from the date of its passage.