The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-11

trial has or have paid Off such be the case)
a special tax to the Government OF the
United States under the internal revenue
| laws thereof, upon or for his or its business
as brewers or retail dealers in liquors. or
wholesale dealers in liquors, or retail deal
| ers in malt liquors, as the case may be in
| Cecil County. for period of time within
| which such violation has occurred. and to
| prove that he or it has or have Registered
| his or its business for said period as such
| dealers, with the collector of internal revG-
nue. for the district of which Cecil County
| shall form Il part. and that he or it made
| application to said collector to be 40 regis
tered; and it shall be lawful for the State in
| such case to offer in evidence said internal
revenue laws relating to said special taxes
and the payment of said special tax upon
| and the registering of his or its said bust
ness may be proved by Il certificate of said
| collector or any of his deputies. or by the
sworn testimony of him or any of them, and
a copy of the application of any person,
house company, association or body corpor
ate for registry under said revenue laws,
made and attcstcd by said collector or any
of his Deputies shall Toe prima facie proof
of such application.
1876. If any druggist or pharmacist shall
violate any of the preceding sections he
shall be liable to the same penalties, which
are set forth in section one hundred and
eighty-two.
1876 oua-bolf Of MI .5lrh Gnrs eball he
mid to the inrormrr. and tho balance shall
be paid to the Board of school Commission
ers of the county, for the use of the public
schools therein.
1877. All prosecutions for violations of
any of the provisions of this subtitle of this
article shall hc upon presentment and in
dictment; but any justice of the peace of
receive Information of Violations thereof
and to take rpcocnizances and bail. or to
commit as is now exercised bv justices of
the peace of the county. under the Public
General Laws of this State.
1873 In any Indictment for violation of
the nrovisionS If this sub titlc of this article
il shall not he necessary except in the case
of cider, to specify the particular kind of
liquor, which any house, person company,
association or body corporate, battered,
sold or gave away, or solicited or received
order for the purchase of or kept deposited,
or had with intent to barter, sell or give
away, or that the same had been bartered,
sold or given away in violation of said pro-
visions: but il shall be sufficient if the in
dictmcnt set forth that the traverSer barter
ed, sold or gave away or solicited or re-
ceived orders for the purchase of, or kept
deposited, or had with intent to barter, sell
or give away spirituous or fermentcd liquors
or Intoxicating drinks, or with intent that
the same be bartered, sold or given away,
in violation of said provisions.
src And he If enacted THAT if II shall
appear by the returns of said Judges, and
the certificate of said Clerk, that a majority
of such votes have been cast "For License
then and in that event the following sec
tions shall be added to article eight, of the
Code Of Public Local Laws, title Cecil
County, subtitle "SaleS of SpirituOuS or
Fermented Liquors" to take effect on the
first day of December, in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight.
409 No person in Cecil County shall OBJ
tain license for the sale or barter of spirit
uous or fermented liquors in any quantities
whatever except such as shall be qualified
as hereinafter provided.
a1o Thare sbou ba n hoard of Jiouor
inans. commissionere Of call county con
sistino Of three nersons who shall hold their
nffica d1rinn GOOD behavior or until their
sncoeSsors are dulv anno;ntad and ualifled
IN case If anv yarancv orrrrrinp in said
hoard bv deafb refusal To act removal
from the county or otherwise. the vacancy
shall be filed by the County Commissioners
| of Cecil County, and said Commissioners
shall also have the power in their discretion
| TO remove from office anv Commissioner for
neglect of duty or malfeasance in Office
upon the petition of any ten reputable citi-
| zens of Cecil County, and proof of such
| neglect OF duty or malfeasance IN once sat.
| isfactory to the County Commissioners, and
| their decision shall be final and conclusive,
Said Commissioners shall receive the sum
| of one hundred and fifty dollars annually in
| lieu of all other COMPENSATION to be paid to
| them by the County Commissioners of Cecil
County on or before the first day Of Nav in
each and every wear, and it shall not be law
| full for any Commissioner to directly or in
| directly receive from any applicant for
license any fee. reward or thing of value
| whatsoever.
The said persons constituting said Board
and their successors, shall, before entering
on the discharge of their duties. be duly
| sworn in bv the Clerk of the Circuit Court
| for Cecil County; they shall meet at Elkton,
| MARYLAND, as often as necessity requires
and their duties shall be such as are here
matter defined. Robert Mackey, Charles
W. Shippers and Henry II. McFadden, OF
| Cecil County, are hereby constituted and
| appointed the Board OF Liquor License
Commissioners of Cecil County.
All. Licenses to the hotel keepers, not
| more than three in the Third Election dis