The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-10-22
Tuesday, the Second Day Of Nov. SO


be held on
Tuesday, the Second Day Of Nov. SO
being the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day., at the usual places of voting in the sew
eral Election Districts of Cecil county, as fol-
lows:
In the First Election District, at Cecilton;
In the Second Election District, at Chesa-
peake City;
In the Third Election District, at Elkton;
In the Fourth Election District, at Fair
Hill;
In the Fifth Election District, at North
East
In the Sixth Election District, at Rising
Sun;
In the Seventh Election District, at Port
Deposit;
In the Eighth Election District, at Mount
Pleasant
In the Ninth Election District, at Brick
Meeting House;
And the Election so to be held is for the
purpose of electing
One person to represent the
Second Congressional District of
Maryland in the Fiftieth Con-
gress of the United States.
And also of deciding the questions involved
in the Act of Assembly of the State of Mary
land, Chapter 29l, approved April 7, 1896,
entitled.
GAN ACT
To enable the qualified voters of Cecil county
to determine by ballot, whether spirituous Or
fermented liquors or cider shall not be sold
in said county, or shall be sold only as here
matter described. and to repeal all acts in
consistent herewi ill.,"
which act reads as follows:
SECTION l. Be ii enacted 6y the General As.
senbly Of Maryland, That chapter two hundred
and seventy-four of the acts passed at the
January session, eighteen hundred and eighty,
shall not remain in force on and after the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, and that all acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act shall be
repealed. after said last mentioned date pro.
vided, however, that this act shall not be con-
strued to repeal said act of eighteen hundred
and eighty, chapter two hundred and seventy
four, prior to the first day of January, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty seven, or to affect any
offence already committed or which may be
committed before this act shall take effect, but
all such offences may be prosecuted and pun
ished under the law existing at the time of the
commission of said respective offences and
provided, further, that if, for any reason, this
act shall not take effect on the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
the said act OF eighteen hundred and eighty,
chapter two hundred and seventy-four, shall
continue to remain in force until other laws
shall be enacted in lieu thereof
Sec. 2. And be ii enacted, That the questions
whether or not any person or persons, house.
company, association or body corporate, as
hereinafter described may be licensed in Cecil
county, of this State, by whom, or in which
spirituous or fermented liquors, intoxicating
! drinks or cider, may be sold, or whether or not
no license to sell the same in said county, shall
be issued, shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of said county, on Tuesday. the second
day of November, eighteen hundred and
elghty.six, at the election then to be held
therein, and the Sheriff of said county shall
at least three weeks previous to said election,
cause public notice to be given, of the submits
sion of said question, by advertisements set up
at the most public places within each election
district Of said county. and also by advertise
ments in two newspapers of general circula-
tion therein; which said advertisements shall
contain copy of this act and of the time and
places Of holding said election; and the cost of
such advertisements and hand. bills, and the
County Commissioners of said county, but if
tor any cause, said notice shall fail to be given
said failure shall not affect the validity Of this
act or operate to prevent its taking effect.
Sec. 3. And be 1t enacted, That ballots cast
at said election, on the question of license or
NO license, to be counted as deciding for or
against the sale or gift of spirituous or fer
mented liquors. Intoxicating drinks or cider,
in said county, shall have printed or written on
them the words, "For license" or against
license" and the votes cast for license, and
the votes cast sainst license, shall be carefully
counted by the Judges of said Election in the
respective. districts Of said county, and the
number OF votes for license and the number of
votes against license shall be certified BY them:
and the Return Judges of SAID Election, at
their meeting after said election, shall cast M
the whole vote for license and against license
in said districts, and shall make a separate
written return of said whole vote to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Cecil county, and said
Clerk shall record said returns among the re-
cords Of his Office, and shall prepare a cerlif-
cate proclaiming the result of such election in
said county, and cause said certificate to be
published within ten days after said returns
have been received by HIM, once in all the
newspapers published in said county.
SEC. 4. And be 1t enacted, That if il shall
appear by the returns Of said Judges and GER
tificate Of said Clerk, that a majority of said
votes have been cast against license" for the
sale of spirituous or fermented liquors, Intoxi-
eating drinks or cider, then the following see
tions, from section five hereof to section four
teen, inclusive, shall be added TO the Public
local Laws of Cecil County, under the sub
title prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors" to
take effect January the first, eighteen hundred
and eighty-seyen.
SEC. 5. 1t shall not be lawful, after the FIRST
day of January, in the year eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, for any person or persons, or
any house, company or association, or body
corporate, to barter sell, directly or Indirect
ly, or to solicit or receive orders for the pur-
chase OF, at any place within the limits of Cecil
county, or to give away at his, her, their or its
place of business within the limits of said
county, any spirituous or fermented liquors or
alcoholic bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any
kind, or cider, tonic beer lager beer, schnapps
or gin. or any article used and sold as a beyer-
age, in the composition of which whiskey,
brandy, high wines or alcohol, or any spiritu-
Gus or fermented liquors shall be an ingredient
or ingredients, nor shall any license be granted
for the sale OF the same therein.
Sec. 6. No person, persons, house, company,
association or body corporate shall, after the
first day of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty-seyen, deposit, keep or
have in his, her, their or its possession any
spirituous or fermented liquors, or alcoholic
bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, or
cider, tonic beer, lager beer, schnapps or gin,
or any article used and sold as beverage in
the composition or compounding of which
Whiskey, brandy, high wines or alcohol, or any
spirituous or fermented liquors shall be an in
gredient or ingredients, with intent to barter
or sell or give away the same in violation of
the provisions of the preceding section hereof,
or with intent that the same shall be barterei