The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-06-04
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Public General Law
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER 373.
ISSUING LICENSES.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact chapter four
hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an act
to regulate the issuing of licenses for the sale
of spirituous and fermented liquors in this
State.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted By The General ASSEM-
bly, Of Maryland, That chapter four hundred
and thirty-nine, of the acts of eighteen hundred
and scventy-four, entitled ian act to regulate
the issuing of licenses for the sale of spirituous
and fermented liquors in this State" be, and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows
SEC. l. From and after the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful for the Clerks of the
Circuit Courts of this State to issue any license
Tor the sale of spirituous or femented liquors
or lager beer, to any person or body polite in
this State, unless such person or body polite
shall have been recommended to said clerks by
the Grand Jury, which shall have been in ses-
sion at the term next preceding the first day of
May, in each and every year, in the county
where the applicant for such license shall re-
side; provided, however, that this act or any of
Its provisions shall not apply to Baltimore city,
Frederick Baltimore, Prince Georges, Allega
n.y. Somerset, Carroll, Howard, Washington,
Wicomico, St. Mary's, Hartford, Dorchester, Ce
Gil and Anne Arundel counties, and provided,
nevertheless, that the Clerk ofthe Circuit Court
for Charles county is hereby authorized and en-
powered to issue license for one year, from the
first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty,
for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquors
or lager beer in said county TO any person APP
plying for the same, who shall file with the said
clerk, with said application, a recommendation
signed by majority of those who constituted
the Grand jury at the November term, eighteen
hundred and scventy-nine, of said court, recon-
mending the granting of said license, with an
affidavit of the applicant attached thereto, that
the said signatures TO said recommendation are
true and genuine; provided, however, that said
person applying for said license shall have been
engaged in the sale of such liquors al the time
of the November term of said Court; and, pro-
vided, also, that he shall not have been refused
such license by said Grand Jury at said Novem-
Der term of Court, eighteen hundred and seven
tynno.
Sec. q And be it enacted, That all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be, and
the same are hereby repealed
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That none of the
proceedings and recommendations heretofore
had and made, under the provisions of the acts
OF eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter
four hundred and thirty-nine, shall be in any
manner affected by this repeal and re-enactment
of the same.
SEC. 4. And be il enacted That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage
HIRAM MCCULLOUGH,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
HERMAN STUMP, JR.,
President of the Senate
Approved April Il, 1880.
WIN. T. HAMILTON,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the aforegong is a
correct copy of an act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January session.
1880.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.
EUGENE HIGGINS,
myl4 Secretary of the Senate.