The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-14
Public Local Law.
CHAPTER 6lO,


To enable the qualified voters of Garrett
| County to determine by ballot whether
| spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic
bitters shall be sold In said county, and to
regulate the terms and conditions ON which
the sale thereof may be made in case the
majority of the voters of said county shall
petermine said question in the affirmative,
and to regulate the sale thereof by druggists
and pharmacists.
WHEREAS, Much doubt exists in the mind
of 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
against 1t. and 1t being deemed advisable.
on account OF said uncertainty, to re-
submit the question and to grant another
determined by ballot whether Local Option
shall exist as it now does in said county,
therefore,
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the question
whether or not any person or persons house.
corporation, company or association may be
licensed in Garrett county, by whom or in
which splrltuous or fermented liquors or al
coholic 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
month of November In the year eighteen hum
bred and ninety. and the Sheriff of said eoun-
~ shall give notice OF the time and purpose
Ofthis Act by advertisement inserted in all
the newspapers published in said county, and
by hand-bills posted in each election district
in said county, at least ten days before said
election, In which notice a copy Of this Act
shall be inserted.
SEC l. And be 1t enacted, That all the tick
cts or ballots prepared for said general cleo
ton in said county shall have printed or
written on them these words in the following
order: For Liquor License" against Liq-
uor License" and every legally qualified reg.
istered voter offering to vote at said general
election and desiring to vote either for grant
Ing liquor license, or against granting liquor
license in said county, shall erase from his
ticket or ballot as he may elect either the
words "For Liquor License" or the words
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 Court for Garrett, County: and said
Clerk shall Immediately make proclamation
of the result of said election.
SEC. 3. And be 1t enacted, That If 1t shall be
found by said return of the judges of election
and proclamation of said Clerk that major
against the sale of spirituous or fermented
liquors or alcoholic bitters, that then II shall
not be lawful for any person or persons,
house, corporation, company or association
to sell SpirituOuS or fermented liquors or alco
holic bitters directly or indirectly at any
place within the limits of said county, but If
1t shall be found by the return of said judges
of election and proclamation of said Clerk,
that majority of all the votes cast as pre-
scribed in the preceding sections. in said coun-
ty, has been cast for the sale of said spirituous
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 1t enacted. That If any per-
rectly, any spirituous 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,
and pay fine of not less than fifty nor more
than three hundred dollars and costs of pros
ecution, or instead Of such fine, imprisonment
in the county Jail for thirty days. or both in
the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That In addition
to the respective amounts to be paid by any
person or persons, house, corporation, com
pany or association for taking out license I'M
der Article fifty-six of the Code of Public
General Laws, and the supplementary Acts
thereto, relating to sprituous or fermented
liquors by retailers and oyster and eating
houses, or under any other section of SAID
Article, the said person or persons, house,
corporations company or association, shall,
If he, she, they or 1t intends to sell or barter
spirituous or fermented liquors or alcoholic
bitters or all combined, in quantities more
than pint or less than pint, or by the
drink, that such applicant or applicants shall,
in addition to the amount to be paid the State
of Maryland, pay to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett County the further sum of
twenty five dollars for the use of the public
schools of said Garrett county, before any such
persons, house, corporation, company or as
sociation shall open or keep any oyster house,
cook shop or victualing house, or larger beer
or in which spirituous or fermented liquors
or larger beer may be sold or bartered in
quantities less than pint at any one time, or
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
schools.
SEC @. And be 1t enacted, That no spiritu-
GUS or fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters
shall be sold in any election district of said
of this Act, and also upon the following