The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-11-03

One person to be Associate Judge for the
Third Judicial Circuit of Maryland.
A vote will also be taken in accordance
with the provisions of the following Law
passed by the General Assembly of Maryland
at its January session, 1882:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT TO enable the qualified voters OF
Hartford county to determine by ballot
whether Intoxicating liquors or alcoholic
btters shall be sold therein.
SECTION 1. BE ii enacted 5y tile General As
sembIyC Maryland, Thatthc question whether
or not any person or persons, house, corpo.
ration, company or association may be per
mitted to sell any sprituous, fermented OF
intoxicating liquors of whatever origin, OF
alcoholic bitters, at any time in Hartford
county, in this State, shall be submitted tC
the registered and qualified voters of said
county, at the general election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, eighteen hundred and eighty-two
And the Sheriff of said county shall give no.
tice of the time and purpose of said election
by advertisement inserted in all the newspa-
pers published in said county, and by hand
bills posted in each election district in said
county, at least ten days before the said cleo.
ton, in which notice copy of this act shall
be inserted; and the expenses of said election
including the advertisements and handbills
aforesaid, shall be levied by the Commissioners
of said county and paid by the Treasurer
thereof
SEC. . And be ii enacted That the ballots
| for and against such sale shall have printed
or written upon them, for the sale OF intoXi'
eating liquors, or against the sale OF intoXi-
eating liquors; and the ballots so cast shall
be deposited in a separate ballotboX provided
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counted by the judges of said election, and
said judges shall make a return Of said votes
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hartford
courtyard said clerk shall Immediately make
proclamation of the result of said election.
SEC. 3. And be ii enacted, That if it shall
be found by the returns of said Judges of cleo
ton and the proclamation of said clerk, that
the majority of the votes cast in said county
are against the sale of intoxicating liquors
that then it shall not be lawful for any person
or persons, any house, corporation, company
or association, to sell directly or indirectly, at
| any place, or to give away Mt his, her, their
or it's place of business, any spirtuous, fer.
mented, or Intoxicating liquors Of whatever
origin, or alcoholic hitters, after the first day
of May, in the year eighteen hundred and
| eighty three but if it shall appear by the re-
| turns of said Judges of election and proclama-
| ton of the clerk Of said court that Il majority
of the votes as prescribed in the third section
ofths act haye been cast for the sale Of in
toXcating liquors then the same shall be sold
as now permitted by law.
SEC. 4. And be ii Gnacted, That if any per.
son or persons, house, company, association
or body corporate, shall sell directly or indi
rectly at any place, or give away at his, her
their or its place of business, any sprituouE
or fcrmcnted liquors or alcoholic bittcrs, OF
Intoxicating drinks of any kind, within tho
limits of Hartford county, on or after the firs
day of May, in the year eighteen hundred ant
eighty three, he, she or they shall, on Convic
ton thereof, forfeit and pay on the first con
victon fine of not less than fifty dollars MOI
more than three hundred dollars, and costs
of prosecution or, instead of such fine, i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for thirty days
or both in the discretion of the court and OF
the second and every subsequent conviction
not less than one hundred nor more than fivt
hundred dollars, and in addition to such fine
| Imprisonment in the county Jail for not les
than thirty nor more than ninety days, in thu
discretion of the court; and on failure to pay
the fine, as herein described, he, she or they
shall be committed to the county jail of Har
ford county until such fine and the costs ar
paid One half of the fine imposed for any
violation of this act shall 60 to the informe
and the residue to the Board of County
School Commissioners of said county, for thu
benefit of the public schools therein
SEC. 5. And be ii enacted, That no person
corporation, company or association shal
deposit or have in his, her or its possession
any spirituous OF fermented liquors, or alec
holic bitters, or intoxicating liqours of an,
kind with intent to sell or give away thu
same at his, her or its place of business, il
violation of this law, or with intent that thu
same shall be sold or given away at his, he
or its place of business, by any person, cor
poration, company or association, or to ait
and assist any person. corporation, compan,
or association in such sale or gift and an,
person, corporation, company OF association
violating the provisions of this section, shal
be subject to the like fines and punishment
as are prescribed tor violations of the fourtl
section Of this act.
Sec. 6. And be ii enacted, That nothin!
herein contained shall be construed to pre-
vent the compromising or sale of any sucl
liquors for medicinal purposes by a phama
cist or druggist, who shall or may obtain
license under the license laws of the STATE
upon the written bona tide prescription of
regular practising physician whose nam
shall be signed thereto and all such prescip
tons shall be filed and kept by such pharma
cist or druggist, and no prescription shall
serve for more than one purchase /; but III
| pHySlCHin SHul Hldhc VI SlSn any SuCH pre-
scription unless the person for whom it i
made is actually sick, and such liquor is alb
solutcly required as medicine. Any physi
clan who shall after said first day Of May
eighteen hundred and eighty-three, make o
sign any prescription for such liquor, eXcep
as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty ola vic
lation of this act, and upon conviction thereo
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars no
more than two hundred dollars for the frs
offence, and not less than two hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dollars 70
each subsequent offence; and if the buye
shall obtain prescription by misrepresenta
ton, he shall likewise be deemed guilty of
violation of this act, and upon convictio
thereof shall be subject to the same fines a
the physician who shall violate the same, til
one-half of said fines to be paid to the infol
mer, and the residue to the Board of Publ
School Commissioners of Hartford county, 70
the use of the said public schools and sal
2 violators shall be committed to the count
a.