The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-04

liquors or cider shall be sold i'll sal
county.
SECTION I. be HcNatLfd 6y Tie Gc
cyaL .ISSfmjLp ct .NajyhlHR, That tn
| question whether or not any persol
or persons, house, company, association
| or body corporate, aS hereinafter dc
| scribed. may be licensed i'll Cecil count,
of this State, by whom or in which SpirI-
tuous OF lermentcd liquors, Intoxicating
| drinks or cider may be sold, OF Whcthc
| or not no license to sell the same ii
| said county shall be issued, shall hc sui
| mittcd To the registered qualified voter,
of said county on the first TUESDAY atlcl
| the first Monday III November, eighteen
hundred and ninety-tour, and ON the
| first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November in every fourth year there
after, at the election then 10 be hclG
therein; and the Sheriff of said county
shall, at least three weeks previous Ia
the day Of said election, cause public
notice to be given of the submission OF
said question, 10 he published in two
newspapers of said county; also by
printed handbillS containing said notice,
to be set up at the most public places
within each election district of said
county; and the County Commissioners
of said county shall pay for the publishing
of the said notices, and for printing said
handbills, and shall pay the said Sheriff
for said services the sum of twenty-five
dollars; but il for any reason said notice
shall not be given, or not given in the
manner herein prescribed, such failure
shall not affect the validity Of this act, or
operate to prevent its taking effect.
SEC. ,. .ind BE- II enacted, That the
ballots cast at said election. to be counted
as deciding for or against the sale OF
spirituous or fermentcd liquors, intoxi-
eating drinks or cider in said county,
shall have printed or written on them
the words, For License" or against
License" and the ballots cast For
License" and the ballots cast against
License" shall be carefully counted by
the judges of said election in the rcSpcc-
tive election districts of said county, and
the number of ballots For License"
and the number against License"
shall be certified by them; and the
meeting after the said election, shall
cast up the whole vote For License"
and against License" in said districts.
and shall make a separate written return
of said whole vote to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Cecil county; and said
Clerk shall record said returns among
the records of his office. and shall pre-
pare a certificate proClaiming the result
of such election, and cause said Ger
tiiiCatc TO be published within fifteen
days after said returns have been
received by him, once in all the news
papers published in said county.
SEC. 5. ind be ii enacted, That ii ii
shall appear by the returns of said
judges and certificate of said clerk, that
a majority of said votes have been cast
against License then the following
sections, numbered from one hundred
and seventy-nine 10 one hundred and
inclusive, and designated
by said numbers and to read as follows,
shall be and they are hereby added to
article eight of the Code of Public Local
Laws, entitled Cecil County, " subtitle
Liquors and Intoxicating Drinks, " and
TO follow Immediately after said sub title
and shall be in force and take effect on
and after the first day in May, in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety-hvc,
and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent
Herewith shall be repealed after the
date.
SEC. I79. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person, or any house, company or
association, or body corporate, to barter
or sell, directly or Indirectly. or 10
solicit or receive orders for the purchase
of, At any place within the limits of
Cecil county, or to give away at his or
its place of business, within the limits
Of .1iI :
mented liquors, or alcoholic bitters, or
drinks of any kind, or cider
tonic beer, lager beer, schnappS or
gin, or any article used or sold as a bcv-
eragc, in the composition of which
whisky, brandy, high wines, or alcohol
or any splrltuouS or termentcd liquors,
shall be an ingredient, nor shall any
license be granted for the sale of the
same therein.
SEC. $50. No person, house, COM
pany, association or body corporate,
shall deposit, keep or have, in his or its
possession, any spirituous or fermentcd
liquors, or alcoholic bitters or intoxi-
eating drinks Of any kind, or cider, tonic
beer, lager beer, sChnapps or gin, or
any article used or sold as a beverage,
in the composition or compromising of
which whisky, brandy, high wines or
or any spirituous or fermented
liquors, shall be an ingredient, with
intent to barter or sell or give away the
same, in violation of the provisions Of
the preceding section, or with intent
that the same shall be bartered or sold
or given away, in violation thereof, with
in the limits OF said county.
SEC. ISL. Nothing in the two prcced-
ing sections shall be construed to pre-
vent the sale OF pure apple cider, mot to
be drunk on the premises of the seller,
in quantities not less than one gallon at
one time, by the manufacturers of apple
cider, or by persons who have grown
the apples from which the cider sold bv
them has been made; but such sales Of
apple cider shall only be lawful between
the first day Of August in each year and
the first day OF January of the succeeding
year, and no sale Of cider shall be lawful
to minors or intoxicated persons, or on
the Sabbath day, commonly called Sun
day; nor shall any sale of cider be law
full, either for themselves or as agents
for others, by such manufacturers of
cider or growers Of apples, if they shall
be the prOprletOrS, keepers or owners of
Il hotel, inn, bar-room, restaurant.
2Iioon; =, e"I'il$ mouse store, or pool,
'ast,aiic ot pllll..rI r0om' Or by their
aSeL.s' walters OF clerks; nor shall man
uiaCiuteIS oi CldeF or growers OF apples,
or lhclr agents, sell cider, directly or
indirectly IN any hotei, inn, bar-room,
restaurant ~ "a saloon, eating house, or pool
Oas3'ei'c OF DlIliafd room.
SEC. Io2. If any person, house, COM
pany, association OF body corporate
shall violate anV of the DrOviSionc of IN,