The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
Amendments to the License Laws passed
at the january Session, 1878.
tChaptcr III, page =

70 repeal sections two five. six and seven of the
acts Of eighteen hundred and seventy-sx chap
ter two hundred and eighty-one. entitled An
act to provide Tor the regulation OF the sale o.
spirituouS and iermented liquors or lager beer
in Cecil county and to re-euact the same with
amendments.
Section !. BE il enacted by the General Assem-
bly, OF Maryland. That sections two five six and
seven of the act OF eighteen hundred any seventy
six. chapter two hundred and eighty -onc entitled
An act to provide Tor the regulation of the sale
of spirtuons and icrmcntcd liquors or lager beer
I N Cecil county" be and the same hereby re
pealed amended and e-cnactcd a. follows:
=. No license t" sell spiritn"ns or irrmcntcd
| liquors or lager beer. in Cecil county shall he
granted to any applicant who has complied with
the preceding section of this act until said appi-
| cant. in addition to the sum sums of money
now required or which may hereafter he required
10 be paid hy the General License Law of this
State. shall also pay to said clerk a sum equal in
amount, to he paid by the said clerk to the board
OF county commissioners oi said county for the
use OF said county; prorided. that the additional
amount to be paid to the county for any license to
sell spirtuOus icrmentcd liquors OF lager beer
IN quantities not less than pint. shall not be less
than thirty dollars for any one year nad pro rata
Tor any portion OF a year allowed by the State
License Law; and prorided FURTHER. that nothing
contained in this section. requiring the payment
to said clerk. for the use OF said county. of sum
equal IN amount to tn. sum paid under the Gen
cral License Law OF this State shall be construed
to apply to license for ordnaries.
.. All sums received by said clerk for the use
OF said county shall he accounted for and paid
u county OF SAID
on the first OF January, April. July and October OF
each year: and the said clerk shall be liable for
all said sums on his official bond. and shall. in
addition to fees now allowed be entitled to receive
the sum of one dollar for approving and filing
bond and other papers
.. 1t shall not be lawful for any person having
license to sell spirituous icrmentcd liquors or
lager beer. in Cecil county. to permit any game of
chance or skill for prof. amusement except the
games OF ten-pins and billiards. to be played in
the bar room or other public on the premises
occupied by him or her, or under his or her con
troll: and if any person persons having such
license shall violate this law. he or she shall u,,on
conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned
in the county Jail not less than ten nor more than
forty days. in the discretion OF the court and his
or her license shall thcreupon be suppressed
I. Whenever any license shall be suppressed
for any violation of this act il shall not be lawful
for the clerk of the circuit court of Cecil county to
grant Il license to sell spirituous icrmcnted Ii
quors or lager beer to any other person for the re-
mainder of the term for which said premises have
been rented, to sell us aforesaid upon the premises
for which the license has been suppressed
GEORGE II. LOGAN
March 2i-5w Sheriff of Cecil county.