The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-20

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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 02.
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 /. BE ii enacted By the General As
sembly Of maryland, That the question whether
or not any person or persons, house, corpo-
ration, company or association may be per-
mitted to sell any spirituous, fermented or
intoxicating liquors of whatever origin, or
alcoholic bitters, at any time in Hartford
county, in this State, shall be submitted to
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 n copy of this act shall
be inserted; and the expenses of said election,
including the advertisements and handhills
aforesaid shall be levied by the Commissioners
of said county and paid by the Treasurer
thereof
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the ballots
for and against such sale shall have printed
or written upon them, for the sale of ntoxi-
eating liquors, or against the sale of ntoXi-
eating liquors; and the ballots so cast shall
be deposited i'll n separate ballotboX provided
therefor, and the said ballots shall be carefully
counted by the judges of said election, and
it,l,r ,l,ol1 pf
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 at his, her, their,
or its place of business, any sprituous, fer
mcnted, or intoxicating liquors of whatever
origin or alcoholic bitters, 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 majority
of the votes as prescribed in the third section
of this act haye been cast for the sale of in
toxicating liquors then the same shall be sold
as now permitted by law.
SEC 4. and be ii enacted, 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 spirituous
or fcrmented liquors or alcoholic bitters, or
intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the
limits of Hartford county, on or after the first
day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-thrce, he, she or they SHALL on conVic-
ton thereof, forfeit and pay ON the first con-
vlction fine of not less than fifty dollars,nor
more than three hundred dollars, and costs
of prosecution; or, instead of such fine, i'm.
prisonmcnt in the county Jail for thirty days,
or both in the discretion of the court; and on
the second and every subsequent conviction
not less than one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars, and in addition to such fine,
imprisonment in the county Jail for not less
than thirty nor more than ninety days, in the
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 are
paid One half of the fine imposed for any
violation of this act shall go to the informcr
and the residue to the Board of County
School Commissioners of said county, for the
benefit of the public schools therein.
iOEC. D. hWb W u eiuCttU, no person,
corporation, company or association shall
deposit or have in his her or its possession
any spirituous or fermcnted liquors, or alco-
holic bitters, or intoxicating liqours of any
kind, with intent to sell or give away the
same ut his, her or its place of business, in
violation of this law, or with intent that the
same shall be sold or given away at his, her
or its place of business, by any person, cor
poration, company or association, or to aid
and assist any person, corporation, company
or association in such sale or gift and any
person, corporation, company or association
violating the provisions of this section, shall
be subject to the like fines and punishments
as arc prescribed tor violations of the fourth
section of this act.
Sec. G. And be IL enacted, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to pre-
vent the compromising or sale of any such
liquors for medicinal purposes by pharma-
cist or druggist, who shall or may obtain
license under the license laws of the State,
upon the written bona .fde prescription of
regular practising physician whose name
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 no
physician shall make or sign any such pre-
scription unless the person for whom it is
made is actually sick, and such liquor is abb
solutely required as medicine Any phys-
clan who shall after said first day of May,
eighteen hundred and eighty-three, make or
sign any prescription for such liquor, except
as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of VIC
lation of this act, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
more than two hundred dollars for the first
offence, and not less than two hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dollars for
each subsequent offence; and if the buyer
shall obtain prescription by misrepresenta-
| ton, he shall likewise be deemed guilty of a
violation of this act, and upon conviction
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