The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-06-29

IL is ueSlreu W Sell SUCH llQuOr or peer
is assessed at the time of filing such
application for at least $4,000; that he
will not knowingly sell Or allow to be
sold or given away liquor on Sunday
or any General Election Day, or to
any minor or any person intoxicated
nor allow any person to loaf or loiter
on or about said premises or TO per-
NIT gambling therein every such APP
plication must be signed and sworn to
before some Justice Of the Peace of
said County by at least ten respecta-
BILE freeholders of said County living
within one mile of the place at which
such business is carried on; who shall
make oath that they are freeholders
as aforesaid and that they know the
matter and things set in the applica-
ton to be true and believe the appli-
cant to be fit person to traffic in the
article; but no signers shall he allow
ed by said Clerk to sign for more than
one place to sell liquor in said district
within one calandar year, but every
applicant for license to sell liquor or
beer within the corporate limits of the
Town of Bladensburg must further
have his or her application endorsed
by maj ority of the Commissioners of
said Town, and license shall be issued
until the petition or application is so
endorsed. 1t shall be the duty of the
Clerk of said Court to verify the tax
assessment of the place of business of
every applicant and to see that the
provisions relating to the signing of
only one petition are enforced and to
see to it that every such signer is
freeholder of record under a penalty
Of fine of 800, for every license
issued in violation of the above pro-
vision of this Act relating to such
matters. Every applicant for license
to sell in said districts shall file his
applications at least two weeks prior
to the time he desires such license
issued aud upon receipt of the same
the Clerk shall cause to be published
once in one newspaper published in
said County the fact that such ap-
plicant has applied for a license in
the district for which the application
is made.
SECTION 253 B. II shall be unlawful
for any person to sell any spirituous
or fermented liquors or alcoholic bit
tiers on the Sabbath day, commonly
called Sunday, Or to any minor or to
any person while intoxicated, whether
made so in the place where he applies
to buy any liquors or Intoxicating
drinks, Or elsewhere, or between the
hours of one o'clock and five O'Clock
a. NJ; and for the violation of this
Section such violator shall forfeit and
pay on conviction thereof not less than
One Hundred Dollars nor more than
Three Hundred Dollars, or shall be
imprisoned in the County jail for not
less than ten nor more than thil ty
days, or both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court, and up
on conviction for the same offense the
second time the person 80 convicted
shall be liable to double the maximum
penalty Of either fine or Imprisonment
or both in the discretion of the Court,
and upon the second conviction the
license of the person so convicted
be forfeited ipso facto, by conviction,
for tt G year for which it was issued.
SECTION 253 C. Nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed to repeal
or amend the present laws prohibiting
the sale of liquor or beer within one
mile of the Northeast corner of the
District of Columbia, or within the
corporate limits of the Town of
Hyattsville, or within one mile of
Camp Springs, within Evansville Dis
trict, or within one mile of Chillum
Hall of said County, nor to interfere
with or effect the present laws relat-
ing 10 the sale of liquors or beer in
the Town of "Laurel' and Upper
Marlboro.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted that
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved April End, 1906
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
HON. JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the S nate.
HON. CARVILLE D. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Dele gates
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
a.