The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-11-02

registry shall be prna tdcje evidence that
the party so paying and applying is engaged
| in the sale of intoxicating liquors within the
limits of Hartford county.
J SEC. 10. That if any druggist or pharma-
| cist shall violate any of the provisions OF the
sections hereof, he, she, it or they shall be
liable to the same penalties which are sci
forth in section seven aforesaid.
SEC. II. That all fines imposed under
this act shall be paid TO the board OF County
School Commissioners Of said county, for
/ the use orihe public schools lhcrciD.
/ SEC. 10. Tint all prosecutions for viola
! tons Of the provisions Of this act, and which
are hereby declared TO be criminal offences,
may be either upon presentment and in1ict-
ment or by trial before aJuslce of the Peace
who Shall have Jurisdiction, original and
concurrent with the circuit court for said
county, and said justice shall have power TO
issue all process, and co all acts which may
be necessary o the exercise of his said jurs-
dicton, and may try and determine all
cases whereof he may have jurisdiction,
and may pronounce judgment and
sentence therein in the Srn!e manner and to
the same extent as the Circuit Court for said
county could do in such cases, as if such
cases were tried before said court without the
intervention Of a jury; provided, however,
HAT if any person when brought before ANY
such Justice having jurisdiction OF the case
shall, before trial Tor the alleged offence,
pray q jury trial, or if the States Attorney
for saia county shall before the Trial of such
. alleged offence, pray a jury trial ON the part
81 the State, it shall hc the duty of any
Justice to commit such alleged offender Tor
iI;,l, or TO hold the sail offender - bail To
appear for Trial in the circuit court for The
said county a its then session, il i b" n
. ~ ar "a lf. 4
>hrn in session, and to return said commit
ntnt or recugniZ9nce, With the name and
residence Or the witness or witnesses for the
prosecution endorsed thereon, forthwith to
the clerk uE said court, and provided the
justice before whom The case is tried shall ill.,
torn the person charged Of his RICH! to a
iurv trial.
SEC l3. That in any Indictment under
this act for violations Of the provisions
OF tie preceding sections hereof, il
shall not be necessary to specify The par
lculnr knit of liquor which any person or
persons, house, company, association or body
corporate, BATTERED, sol! or gave away, or
solicited or received orders for the purchase
of or kept deposited or had, with in,ent to
Hartcr, sell or give away, or that thr same be
halicrcd, sold or given away in violation Of
said provisions; but it SHAH be sufficient il
! the indictment sets forth that the traVerscr
or traverscrs bartcicd, sold or gave away, or
solicited or received orders for the purchase
Of or kept deposited or had, with intent to
barter sell or give away spiri'uouo or fer
mented liquors or Intoxicating drinks, or with
intent that the same be battered, sold or
given away, in violation Of said provisions.
SEC. II. AMI be It enacted, That if it shall
appear by the returns said judges and GER
tiiicate of said clerk that majority Of such
| .t,,l ,,,p h,,.,, / u f1,.,,
and in that event, the following sections
shall be added to article twelve Of the
Code os Public Local Laws of Hartford
Icounty, under the subtitle of "Sdlcs Spirit
nous or Fermentcd Liquors" to take effect
on the rst day of December, eighteen humid
red and cighty-crht.
SEC. 1I5. No person in Hartford county
shall obtain n license ioT the sale or barter of
spirituous ortermcn.Cd liquors III any q,lnnti-
ties whatever, except such rs shall be quail
! fled, rs hereinafter provided, and be ycgu-
| lar hotel keeper; and amy person who may
| keep house for the reception of guests, or
of permanent or transient bOarder8 contain
| ing ut least three chambers more than are
needed for his family purposes, and arc used
/ for the reception OF guests or bOarders, cont
tanning therein Tor use II all times at LEAFS
four good beds, with sufficient covering
| therefor, and having a stable or stables su1ii-
cent for the accommodation Of six or more
horses, shall be deemed II hotel keeper with
in the meaning Of This act.
SEC. 140 Any person desiring to take
out Il license under this act shall file with
the clerk of the circuit court for said county
Il petition in writing, signed by himself aud
and ut least five frecholders, VINO have been
such for the period Of one year prior to the
time OF 80 signing, and resident within the
corporate limits OF the town in which said
applicant desire to sell spirtuous or fer
mentel liquors and in case the said appli-
cant shall desires TO sell said liquors without
the corporate limits of any town, then the
said frreholdeIs shall be residents in tie cleo
ton district in which and within thrte miles
Of the place of business ~ which said appli-
cant desires so to sell and the said petition
shall certify that the said applicant is Il pro-
per person to be licensed, and pray that
license may be granted to such an applicant !;
and said person applying for license shall
also file with the said clerk bond daily eX-
ccated TO the State of Maryland, with at least
two suretics approved Ivy the said clerk, in
the pena! sum OF one thousand dollars, con-
ditioncd for the payment OF any or all fines,
penalties and costs to which the person OBJ
tanning such license may become liable for
by reason of the violation Of any of the pro-
visions OF this act; ard provided that each
surety on said bond shall make affidavit be-
fore said clerk, or before Il justice of the
peace Of said county, that said surety is the
owner in fee simple of real estate in Hartford
county of the assessed value over and above
all membranes of at least one thousand
dollars, and that said surety has not within
the current year executed q bond for any
other applicant to sell spirtuous or ferment-
ed liquors in Hartford county.
SEC $50. The said clerk Of the circuit
court may in his discretion require such
further and other proof, by the written af-
idavt of other parties to be filed in his office,