Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER SO.

CHATTER 90.
AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT
WITH AMENDMENTS SECTIONS 658 A.
653 3 AND 653 I, OF ARTICLE 4 CODE
OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS, TITLE GETTY
OF BALTIMORE" SUBTITLE LIQUOR
AND INTOXICATING DRINKS" AS
ENACTED BY CHAPTER THREE HUN
DRIED AND FORTY THREE OF THE
ACTS OF ASSEMBLY PASSED AT JAN
UARY SESSION 1890; AND ALSO TO ADD
THREE NEW SECTIONS TO SAID AR
TICLE -FOUR, CODE OF PUBLIC LOCAL
LAWS, TITLE AND SUB TITLE AFORE-
SAID. TO COME IN AFTER SECTION 653
U, AND TO BE DESIGNATED AS SEC
SPECTIvELY. REGULATING THE SALE
OF SPIRITUOUS AND FERMENTED
LIQUORS BY DISTILLERS, BREWERS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS
AND BOTTLFRS, AND THE GRANTING
OF LICENSES TO SUCH WHOLESALE
TIERS THE LICENSING OF HOTEL OR
ORDINARY KEEPERS, AND THE AS
SIGNING OR TRANSFERRING OF Ii
CENSES TO SELL SUCH LIQUORS AT
RETAIL FROM ONE PERSON Or PLACE
TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PLACE.
SECTION 1. BE it enacted bu ne General
assembly # MAJ yland, That Section $50 A.,
653 E, and 653 L, of Article of the Code Of
Public Local Laws, tito "City of Baltimore, ="
subtitle "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks as
enacted by Chapter 943 of the acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland passed at tho
January session, 1890, be, and the same are
hereby repealed and re-eaaeted with amend
menis so as to read rs follows; and that the
three following new tons be added to said
Article A, Code OF Public Local Laws, tito
"City of Baltimore, subtitle "Liquor and IN
toxicating Drinks" to come In after Section
G53 U, and to be designated as Section 653
v, 653 W, and 653 X, respectively, 80 as to
read as follows:
SECTION 653 A. No person shall sell, offer
for sale or keep for sale in the City Of Balti-
more, any intoxicating liquors except az
hereinafter provided, but this shall not apply
to sales made by person under provision of
law requiring him to sell personal property,
nor to sales Of liquors by wholesale, nor to
sales by the maker, brewer or di3tiller there
OF, nor to sales by bottlers OF fermented
liquors not to be drunk on the PREMISES; save
and except rs hereinafter specially provided
In reference to wholesale dealers and jobhers,
brewers, distillers and bottlers In Section
653 V. wherein the rights and duties OF said
classes OF persons are SGT forth and defined:
Wherever the term intoxicating liquors Is
used in this Act, 1t shall be deemed to include
whiskey, brandy rum, gin, wine, ale, beer
and all other fermented and distilled liquors
and every mixture OF liquors, which shall
contain more than two per cent by weight OF
alcohol and every mixture OF liquors which
shall contain less than two per cent. OF aico-
hol IL the same shall be Intoxicating. Moth
ing in this Act shall be construed to authorize
the sale OF any Intoxicating liquor or any adj
mixture thereof In any part OF said city where
such sale now is or shall hereafter be prohib-
tied by special law.
SECTION 653 L. No licenses to sell intoM-
eating liquors, ether than by wholesale
traders, djstillcTs, brewers, rect1fiers ara
bottlcrs OF fcrinentcd liquors shall be granted
in the City of Baltimore except by said Board,
and only to citizens OF the United States OF
temperate habits and good moral character
who have complied with the requisites OF TINS
Act.
Section 653L. II after tho notice and
hearing provided for in this Act, the said
Board should decide TO grant the license
prayed for they shall notify the applicant OF
such decision i'll writing and the applicant
shall thereupon pay to the Clerk OF the Court
OF Common Pleas the sum Of money specified
below. to wit: For hotel or restaurant or
other place in which distilled liquors or any
a1rafxture of distilled liquors containing
more than Is per cent. OF alcohol, or ieriaent-
ed linuors containing less than - per cent
OF alcohol are sold By retail, By the drin or
in quantities or packages not exceeding IiVe
gallons of any spirituons or fermented hquor,
except lager heer and not exceeding on9 keS
of eight gallons or less Of lager beer, TO pc
drunk on the premises or not, rs desired Wy
the purchaser the sum of Two Hundred ana
Fifty dollars and the Clerk OF the Court OF
Common Pleas shall thereupon issue 10 aPi,l-
cants the license authorized to be Issued ny
said Board: froyided, Tint any bona que
retail grocer who shall make application TO
said Board therefor, may be licensed ny Siiih
Board in their discretion, upon complying
with the conditions of this Act, to sell wines,
spirituous and fermented liquors as aiorrsalh,
In quantities or packages not less IMAM on'
pint. but in no case to be drunk on the prem
ises. and shall pay for such license the sum
Of Two Hundred and Fifty dollars year, but
in no case shall license to sell intoxicating
liquors By the drink be granted TO any per-
son who shall obtain license to sell goods,
wares or merchandise other than tntoxica-
ting liquors upon the same premises where
such intoxicating liquors are licensed to 10
sold. provided further that no retail license
shall be issued to any distiller or brewer.
SECTION 653 V. Distillers, brewers and
wholesale dealers or iobbers shall be allowed
to sell spifftuous and fermented liquors in
quantities or packages not less than one pint
each. and In no case TO be drunk on the
premises Distillers and brewers shall require
no license: wholesale dealers and IoUbers
shall be entitled 10 receive license as sneh,
to sell as above stated, and not otherwise,
upon applying directly to the Clerk OF the
Court Of Common Pleas and paying to him
the sum OF Two Hundred and Fifty dollars
wear therefor But any person. copdrtnersnlp
or corporation (other than brewers VINO as
hereinbefore stated require no nceIse) may
be licensed TO conduct a bottling business Dy
selling fermented liquors only and in quaint
ties or packages not less than twelve pint
bottles. by applying directly 10 the Clerk oil
the Cont OF Common Pleas aud paying MN
the sum of Forty dollars q year therefor
ANY person required by. this section 70 take
out license, who shall sHu or oher tor sals
any intoxicating liquor without having hrst
procured such license and any person VINO
shall violate any Of the provisions Of this sec
ton as to the manner or quantity In which ne
shall sell or oisr for sale such hquo-,
whether he shall be required 70 take out a
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