The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-11
4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1884,

Attn DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1884,
between the hours of O'Clock A. NJ, and 6
| O'Clock p NJ, for the purpose of balloting for
| one person to represent the Sixth Congress
sionol District in the Congress of the United
| States, and for the purpose of balloting for
| eight Presidential Electors for the State of
| Maryland, and also to ballot upon the ques-
| ton of Local Option for Garrettcounty which
| law provides as follows:
| SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
| Assembly of Maryland That the question of
| whether or not any person or persons house
| corporation, company or association may be
| permitted to sell any Spirituous fermented or
| intoxicating liquors of whatever origin, or al
| coholic bitters, at any time in Garrett county,
| or in any of the election districts thereof shall
| be submitted to the registered and qualified
| voters OF the county. and the various election
| districts thereof, at the general election to be
| held on the first Tuesday aftel the first Mon
| day in November, in the year eighteen hun
| dred and eghty-fOur, in said county and in
| each election district thereof; and the sheriff
OF SAID county shall give notice Of the time
and purpose of said election. by advertising
| in all the newspapers published in said cOun-
| ty, and by handbillS posted in each election
| district in said county, at least ten DAYS be-
| fore the said election in which notice a COPY
of this act shall be inserted ;and the expenses
of said election, including the advertisements
and handbills aforesaid, shall be levied by
| the county commission rs of said county.
SEC. 3 And be it enacted, That the ballots
for and against such sale shall have written
or printed upon them, For the sale OF intoX-
icating liquors." or against the sale of in
| toXicating liquors." and the ballots so cast
| shall be carefully counted by the judges of
| said election and said judges sshall make a
| return of said votes to the clerk of the circuit
court for Garrett county, as provided by law
in cases of general elections, and said clerk
shall record said returns among the records
| of his office, and ifit shall appear that either
one or more of said eleltion districts shall
| have cast majority of votes against the sale
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court shall prepare a certificate prOclaiming
the result of such election in said districts
and cause said certificate to be published once
| IN each newspaper published in said county.
| SEC 3 And be it enacted. That if il shall
| appear by the returns of said judges OF cleo
tion, and the certificate of the clerk of said
court, that majority ofthe votes cast at said
election, in any election district id said coun-
~. has been cast against the sale ofintoXicat-
ing liquors, then itShall not be lawful for anv
| person or persons, house, corporation, COM
| pany or association, to sell directly or indi-
rectly at any place, or to give away at his
her, their or It's place of business, any Spiritu-
Gus, fermented or Intoxicating liquors. of
| whatever origin or alcoholic bitters, in any
election district ofsaid county wherein a ma
| tOrity of the votes has thus been cast against
| the sale of intoxicating LIQUORS, nor shall any
license be issued or granted for the sale of the
| same in any Ofsaid election districts of said
county, on or after the first day of May, in the
| year eighteen hundred and eghty-fiVe
SEC. 4. And he 1t enacted, That lift shall
| appear by thereturnS ofsaid Judges of election
and certificate of the clerk ofsaid court that
| majority of all the votes cast at said election
| in said Garrett county has been against the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, then il shall not
be lawful for any person or persons, house,
| corporation, company or association to sell
| directly or indirectly at any place in said
| county, or to give away at his. her their or
| its place of business. any spirituouS ferment-
| ed, or Intoxicating liquors ofwhatever origin.
| or alhocolic biters, nor shall any license be
| issued, or granted for the sale of the same in
said county on or after the first day of Nav in
| the year eighteen hundred and eighty-fiVe
SEC. .. And be it enacted, That if any per-
| son or persons, house, company, corporation
| or association, or body corporate, shall sell
| directly or indirectly at any place or give
away at his, her, their or its place of business
| any SpirituOus or fermented or alcoholic bit
| tiers. or intoxicating drinks ofany kind with
| In the limits of any of said election districts
wherein majority ofthe votes has been thus
| cast against the sale of intoxicating LIQUORS
| on or after the first day of May, in the wear
| eighteen hundred and eighty-five; or in case
| ii shall appear by said returns and said GER |
titcate of said clerk, that majority of all the
votes cast in said county, at said election has
| been cast against the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors, ifany person or persons, house com
| pany, ASSOCIATION, corporation or body cor |
porate shall sell directly or Indirectly at any |
place IN said county, or give away at his her |
| their or its place of business, any SpirtuouS
| or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters or |
| Intoxicating drinks ofany kind within the |
| limits ofsaid Garrett county, on or after the |
| flrSt day of May, in the year eighteen hun
| dred and eighty-five, he, she or they shall on
conviction thereof forfeit and pay on the first |
conviction a fine of not less than fifty dollars
| nor more than three hundred dollars and cost |
| OF prosecution, or, instead ofsuch fine be i'm |
prlsoned in the county Jail for thirty days or |
| both, In the discretion of the court; and on |
| the second and every subsequent conviction |
snail pay fine of not less than one hundred |
dol ars nor more than five hundred dollars |
ana cost of prosecution, and. in addition to |
such fine, shall be imprisoned 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 de-
thew shall he mi tod 10,
the county Jail of Garrett county until such
fine and costs are paid, and each and every
SAFE or GIT OF such intoxicating LIQUORS in
violation of this law shall be a separate and
distinct offence; one half of the fine imposed
Tor any violation of this act shall go to the in
FORMER and the residue to the board OF coun-
W school commissioners ofsaid Garrett coun-
~, for the benefit of the public schools there
~ and IN case of any violation any provi-
sion OF this act, by any company, corporation
or association, each, or any member of such
company, corporation or association shall he
I llaoIe ana snail suffer imprisonment as pre-
scrlped III this act for persons violating the
same. "
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That no person.
persons company, corporation or association |
shall deposit or have in his her their or lis |
pc session, any spirituous or fermented Ia.
uors, or alcoholic bitters, or Intoxicating |
liquors of any kind, with intent to sell the
same, or give away the same at his her their
or ltS place of business. in violation of law or
IN ana OF any person or persons for such pur-
poses; ana any person, persons, company |
corporation or association violating the pro.
visions OF this section shall be subject TO the
IKE nnes and punishments as are prescribed
for violation of the fifth section of this act
SEC. l. And be 1t enacted. That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to pre-
vent the compromising or sale of any such
liquors for medicinal purposes by n pharma-
ClSt or druggist, who shall or may obtain n
license under the license law the state, up
on the written bona fide prescription Of a
regular practicng physician, whose name
snail be signed thereto, and all such prescrip-
IONS shal be filed and kept by the pharma-
n fgt md .g..aa -
serve for more than one purchase: but no a
physician shall make or sign any such pre-.
scriptlOn unless the person for whom ID is
made Is actually sick, and such liquor is alb
solutely required rs medicine any physl-
can VINO snail, on or after the first day of
May, eighteen hundred and eighty i've make
or sign any prescription for such liquor, ex-
cept as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a
violation Of this act, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dol
lars nor more than two hundred dollars for