Montgomery County sentinel., 1880-04-30
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
The Local Option Law.
CHAPTER 324.

AN ACT to enable the qualified voters of
montgomery county 10 determine by ballot
whether Intoxicating liquors shall be sold
10 SAID county or license granted for the
| sale of the same.
SECTION l.. BE IL enacted by tie General As
sena6ly Of Maryland, That to ascertain the
sense OF the people of Montgomery county,
whether license shall be granted to sell intox-
icating liquors in said county or not, the le-
galiy qualified, registered voters of said coun-
", at the next general election held on the
Tuesday next after the 6rst Monday in the
month OF November, eighteen hundred and
eighty, shall be authorized TO cast their votes
either for granting liquor license or against
granting liquor license in said county. And
all the tickets or ballots prepared for said
general election in said county shall have
printed or written on them these words in
the following order: "For Liquor License, +"
Against Liquor License I" And every le-
galy qualified, registered voter, offering TO
vote at said general election and desiring to
vote either for granting liquor license or
against granting liquor license in said county,
shall erase from his ticket or ballot as he may
elect either the words, "For Liquor License
or the words against Liquor License" and
the votes so cast for liquor license and the
votes so cast against liquor license shall be
counted and certified to by the Judges of said
election in like manner as the other votes cast
at said election, and by the said Judges of said
election shall be returned to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for said county 10 be recorded
and carefully kept in his office And the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county,
and the Register Of Wills of said county,
shall jointly sum and add up the votes so cast
at said election for liquor license and against
liquor license, and they shall within ten days
aftor said election jointly proclaim in two
newspapers printed in said county the num-
Der Of votes cast al said election "For Liquor
License" and the number of votes cast at said
election Against Liquor License"
Sec. Q. And be il enacted, That if it shall be
found that majority of the votes cast at said
election, as aforesaid, are against liquor Ii
cense, then license for the sale of intoxicating
liquors shall not be granted in said county on
and after the first day OF May, eighteen hun
dred and eighty-one; but if it shall be found
that majority Of the votes cast at said cleo
ton, as Aforesaid, are for liquor license, then
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors
shall be granted in said county, and the laws
now regulating the same remain in full force
Sec. g. And be IL enacted, That if il shall
be found that a majority of the votes cast at
said election, as aforesaid, are against liquor
license, then it shall not be lawful for any
person or persons, corporation, company or
association TO sell, directly or indirectly, bar
ter or trade any kind of intoxicating liquors
in Montgomery county aforesaid, on and after
the first day Of May, eighteen hundred and
eighty-one
Sec. 4. ARd be il enacted, That any person
or persons, corporation, company or associa-
tion violating the provisions of this act by
selling, directly or indirectly, bartering or
trading any kind of Intoxicating liquors in
laid county, upon conviction 10 a Court of
Justice, shall, at the discretion of the Court,
pay fine of not more than three hundred
dollars nor less than fifty dollars.
\ Sec. 8. Ind be denacted, That this act shall
20 into effect from the day of its passage.
We hereby certify that the aforegong is "a
correct copy of an Act OF the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session,
1880. Approved April 10th, 1880
MILTON Y KIDD,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates
EUGENE HIGGINS
apr 30-2to Secretary of the Senate