Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-04-06

subtitle "Spirituous and Fermentedl
Liquors" to be numbered Sections 1875
and 1876. p be repealed, the following
sections be enacted 10 lieu thereof, to
constitute a new subtitle, designated l
Intoxicating Liquors. the said Sec
tions TO be known as ll6A, ildB, and |
tl6C.
Section 1i6A. From and after the
passage Of this Act no Intoxicating liq-
uors Of any kind shall be sold in Charles
County without obtaining license from
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court. From
and after the thirtieth day Of April 1906,
all applications by any citizen Of Charles
County over twenty-one years Of age, or
I by any resident, company or corpo-
ration made up entirely Of persons OF
! over twenty-one years Of age for licenses
I 60 sell Intoxicating liquors as hereinbe-
fore defined as Intoxicating liquors, in
any quantity from one drink to four and
One-half gallons shall be made t. the
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Charles
! County The fee to be paid to the said
4 Clerk for such license for the year be-
ginning on the first day Of May, 1905,
{ and ending on the thirtieth day OF
+ April, 1907, shall be Sl25. 00-sl00.OO OF
I which shall be paid to the County, aud
: 20 the Treasurer thereof upon the order
1 Of the County Commissioners, and SIS 90
Of which shall be paid to the State
Treasury. ON and after the S0th day Of
Z April, 1907, in the event that the quail
I fled voters shall decide 'For License
as hereinbefore set forth, the fee for
such license shall be Two hundred and
! twenty-five dollars-Two hundred dol
4 lars of which shall be paid to the County
: in manner and form aforesaid, and $500
I thereof into the State Treasury; and the
I fund arising from these payments shall
be appropriated by the County Commits
E SionerS to the Road Fund Of said County,
or to the payment Of the interest and
| principal Of the public debt Of said
/ County; provided that the said sums Of
! $4,000 and S22j.00 respectively, as
I above set forth. shall cover a license for
an entire year beginning from the first
day Of May in each year to the first day
( Of May Of the succeeding year, and that
no license shall be issued to cover a
/ period Of less than six months beginning
from the first day of November of each
year to the first day Of May in the sue
ceeding year; and any license tax en- out
\ for a longer period than SIX months
shall be paid for at the same amount in
/ full as a license for whole year; pro-
/ vided further that nothing in this sec
ton shall apply to the sale Of liquors
/ under any decree of Court or under an
execution of any Court Of competent
Jurisdiction.
Section 116B. No person, with or
without license, whether the majority Of
qualified voters shall decide as hereinhe-
fore set forth "For License or Against
License" shall sell any kind Of liquor
between midnight on Saturday night
and o'clock on the following Monday
morning, nor sell or give away any in
toxicating liquor of any kind on Elec
tiou Day, nor to any minor at any time
except upon the written order of the
parent or guardian of sueh minor. Any
person or persons, corporation, compan.
or association that shall sell any intOxi
eating liquor without a license as aboys
prescribed, or violating any of the pro
visions of the aforegoing sections, shall
upon conviction, be fined not less tina
$1,000 nor more than s20O.O0 and cost;
and upon conviction before the Cireu
Court or before Justice of the Peace
/ who shall have Jurisdiction as in Otht
: cases of misdemeanors not punishabl
| by confinement in the penitentiary, sha
be committed to Jail until such fine an
costs are paid, or for period of fort
days, whichever may first occur; and Oh
! Circuit Court for Charles County may
/ any time, upon the recommendation
the Grand Jury of said County, suppre
! the license of any dealer in intoxicatiI
/ liquors as hereinbefore defined, eiti4er
as to the person or place, or both sfor
/ the period of one year.
! Section 116C. In any case in W hich
1 the proceeding for violations of this law
/ shall be instituted before Justice of
the Peace, the party defendant Or the
STATES Attorney, or the party making
the complaint, shall have the right of
appeal 80 the Circuit Court within ten
days after the trial and decision thereof;
and in all proceedings for violations of
the provisions of this Act, no technical
nor merely formal allegations shall be
required, but it shall be sufficient to set
forth the essential facts constituting the
offense; and all proceedings before a
Justice Of the Peace, shall, either before
sail Justice or upon appeal, at any stage
before final Judgment, be amendable, in
order that the case may be presented
upOn its merits Provided that nothing
in this Act shall be construed so as to
repeal any local law relating to the sale
of liquor in La Plata.
Section 4. And be it enacted, That all
laws or parts OF laws inconsistent with
the provisions Of this Act be, and they
are hereby, repealed.
Section 5. And be it further enacted,
/ That this Act shall take effect, subject
to the dates and Limitations of time
hereinbefore set forth, from and after
the date of its passage.