The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-16
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person having a license under the provisions
of this act, shall sell or give away any spirit
uous or fermented liquors on the Lord s Day,
commonly called Sunday, except that if the
licensee be hotel or ordinary keeper, he
may supply such liquors to be drunk in their
rooms or with their meals to bona tfde guests
or upon any day upon which elections are
now or may hereafter be by law required 10
be held; nor shall he sell or give away any
spirituous or fermented liquors to any minor,
| or to any other person for the purpose of
being drunk by minor; nor shall he know
ingly sell or give any spirituous or fermented
liquors 10 any drunkard, or to any person at
the time visibly affected by intoxicating
drinks; nor shall he sell or give any spirituous
or fermented liquors to any person whose
parent, guardian, husband or wife or other
relative on whom the support of the family
may depend, shall have given such licensee a
notice in writing under OATH that such person
is of Incorporate habits; nor shall he sell or
give any spirituons or fermented liquors at
| his place of business between the hours of
twelve o'clock, midnight, and four O'Clock,
A. NJ, at any time.
| SECTION IL. And be it enacted, That no
person having license to sell spirituous or
| iermente1 liquors in quantities less than
quart, at any place, shall place or maintain,
or permit to be placed or maintained any
screen, blind, curtain partition, or any OBJ
struction that will interfere with view of the
business conducted on the premises.
SECTION H. And be it enacted, That
every person receiving license under this
act to sell spirituous or fermented liquors,
shall frame his license under glass and place
the same so that it shall at all times be con-
spicuous and easily read, in his chief place
| of making sales and no license issued under
this act shall authorize sales by any person
who shall neglect this requirement.
SECTION 49, And be it enacted, That if
any person shall hereafter be convicted of
selling spirituous or fermented liquors without
having procured license therefor under the
provisions of this act, he shall be sentenced
| to pay fine of not less than three hundred
| dollars, or undergo Imprisonment in Jail for
not less than three nor more than twelve
months, or be both fined and imprisoned in
the discretion of the court.
| SECTION IA. And be it enacted, That if
any person having license under the proyis-
ions of this act shall violate any of the provis-
! ions of this act, upon conviction thereof, ex-
cept in the cases enumerated in the next pre-
| cedng section, he shall for the first offense
pay fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor
/ more than two hundred dollars; and on con-
viction of second offense, he shall pay fine
| of not less than one hundred nor more than
two hundred dollars, and his license shall be
suppressed.
SECTION Is. And be it enacted, That if
any person having a license under the pro-
visions of this act, shall sell or barter any
spirituous or fermented liquors of any kind to
any person who is minor or under twenty
one years of age. or shall sell or barter to any
person such spirituous or fermented liquors
for the purpose of being drunk by any person
who is a minor or under twenty one years OF
age, or shall give TO any person who is a mi
nor, or under twenty-one years OF age, any
spirtuous or fermented liquors, or shall al
low, upon the premises occupied by such Ii
censees any person who is a minor or under
twenty-one years of age, to drink any such
spirituous or fermented liquors sold or bar
tered or given by such licensee, he shall
on conviction, for the first offense pay fine
of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than
two hundred dollars and for the second OF
fense he shall pay fine OF not less than nifty
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars,
together with the costs OF prosecution, or be
confined in Jail for not less than one month
nor more than six months, or be both fined
and imprisoned in the discretion ofthe court,
and his license shall be Suppressed.
SECTION l6. And be it enacted, That one
fourth of all money, paid to the said Clerk for
license fees under the provisions OF this Act,
shall be held by him for the use of the State,
and paid over and accounted for as money
received for license, as it has been heretofore
accounted for, and the remainder thereof
shall be paid by him to the treasurer oi the
Board OF County School Commissioners of
Carroll county, for the uses of the public
schools in said county.
SECTION II. And be it enacted, That
druggist and apothecaries shall not be re.
auired to obtain license under the provisions
Of this Act, but they shall not sell Intoxicating
liquors, except on the written prescription OF
a regular physician, nor more than once on
any one prescription of a physician; and every
druggist or apothecary shall keep book TOR
the special purpose, and enter therein the
date of every sale ofintoxicating liquors made
by him, the person to whom sold, the KIND,
quantity and price thereof, and the purpose
for which it was sold; and any failure to com
ply with the provisions ofths section, or pro
dnce said book before any Court of Justice
when ordered so to do, shall render such
druggist or apothecary so failing, liable to the
same penalties as if he had sold intoxicating
LIQUORS without license; and any physician
who shall wifully prescribe any Intoxicating
liquors, as a beverage, to persons OF known
incorporate habits, shall be guilty OF mlsde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall he
subject the same penalties.
Section IS. And be it enacted, That it
located in Carroll county, heretofore formed
or hereafter to be formed under the general
laws of this state or under any special law there
Of to give, barter, or sell any spirituous or per
mented liquors to any member Of said club
or corporation, or to any other person, WITH
ont having first taken out license under the
provisions this act; and the applications OF any
such club or corporation for such license shall
be made by the steward or such other omcer
as said club or corporation may direct IN SUD
stantial compliance with the provisions OF
section three of this act and notice of such
application shall be published, as required In
section five of this Act, for the case where
such application is led by any individual. :,
SECTION 10. And be it enacted, That all
fines imposed for violations Of the provisians
of this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer OF
the Board OF County School Commissioners
of Carroll county, for the uses OF the public
schools in said county.
SECTION 20. And be it enacted, That any
person, club or corporation desiring to Obtain,
under the provisions Of this Act, license for
twelve months on the first day of May, e'gh-
teen hundred and ninety two, shall not be
reouired to file the application therefor on or
before the first day Of April in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety two, as provided IN
section three of this Act, but may lille the
same at any time prior to the granting OF the
said license, and the Clerk of the Circuit
Court shall grant the said license without
publishing the notice required by section five
of this Act. ~, -
Section 81. And be it enacted, That all
Acts or parts of Acts, inconsistent with the
nrovision of this Act, including Sections 80
and Sc of Article I, Code of Public Local
Laws, title Carroll County, be, and the same
are hereby repealed SO far as they relate to
Carroll county, and that this Act shall take
effect from the date ofits passage. Provided,
however, that oil prosecutions pending at the
time of this Act for any violations OF any
provisions of the laws hereby repealed, and
all violations of any provisions OF the said laws
that shall have occurred before the passage .,
This Act. shall be prosecuted to conviction and
punishment to the same extent as if this Act
had not been passed.
SECTION ~. And be it enacted, That this
/ Act shall take effect from the date OF It's pas