The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-24

search or alleged violation, and take
the name and addresses of all persons
present at said place, at such time, and
forthwith report all said facts, in writ
ing to the States Attorney for Prince
Georges County; and any such intoxi-
eating liquor, or the means or para
phernalia for selling or dispensing the
same, or any United States Internal
Revenue Tax receipt for the keeping or
sale of the same, effective as aforesaid,
shall be held to constitute prima facie
evidence of the violation Of the pro-
visions of this Act as charged or pre-
sented; and If the accused shall be
found guilty the intoxicating liquor so
seized shall, after the time of trial and
appeal has expired, be destroyed by the
Sheriff, and the other property be held
as the property of the accused or of the
real owner; if the accused shall be found
not guilty the whole shall be held as
his property or as the property of
the real owner.
SECTION II That In any indictment
under the provisions of this Act for the
violation of the proceeding sections
thereof, it shall not be necessary to
specify the particular kind of liquor
which is sold or dispensed, or that the
same is actually sold or dispensed, but
it shall be sufficient if the Indictment
sets forth that the traverser battered or
sold or solicited or received orders for
the purchase Of, or deposited, kept or
had in possession, with the intent to
barter or sell, spirituous or fermented
or alcoholic liquors or Intoxicating
LIQUORS, or with the intent that the
same be battered or sold in violation of
the provisions of this Act.
SECTION IL Provided, That nothing
in this Act shall apply to cases now
pending, nor to violations of the law
that have heretofore occurred, bat all
such cases and violations shall be pro-
secuted and punished as provided by
the laws, hereby repealed, by the pro-
visions and effect of this Act, as if the
same were still in force.
SECTION 13, That in the interpreted
ton of this Act and to enlarge the
meaning of the terms, the word "Per-
son" shall be construed to include
partnership, company, association, club
and body corporate; words of singular
number shall include the pural and
those of masculine gender include the
the feminine; that the words "Sell" and
and "Dispense" shall be construed to
include having in deposit or posses
sion, soliciting or receiving orders for,
bartering, or serving or delivering any
intoxicating liquor; the word "Intoxi-
eating Liquor" shall be construed to
include wine, whiskey, gin, brandy,
beer, ale, all cordials, liquors bitters
and all other liquid mixtures or COM
pounds whatsoever, each or any combi-
nation of which are found to contain
more than two per cent. of alcohol by
weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and
every mixture of liquor which shall
contain less than two per cent. of
alcohol if the same be Intoxicating.
SECTION IA And be it further en-
acted, That all licenses to sell liquors
issued on or after the first day of May
1908, shall only extend to September
LIST, 1908, and be paid for proportionably
for four months; but in the event that
the vote be in favor of license, then
new licenses shall be issued and paid
for from September list, 1908 to May 1st
1909, and thereafter as provided by law.
SECTION Is And be it enacted, that
this Act shall take effect according to
its terms, dates and conditio rs, from
and after the date of its passage.
Approved April 18th 1908.
HON. AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor.
HON. JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
HON. j. ENOS RAY,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary Of the Senate:
Hereby Certify, That the afore-
going is true copy of an Act of the
General Assembly of Marylan, passed
at the January Session, 1908.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary.