The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03

efS OF Jarrett county. lIldl bi0tllpi -
held at the places of holding elections in the
several election districts in said Garrett
County on the Tuesday next after the hrst
Monday in November next. it being the
4Th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1890,
for the purpose of balloting Tor one person to
represent the Sixth Congressional district OF
Maryland, in the Fifty-second Congress OF
the United States, and for the purpose of hav-
ing the qualified voters of Garrett county
under and by virtue of Chapter Go OF the
Laws of Maryland for lS.O, vote upon the
question OF whether or notany person or per-
sons, house, corporation, company or aSSo-
citation may be licensed in Garrett county,
by whom or in which spirituOus or termcnted
liqunTs oTalcOhOliC bitterS shall be sold,Whlch
said Act of Assembly, ChauterGlO of the Laws
of 1880 is herein inserted us by IL required and
is of the tenor and in the words foilowing,to
wit:
To enable the qualified voters of Garrett
County to determine by ballot whether
Spirituous or Iermentcd liquors or alcoholic
bittcrS shall he sold in said county, ana 10
regulate the terms and conditions on which
the sale thereof may he made in case me
majority of the voters of said county shall
petermine said question in the Affirmative,
and to regulate the sale thercofby druggists
ana pharmacists.
of n large portion of the voters OF Garrett cOun-
ty whether the law known as the Local OPP
ton law of said county, passed at the session
of the Legislature in eighteen hundred and
eighty-Six Chapter three hundred and ninety
nine, and
WHEREAS, Numerous petitions have been
forwarded to this Legislature, signed by par
ties who voted for the said law as well as
against it, and it being deemed advisable,
on account OF said uncertainty, to re-
submit the question and to grant another
election, in order that IL may be definitely
determined by ballot whether Local option
shall exist as it now does in said county,
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the question
whether or not any person or persons, mouse,
corporation, company or association may be
licensed in Garrett county, by whom or in
which sp1rituouS or fermGnteu liquors or al
cOhOiic bitterS shall be sold, shall be submit
ted to the registered voters of said county at
the next general election to be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
m Jnth of NONembcrin the year eighteen hum
bred and ninety, and the ShCriifOf said cOun
~ shall give notice OF the time and purpose
Ofthis Act by advertisement inserted in all
the newspapers published in said county, and
by hand-bilis posted in each election district
in said county, at least ten days before said
election, in which notice II copy of this Act
shall be inserted,
SEC. /. And be it enacted, That all the tick
cts or ballots prepared for said general elec-
tinn in said county shall have printed or
written n them these words in the following
order: For Liquor License Against Liz
uOr License" and every legally qualified reg
iStercI voter offering to vote AT said general
election and desiring 10 vote either for grant
ing liquor license, or against granting liquor
Incense IN S,(lu county, Snali erase rom MS
ticket or ballot rs he may elect either tive
words For Liquor License Or the wulds
Against Liquor License, and the ballots So
cast shall be carefully counted by the judges
of said election, and the return judges shall
make a return Of said votes TO the Clerk OF
the Circuit COHrt for Garrett County, aud said
Clerk shall Immediately make proclamation
of HE result OF said election.
SEC. ,. And be ii enacted, That ifi shall be
found by said return of the Judges OF election
and proclamation Of said Clerk that major
s,fN Aftsfs lstl 4 hoo
against the sale Of SpirituOuS or fermentCd
liquora or alcoholic bitterS. that then it shall
not be lawful for any person or persons.
house, corporation, company OK association
to sell SpirituOuS or fcrmcntcd liquors or acO-
hOlic bittCrS directly or indirectly at any
place within the limits of said county, bur if
1t shall be found by the return Of said Judges
ofCleCtiOn and proclamation of said Eler!:,
that Il majority Ofall the votes cast ~ pre-
ScriDed in the preceding sections, in said cOun-
ty has been cast for the sale OF said SpirituOuS
or fermcntcd liquors or alcoholic hitterS, then
the same shall be sold as allowed under the
license laws of this State, subject to the pro-
visions hereinafter mentioned or provided.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted That if any Der
son or persons, house, company, ASSOCIATION
or body corporate shall sell, directly or indi-
recty any sDirituouS or fermented liquors or
alcoholic bitterS within the limits of said
county, if a majority of all the votes cast shall
have been against the sale Of liquors or bit
terS, after the fourth day of November in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety, he, she
they or ii shall on conviction thereof, forfeit
and pay fine of not less than fifty nor more
than three hundred dollars and costs of pros
ecuti0n, or instead of such fine, Imprisonment
in the ounty Jail for thirty days, OF both in
the discretion of the Court.
SEC. ). And be ii enacted. That in addition
10 the respective amounts to lee paid by any
person or persons, house, corporation, com
pany or association FIR taking out license un-
der Article Iifty-siX of the Code of Public
General Laws. and the supplementary Acts
thereto, relating TO spirituouS or fcrincntcu
liquors by retailers and oyster and eating
houses. or under any other section of said
Article, the sad person or persons, house,
corporations, company or association. Shalt,
if he, she, they or il intends to sell or barter
SpirtuOus or tcrmented liquors or alcoholic
bittcrS or ali combined, in quantities more
than IL pint or less than II pint. or by The
drink. that such applicant or applicants shall
in addition to the amount to be paid the state
of Marylai. Il, pay to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett County the further Su u of
twenty-five dollars for the use of the public
schools of lid Garrett County, before any
such license shall be granted and il any per
son or persons house, corporation, company
or association shalt open or keep amy oyster
house, cook shop or Victuaing house. or lar
ger beer saloon. Orany othcrthan an ordinary
at or in which SpirtuOuS or termentCd liquors
or larger beer may he sold or bartered in
quantities less than pint ut any one time
or by the drink, that such apr licant or appli-
cantS shall in addition to the amount to be
paid the State of Maryland, shall also pay to
the Clerk of said Circuit Court the sum of
twenty-five dollars for the use of said public
ScOOlS.
SEC, g. And be it enacted, That no spiritu-
Gus or fermented liquors or alcoholic httcrs
shall be sold In any election district of said
county except as provided for by section five
of this Act. and also upon the following
terms: That each and every applicant, per-
son or persons, house, corporation, company
or association, shall be recommended to said
Clerk by seven respectable free-hOderS living
within three miles of the place where said
liquors or alcoholic bitters are to be sold, as
fit person to traffic in the article, nor until
such person or persons applying for such lie
enSe shall have filed with said Clerk bond,
with at least two SuretieS to be approved by
said Clerk, in the penal sum OF two thousand
dollars, conditioned for the payment of all
fines, penalties, costs and damages to which
the person or persons obtaining the said lie
ense may become liable for any violation of
any OF the license laws of this State, and the
said Clerk is hereby prohibited from APPROX
ing any bond under this section unless 1t shall
appear to him by good evidence that the sur
etieS in said bond are worth in real estate
double the amount of the penalty of said
sell such article on the sabbath day and COM
monty called Sunday, and for the violation
of this provision such person, natural or artl-
fetal, shall be subjected to the penalties pro-
vded for in section four of this Act
SEC. T. Aud be it enacted, That II shall be
the duty of said Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Garrett county to require from each appli-
cant for license, as aforesaid in addition to
any requirements of the General License
Laws of this State, written affidavit TO he
filed in his Office in which said applicant
shall state the situation of tho house or place
of business and premises, including all the
buildings and grounds occupied or used in
connection herewith. at or IN which the
sales to be authorized by said license nlay be,
~ n no ,,ropnSpI n q made. the rate rent