The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-10-19
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, October 10, 1883.

Bel Air, Md, October 10, 1883.
more than five hundred dollars, or be I'M
prisoned in the county Jail for not less than
sixty days nUT more than three months for
each offence.
SEC. lG3. No person who is Il resident of
Hartford county, other than n licensed hotel
keeper under this act, shall take or receive
any order, verbal or written, in Hartford
county for the purchase beyond the limits of
said county of any spirituous or fermented
liquor or intoxicating drink, and execute
and fill such order by delivering said
liquors, or any of them, upon any premises
kept for that purpose, to any person within
the limits OF Hartford county, and no person
except one that has complied with the pro-
visions of this act, and has obtained license
hereunder, shall in any manner, directly or
indirectly, sell, loan, give, furnish or supply,
with view 10 profit, any spirituous or fer
mented liquor, or intoxicating drink of any
kind, to any person within the limits of Har-
ford county.
SEC. 1874. Any person who shall violate the
provisions OF the preceding section shall,
upon indictment and conviction thereof he
fined not less than two hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, and shall be
sentenced to be confined in the Maryland
House of Correction for term of not less
than thirty days nor more than six months.
SEC 1855. No vendor of spirituous or fer
mented liquors licensed under this act shall
sell directly or indirectly, any spirituous or
fermented liquors to any person intoxicated
ut the time TO such an extent as to be unfit to
exercise proper discretion in its use, nor shall
1t be lawful for such licensed vendors to keep
open the room where spirituous or ferment.
ed liquors are sold between the hours of
twelve o'clock at night and five o'clock in
morning, nor to sell directly or indirectly, or
to give away in such room, or on or about
the premises of such vendor, any spirituous
or fermented liquors whatever between the
hours aforesaid.
SEC. 1866. Amy person violating the provi-
sions of the preceding section shall, upon in
dictment and conviction thereof, be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more than
three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in
the county Jail for not less than thirty days
nor more than two months.
SEC 1877. No pharmacist or druggist in
Hartford county shall sell, directly or indi.
rectly, any spirituous or fermenled liquors,
alcoholic bitters or intoxicating drinks of
any kind, except upon the written bona .tide
prescription ola regular practicing physician
OF Hartford county, whose name shall be
signed thereto, and all such prescriptions
shall be filed and kept by such pharmacist or
druggist, and no prescriptions shall serve for
more than than one purchase; but no ply
stefan shall make or sign such prescription
unless the person for whom it is made is
actually sick, or unless liquor is required by
such person as medicine but a pharmacist
or druggist may give or sell liquors to be
used by sick person in case of extreme
illness, or sudden injury, when delay might
hn do IN pnl oin ipi
and may give or sell wine to be used for
sacramento purposes only.
SEC. 1853. Any pharmacist, druggist or
physician who shall violate the provisions
of the preceding section shall, upon indct-
ment and conviction thereof, be fined not
less than fifty dollars, nor more than five
hundred dollars. and failing to pay said fine
and costs of prosecution forthwith shall be
sentenced to be confined in the county Jail
for not less than thirty days nor more than
six months
SEC. 1850. The provisions of this act shall
not apply TO sales by the manufacturers of
cider in quantities not less than gallon,
which shall not be drank on the premises of
the manufacturer, nor TO sales of spiriluous
or fermented liquors by the manufacturer
thereof to any person licensed TO sell spirit
uous or iermented liquors in Hartford
county.
SEC 10. Whenever any license shall be
suppressed for any violation of this act, it
shall not be lawful for the clerk of the cir
cult court for Hartford county to grant a
license TO any other person to sell spirituous
or termented liquor upon the premises coy
cred by the license suppressed for the term
of one year from the date of such suppress
sion.
SEC III. All licenses issued under this
act shall expire on the first day of May an
nually, but licenses may be issued for a
shorter period than one year upon the pay
mcnt of proportionate part Of the license
fee hereinbetore provided for, and licenses
issued under this act shall be transferable as
traders licenses now are under the gener-
al laws of this State; provided that before
any license under this act is assigned or trans
ferred, the assignee shall have complied with
all the provisions of this act required of any
applicant for an original license except the
payment to the clerk of the circuit court of
the heTenbefore mentioned sum of three
hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 172. In any prosecution under this
net it shall only be necessary to state that
the traverser did sell or give away spirituous
or fermented liquors, without specifying the
particular kind of liquor.
SEC. 173. All prosecutions for violations
Oh any Oh the provisions OF this act shall be
upon presentment and Indictment, except as
hereinbeiore specially provided for and one
half of all fines imposed under this act shall
be paid to the county commissioners of Har-
ford county for the use of said county, and
one-half of said fines shall be paid to the
school commissioners of said county for the
use of the public schools under their con-
troll.
SEC. ia. Whenever the word ''person"
is used IN the preceding sections of this act it
shall be construed to embrace natural or
artificial persons, partnerships bodies polite
or corporate clubs, associations ofany descrip-
ton, and any or all persons or entities who
can or might obtain license under this act, or
who can or might be prohibited from selling
without compliance with its provisions, and
this act shall be construed literally to accom-
plish its purposes and prevent the mischiefs
occasoned by its infringement.
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