Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-04-06
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stature has passed compromise
measure, submitting the question ef
high license or prohibitions to be
Voted upon by the people co the
9th inst. We publish the law in full
below that the people may under
stand the provisions of the measure
ABin. Entitled "An Act to enable
the qualified voters Of Charles County to
determine by ballot whether or not i'm
toxicating liquors shall be sold therein
on and after EAe 30th day Of April 1901,
and TO regulate she terms and conditions
2 upon which the sale thereof may be
made, in case a majority Of voters of
said county shall determine the said
question in the affirmative, and to regu-
late the sale thereof, from and after the
passage Of this Act. until the said 3Oth
day Of April, 1907. by the repeal Of
Chapter 62g Of the Acts of the General
Assembly Of Maryland Of les)2, entitled
An Act to regulate the sale Of spiritu-
Gus and fera1ented liquors in Charles
County and 20 repeal Sections - to SO,
inclusive, Of Article So OF the Code Of
Public General Laws, titl, Licenses,
subtitle .SpirituouS sad fet mented liq-
Hofs by retailers. so fSF8S the same ap-
ply to Charles County. std to add Ger
tain Sections TO Article nfnsof the Code
Of Public Local Saws. title Charles
County, subtitle 'Spirituous and Fer
mented Liquors to be numbered Sec
tiuus 1875 aud 1906 and to substitute in
lieu thereof three new Sections, TO CON
stitute a new subtitle, designated In
toxioating Liquors, the sad Sections to
be known as fBA, llGB, and l6C."
Section /. Be il enacted by she Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland THat the
question whether or Hot any person or
persons, corporation. sompany or ass0-
citation, shall be allowed 70 sell, directly
or indirectly. any Intoxicating liquors Oh
whatever origin, in Charles county after
tie SOth day Of April, 1907. land any /
liquors within the meaning % this Act /
shall be regarded as Intoxicating which
shall contain more than two per CENT. OF
alcohol, shall be submitted to the reg
, istered and qualified voters OF said
anfy in a special election to be held On
tile foafth Tuesday IN April, in the year
1905, Of hich NOT less than two weeks
notice shall 5e given by the Supervisors
Of Elections, in newspaper OF newspa-
{ers published in Charles County. The
said Supervisors If Elections shall de-
liver to one Of the judges for each cleo
ton district to be named az hereinafter
set forth, the registration books Of the
County for use as she said election IN
the manner as now NSed at other cleo
lions. At said election, each legally
qualified voter of Charles Coanty, as de-
termined by the registration books u
that time. shall be entitled to cast bal
lot with the words FOR License, or
Against License printed or written
thereon as the voter may see fit. The
Supervisors Of Elections shall also fur
nish and deliver to one of the judges Of
said election, before the opening OF the
polls. a glass ballot-box of the kind now
used in said Charles County, in which
ballots are to be deposited at
said election. The result of said cleo
tion in each district shall be counted
and returns made out at the close Of the
polls, and the result certified by the
said judges and clerks to the said Super
visors Of Elections Of Charles County,
who shall meet at the county-seat Of
said Charles County for that purpose,
on Thursday, April 20, 1906. at ten
O'Clock A. Nj. The said Supervisors Of
Elections of said County shall, not later
Nildu LDt ILliu lutnddN VI y HIlAf ia hht
year 1906, select two judges and two
clerks for each election district Of said
County, and duly notify the same, one
clerk and one judge to represent each Of
the opposing sides. to be selected, if re-
qnired from list of four names as pre-
scented by any organization which may
be, in the meantime, effected to repre-
sent the respective sides Of the matter in
issue at the said election. On the
Thursday succeeding said election, one
of the Judges who shall be designated
by the Supervisors shall convey the re-
turns Of the said election, and the ballot
boxes. to the Board Of Supervisors Of
Elections, who shall meet at the County
seat at ten o'clock A. NJ. on that day for
that purpose, as aforesaid. The said
Supervisors Of Elections shall then tab
nlate and count up the returns as made
up by said judges and clerks, and pro-
claim the result by publication in two
newspapers published in said County in
the same week during which the said
election shall be held, and shall also
certify to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Charles County the result of said
election. The Judges and Clerks Of
Election, appointed as aforesaid, shall
be paid two dollars 81. 00) per day, and
any judge or clerk who shall refuse or
fail to serve shall be subject to a fine Of
Twenty-Five dollars upon conviction be-
fore Justice Of the Perez of said
County. In case any judge or clerk
shall fail to serve as such officer OF cleo
tion, the officer of election who shall att
tend shall fill the vacancy or vacancies
by appointment Of a person or persons
who represent the same side as that for
ssa.Is ~ 1.rn &
they shall fill such vacancies if required
from list of three names submitted by
persons present at the election who shall
bona tide represent the side as to which
the said vacancy shall occur. The polls
shall be opened at eight O'Clock A. NJ
and close at six o'clock P. NJ.
Section 2. And be it enacted, that if
at the said election there shall be more
votes cast in said County Against
License than there are For License,
then the provisions of this Act shall go
into effect and continue in force in said
County on and after the Both day of
April, 1907, and no license shall there
after be issued for the sale of any ntox-
ieating liquors as defined herein; and
any person or persons, corporation, com
pany or association who shall thereafter
sell any Intoxicating liquors of any kind
whatsoever as hereinbefore defined, or
who shall give away any such liquor on
any day on which an election is being
held, or on Sunday, or at any other time,
except at his own house in the way Of
private entertainment, shall be subject
to fine for each and every offense Of
not less than Fifty dollars nor more than
Two hundred dollars, or shall be i'm
prisoned in the House of Correction for
not less than one month nor more than
six months, or by both fine and impris-
'1Uent. in the discretion of the Court or
5ustice of the Peace, who shall
jurisdiction of offenses under this |
in case Of other misdemeanors |
liable otherwise than by contine-
N the penitentiary. In case there
e more votes cast "For Licensen
lere are Against License in said
then licenses shall continue to
y accordance with the provis-
n Hereinafter made in this Act.
sad. And be it enacted thar