The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-05-18
252. In addition to the respective

the Code of Public General Laws title
"L;censes" r'lating to spurious OF
fermentel liq1ors by retailers, and
oyster or eating h 'uses, or under any
other 81 e ion OF said Article such per-
son or corr Grafton If he, she or it in
tend to sell spirituous or fermented
liquors or alcohol c bitters or all com
bined in quantities more than pint
or less than a pint or by the drink
shall pay to the sad Board Of Liquor
License Commissioners the sum of one
hundred dollars, for the use of the
public roads of Prince Georges Coun-
ty before any such license shall be
granted and if anyone shall keep
any oyster house, cook shop, eating
house or lager beer saloon, or any 9th
er than an ordinary, at o. in which
such liquors may be sold or bartered
in quantities less than pint at any
one time or by the dril k. then such
applicant shall in addition to the
amount to be paid to the Safe shall
also pay said Boa d OF L'quor License
Commissioners the further sum of one
hundred dollars for the use OF public
roads of said County; provided, how
ever, that where in any district, town
or village of said county where spec
lal law prevails and where a d dttferent
Or higher Iicrns" foe is e. 'oed the
licenses shall mk h,. 4ran;tu b. Sait
Board OF l. quor L:c.ns. Commissions
ers, sui 'cL however in all her res
poets to the special provisions OF any
law as to the sale OF liquors in such
district, town or village, and as to the
revenues derived thertfrum. All
monies or funds received by said
Board tor said County Liquor Lii
censes shall be deposited 10y said
N
said Prince Georges County, subject
to its check when signed by all three
of its members and shall be paid over
to the County Commissioners of said
County for the use of the public roads
of said county, once in each and every
month.
253. Every person, firm or corpo-
ration applying for said county license
shall be recommended to said Board
of Liquor License Commissioners by
five respectable freeholders of record
living within one mile of the place
where said business is to be carried
on, as fit persons to traffic in the arti,
Gle. Said recommendation shall be
signed by said freeholders and in the
event that any of the said freeholders
cannot write, the same may be signed
by him or her by his or her mark duly
attested. Said Bsard upon receiving
such application shall publish the
name or names of the applicant or ap-
plicants in some newspaper in said coun
tv for at least one week, giving notice of
said application and the place where
the said business is intended to be
carried on or conducted, and at the
expiration of said stipulated time for
said notice to be published said Board
shall take up said application and act
thereon at their next meeting: and in
any event shall any person sell such
liquors on the Sabbath Day, common
ly called Sunday under a penalty on
conviction of not less than fifty nor
more than three hundred dollars and
costs of prosecution or instead of sucl
fine shall be imprisoned in the County
Jail for period not exceeding sixty
days or be both fined and imprisoned
in the discretion of the Court. In
case of any violation of any of the pro
visions of this subtitle of t his Article
the said Board of Liquor License
Commissioners shall have power to
summon witnesses through the Sheriff
and hear charges against the suppos-
ed offender, who shall have due notice
of the time and place of hearing, and
who may, if he so desires be represent
ed by Counsel. And at the hearing
If the charges should be sustained to
the satisfaction of said Board then and
in that event said Board in its
discretion may revoke the license Of
the offender, and no part of the license
fee shall be returned to such offender.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted that
this Act shall take effect from the date
of it's passage.
Approved April 4th, 1906
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
HON. CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
HON. JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.