The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-16
miscellaneous.


liquors in quantities less than pint at any place
shall place or maintain, or permit to be place.
or maintain any screen, blind. curtain partition
or any obstruction that will interfere with
view of the business conducted on the premises
SECTION IL. and be Henacted. That every per
son receiving q license under this Act to sci
epirituoue or fermented liquors shall frame hi
license under glass and place the same so that Il
shall at all times be conspicuous and easily read
In his chief place of making salee and no license
issued under this Act shall authorize sales by any
person who shall neglect this requirement.
SECTION ID. Ana be IL enacted, That If any per
son shall hereafter be convicted of selling spir.
ituous or fermented liquors without having pro
cured license therefor under the provisions OF
this Act, he shall be sentenced to pay fine OF
said fine to be paid to the inf0rmer or informers
and undergo imprisonment in the Maryland
House Of Correction for not less than three
months nor more than twelve months.
SECTION IA. And be 1t enacted, That If any per-
SON having license under the provisions of this
Act shall violate any of the provisions of this
ing Section ssa hYps pay Sse y S shsn
dred dollars, and on conviction q second time,
which fact the Court may ascertain from the
dOckets Of the Court. in connection with evi-
dence, he shall pay fine of two hunred dollars
and his license shall be suppressed.
SECTION Is. And be IL enacted, That If any per-
son having license under the provisions OF this
Act, shall sell or barter any epiritu0ue or fer
mented liquors of any kind to any person who is
a minor, or under twenty-one years of age, or
or fermented LIQUORS for the purpose of being
drunk by such person who 10 q minor or under
twentyone years OF age, or shall give to any such
person who is minor or under twenty one years
Of age, any spirituous or fermented liquors or
shall allow upon the premises occupied by him
any person who is under twenty-one years OF
age TO drink any such spirituous or fermented
liquors sold or bartered, or given by him. he
shall on conviction pay fine of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than Two hundred
dollars, and If he be convicted a second time,
which fact the Court may ascertain from an in
specti0n of its dockets and by other evidence,
ne shall pay fne OF not less than one hundred
gether with the costs of prosecution, or be con-
fined in Jail for not less than one month, nor
prisoned at the discretion of the Court and it
shall be the duty of the Court before whom such
person shall be convicted to suppress his. heror
SECTION 16. And6s Il enacted That one fourth
of all moneys paid to the said Clerk for license
fees under the provisions of this Act shall be
held by him for the use of the State, and paid
over and accounted for as money received for
license has been heretofore accounted for, and
the remainder thereof shall be paid by him to
the Treasurer of Baltimore county, for county
uses. provided, however, that the Clerk of the
Court shall be entitled to retain five per cent. of
the gross license fees for the collection of same
to be accounted for as other fees OF his Office.
SECTION II. Aad be Il enacted, That the provi-
sions of this Act shall not be construed to au-
th0rize the esue of license to sell spirituOus or
fermented liquors at any place in said county,
where the sale of spirtuous or fermented liquors
is not now authorized by existing law.
SECTION Is. And be IL enacted, That the drug
gists and apothecaries shall not be required TO
obtain license under the provisions of this Act,
but they shall not sell Intoxicating liquors ex-
physician nor more than once IN any one pre-
scr1pti0n of the physician. and every druggist
or apothecary shall keep book for the special
sale of intoxicating liquors made by him, the
person to whom sold, the kind. quantity and
price thereof, and the purpose for which it was
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visions of this Section. or to produce the book
before any court of justice when so required to
dos shall render such druggist or apothecary SO
failing liable to the same penalties as If he had
sold Intoxicating liquors without a license, and
any physician wh0 shall wilfully prescribe any
Intoxicating liquors as beverage to persons of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be subject to the same penalties.
SECTION 10. And be 1t enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for any club or corporation loca-
ted 10 Baltimore county heretofore formed or
hereafter to be formed under the general laws
OF this State. or under any special law thereof,
20 give, barter sell any spirituous or ferment-
first taken out license under the provisions of
this Act, and the application of any such clubor
corporation for such license shall be made by the
steward or any other officer of said club or cor
pOration in substantial compliance with the pro-
visions of Sections and OF this Act, and notice
quired in Section 5 of this Act for cases where
such duplication filed by any individual.
