The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-04
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WITH AMENDMENTS SECTIONS 65s A.
653E AND 653 L, OF ARTICLE 4, CODE
OF PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS, TITLE GETTY
OF BALTIMORE" SUBTITLE LIQUOR
AND INTOXICATING DRINKS AS
ENACTED BY CHAPTER THREE HUN
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 SUBTITLE AFORE-
SAID. TO COME IN AFTER SECTION G53
U, AND TO BE DESIGNATED AS SEC
TION $50 V, 653 w. AND 653 y, RE
OF SPIRITUOUS AND FERMENTED
LIQUORS BY DIsTILLERS, BREWERS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBRERS
AND BOTTLERS, AND THE GRANTING
OF LICENSES TO SUCH WHOLESALE
DEALERS AND JOBBERS AND BOT
TIERS. THE LICENSING OF HOTEL OR
ORDINARY KEEPERS, AND THE AS
CENSES TO SELL. SUCH LIQUORS At
RETAIL FROM one PERSON OR PLACE
TO ANOTHER PERSON OR PLACE.
SECTION l. BE IL enGcted by the General
y # Moyylund, That Section e53 A,
653 E, and 653 J., of Article Of the Cod" or
Public Local Laws title CITY Of Baltimore
subtitle 'Liquor and intoxicating Drinks as
enacted by Chapter G43, Of the acts Of tlie
General Assembly Of Maryland Iass"d at tho
January session, 1880, be. and the same are
hereby repealed and re-ena"ted with amend
mems SO as TO read as follows; and that the
three following new sections De added to SAID
Article 4, Code of Public Local Laws. title
"City OF Baltimore subtitle Liquor and In
toXicating Drinks" to come in after Section
G53 Z. and to be designated as Section 655
V, 653 W, and 653 X, respectively, 50 "a to
read as follows:
SECTION 653 A. No person shall sell, offer
for sale or keep for sale in the City Of Balti-
moro, any Intoxicating liquors except as
hereinafter provided, but this shall not apply
to sales made ny a 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 distiiler there
of, nor to sales by bottlers Of termebtei
liquors not to be drunk on the reinises; save
and except as hereinafter specially provided
in reference to Wholesale dealers and job',ers,
brewers, distiilers and botllcis in Section
653 V. wherein the rights and duties OF said
classes of persons are set forth and defined:
Wherever the term intoxicating liquors ID
used in this Act. it shall be deemed to include
whiskey, brandy, rum, gin wine, ale, teer
and all other fermented and distilled liquors
and every mixture OF liquors, which shali
contain moro than two per cent by weight OF
alcohol and every mixture of liquors which
shall contain less than two per cent. OF al"o-
hol il the same shall be Intoxicating Moth
ing in this Act shall be construed to authorize
the sale Of any intoxicating liquor OF any adj
mixture thereof in any part of said city whare
such sale now is or shall hereafter be prolib-
tied by special law.
SECTION 653 E. No licenses to sell intoN-
eating liquors, ether than by wholesale
traders, distiilers. brewers. rectiflers ar!
bottlers of fernentnd liquors shalt be granted
i,,f of Itul J,>-- 1r1
uud only to citizens of the United States OF
temperate habits and good moral character
who have complied with the requisites OF TINS
Act
SECTION 653 L. If after the 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 in writing and tn" applicant
shall thereupon iay- TO the Clerk Of the Court
OF Common Pleas the sum of money specified
below, to wit: For q hotel or restaurant or
other place in which distilled liquors or any
admixture OF distilled liquors containing
more than Is per cent. Of alcohol or feriu"Ht-
cd liquors containing less than - per cent.
OF alcohol are sold by RETAIL by tn" drink or
in quantities or packages not exceeding five
gallons Of any SpirituoUs or fermcntei liquor,
except lager beer. and not exceeding ona k'y
of eight gallons or less of lager beer, to be
drunk on the premises Or not, as desired !'y
the purchaser, the sum Of Two Hundred ant
Fifty dollars. and tn" Clerk of the Court Of
Common Pleas shall thereupon issue 10 app!i-
cants the license authorized to Toe issued 10y
said Board: lrori'!ed That any JoHn tide
retail grocer who shall make application to
said Board therefor. may be licensed by said
Board in their discretion. upon complying
with the conditions of this Act. to sell wines,
spirituous and fermented liquors as aforesaid,
in quantities or packages not less than one
NH huti in TO h, ha
ises, and shall pay for such license the sum
of Two Hundred and Fifty dollars n 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 ntoxca-
ting liquors upon the same premises whore
such intoxicating liquors are licensed t. 9
sold. provided further that no retail license
shall be issued to any distiller or brewer.
SECTION 653 V. Distillers brewers aud
wholesale dealers or jobbers shall be allowed
to sell spirituous and fermented liquors il
quantities or packages not less than one pint
each and in no case to be drunk on the
premises Distillcrs and brewers shall require
no license: wholesale dealers and iohber5
shall be entitled to receive license as such.
to sell as above stated. and not otherwise,
upon appying directly to the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas and pavii1.r to him
the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty dollars
year therefor. But any person. copurtneI,hip
or coronation (other than brewers who as
hereinbefore stated require no licarse) may
be licensed to conduct a bottling business by
selling fermented liquors only and in quaint
ties or packages not less than tHolva pint
bottles, by applying directly to tho Clerk 81
the Court of Common Pleas and pa>in- him
the sum of Forty dollars year therefor.
Any person requirei by this section to taka
out a license, who shall sell or offer for sale
any intoxicating liquor without having first
procured such license and any person who
shall violate any of the provisions of this sec
ton as to the manner or quantity in which he
shall sell or Offer for sale such lquor,
whether he shall be required to take out q
license OF not shall be deemed guilty OF a