Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-04-01

said county, and the various Election DIS
tricts thereof, at b special election to be
held On the first Tuesday of August next
in the year ciglIIsen hundred and cighty,in
said county, and in each Election District
thereof, and that ballots for or against such
sale shall have Printed or written on them
tho words "For the sale Of srirituous or
fcrmcntcd liquors" or, Against the sale of
the ballots SO cast shall bt carefully count.
cd bv the Judges of said election who shall,
within three days thereafter, make writ
ten return of such vote to tie Clerk Of the
Circuit Court for Frederick county, and
said Clerk shall record said returns among
the records of his Office and if it Shall ap.
pear that either one or more Of said Elec
ton Districts shall have cast a majority of
votes against the sale of spirituous or fer
mentcd liquors, then the Clerk Of said
Court shall prepare a certificate, reclaim.
inr The result Of such election in said dis
triCts and cause Bad certificate to be pub.
lished once in each newspaper published
i'll said county.
SEC. 9 .ind BE- it rnacted That the cleo
ton aforesaid shall lie held in accordance
with the provisions of law governing gen
cral elections OF this State, and by judges
appointed and qualified in the manner d.
reccd By tie laws governing each general
election, and notice Of tho same shall be
given in Tie ordinary mode as now pre-
scribrd Ivy law nrl all existing provisions
of law in regard to hribing voters, and in
regard to selling, bartering, giving or dis
posing of spilituous or fcrmcnicd liquors,
ale CT beer, or Intoxicating drinks Of any
kind on election day, shall be applied to
the election authorized by this Act.
SEC 3 And be it enacted, That if it
shall appear Ivy tic return Of said Judges
Of ccc,ions and certificate OF the Clerk of
said Court, that majority Of the votes in
the county, or any Election District there
Of, has been cast against thc sale of spirit
uous or fcrmcntcl ijQunrs, then j, shall not
he |awinl for amy person or PERSONS or body
corporate. to sell directly or indirectly,
nj any place, on 10 give away 1t his, her or
their place of business, "ny spiriluous or
icrmen:"d liquors or intoxicating drinks of
any kind, (cllor and home mnt,c wine rX'
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county wherein 4 majority Of the votes has
been thus cast against the sale of spirit
uous or fcrmcn,cd liquors, nor shall any ii.
ccnse hc issued or granted for the sale Of
The same, in any OF said Election Districts
Of SAID county, on and after the FIRST day
Of May, in Tic year eighteen Hundred and
eighty one.
SrC4 And be i enacted, That if it shall
appear by the return Of said judges Ct
election end certificate Of the Clerk of said
Court that majority of all the votes cast
in Frederick county at said specia! cleo,
ton las been cast against the sale of Spir.
itous or fcrmcn,cd liquors, then it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons, or
body corporate To sell directly or Indirect
", at any place in said county, or to live
away at his, her or their place Of business,
any spurious or fermcntcd liquors, or 9TH
cr intoxicating drinks Of any kind. (ridrr
and home made wine excepted nor shall
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same, in said county, on or after the first
day of May in the year eighteen hundred
and eighty one.
SEC ) .ind ). il enacted, That if any
person or persons, or body corporate, shall
sell, directly or indirectly, at any place Of
give away at his her or their place of bus,
mess, any spirituous or icrmented liquors
or intoxicating drinks ofany kind, (cidcr
and homemade wine cXccpted,) in any of
said Election Districts wherein ma ority
of the votes has been thus cast against the
sale Of spiritnoIs or fcrmcnicd liquors. on
or after the first day o, MAY, in The year
eighteen hundred and eighty unc, or II
case it shall appear by said returns and
said certificate of said Clerk that n ma jOri |
iv Of all the votes cast in said county 1t
SAID special election, has been cast against
the sale of spirituous or iermcnlcd liquors,
or If snv person or persons, or body cor. /
porate, shall sell, directly or indirectly, ut
any place in said county, or Give away at
his, her or their place vi business, any spir. .
,uous or irrmrntcd liquors, or intoxicating
drinks Of any kind, (cider and home made
wine cxccptcd,l on or after the first day of
May, in the ycr eighteen hundred Gnl
eighty one be, she Ortncy shall, on c"Lyic
ton thereof in the Circuit Court for said
county, I've fined for the first offence not
less than fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars, and for each subsequent
offence not less two hundred dollars, nor
more than five hundred dollars, and on
failure to pay the same, shall be committed
to the Jail Of said county until such fine
and the costs are paid, and one half Of
said fine shall be paid to the infermcr, and
the other halfto the Board Of School Com
missioncrs of said County for the benefit
of the public schools in the Election Dis.
trict wherein the violation Of tho Act oc.
curvcc.