SECTION 20. And be u enacted. That any per-
the provisions of this Act, license for twelve
months en- the first day of May nineteen hundred
and eight shall not be required to file the ap--
plicatiou Therefore on or before the first Gay of
a pril, in the year nineteen hundred and eight,
as provided in Section 3 of this Act. but may file
the same to the fifteenth day of April, 1908. and
the Clerk of said Court shall give prior notice,
at least one weeks notice of said application by
one insertion in two newspapers published in
Baltimore county, provided the objections to
licenses for the year 1908 may be filed at any
time before the 25th day of April, 1908.
SECTION q. And be IL enacted, That any hold
er of license to sell epirtuous or fermented
LIQUORS at retail by the drink or otherwise, may
be permitted to sell or assign said license to
another person to be used at the same place or
another place of business in said county; pro-
vded the said purchaser or assignee or intended
purchaser or assignee shall make due application
therefore on he recommendation OF ten repu-
table taxpayers, advertisement of same in news
papers, etc., required in case of an original ap
plicatiOn for such license, and If no objections
are interpOsed in the manner set forth In an
original application, then the said Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county shall endorse
the transfer upon the license and shall be enti-
the same shall then take effect; but If there
should be an objection filed to the transfer or
assignment of said license, then the same pro-
ceedings shall be had before Judge of the Cir
cult Court for Baltimore county as in case of
objection to an original application and the costs
of the same to be taxed in the same manner.
SECTION 22. And be IL AenGcted, That should any
license after the same has been granted be de-
stroyed by fire or otherwise, the Clerk of the
Circuit COurr for Baltimore county, upon due
application made to him by the licensee. shall
issue duplicate license to said licensee without
Clerk.
SECTION %. And 0snenacted, That in case the
licensee dies his widow, executor, or admins
traitor may carry on the business under the
license until it's expiration.
ard or officer of such club or corporation at the
time he files an application for a license Is sub
stantial compliance with the provisions of Sec
ion nd nf Art lafi ho
tion of an individual for license, shall include
in the sworn application for such license list
of the bona f1de members of the club or c0rpor-
alton applying for a license, and no such license
shall be granted unless such club or corporation
shall own or regularly rent or lease habitation
or place of meeting in Baltimore county.
SECTION 25. And be isenacted That If any such
club, association or corporation or officer or
agent thereof shall sell. give, barter or in any
any admixture thereof to any person whether
member thereof or not, without q license as
herein provided. such officer or agent shall be
guilty of amisdeamOr and subject to the penalty
for selling without q license.
SECTION 28 And be IL enacted, That il any per-
son or any club. association or corporation, or
oiicer OF sgenS taeTeof; WITHOUT @ nrsS o9ssin,ng ing
ter, furnish, or dispense any wine, ale, beer or
intoxicating liquor to any person upon any
grounds or premises in Baltimore county, to
which grounds or premises price of admission
Is charged as an inducement for paying such ad-
mission, such person giving, bartering. furnish
liquor, or any such agent or officer so doing,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor. and
upon conviction shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars or be imprisoned in Jail or
the House of Correction for not more than one
year, or both fine and imprisonment, in the dis
crction of the Court.
SECTION q. And be u enacted, That all prose-
cutions pending at the time of the passage Of
this Act for any violations of any of the pro-
visions of the Act of 1890, Chapter 334. or any of
the amendments thereto. and all violations of
the provisions of said Act and its aWendments
that shall have occurred before the passage of
this Act. shall be prosecuted to conviction and
punishment to the same extent as If this Act had
not been passed.
SECTIoN g. And be 10 enacted. That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 20. And be IL enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
:.......'''....'.'': Governor.
THE JOSEPH B. SETH,
GREAT SEAL President of the Senate.
OF J. ENOS RAY.JR.,
MARYLAND. Speaker of the House
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