The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-22
TheLOcal Option Law

At the election on November the cues
ton For License or against License
will be submit' ed to the voters. The provi,-
ions Of the Act thus to be passed up N are
as follows:-
CHAPTER 53'.
AN ACT T., enable the registered qualified
voters OF Cecil county to determine by
ballot whether sptrituous or fermented
liquors OF cider shall be sold in said comfy
SECTION /. Re it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland that the question
whether o not any person or persons, house
company. association or boOy corporate as
hereinafter described, may be licensed in
Cecil county # this State by whom or in
which irituous or fermented liquors, in
toxicatny drinks or cider may be sold, or
whe her or not no license to sell the same in
said county shall be issued, shall be submit
ted to the r 81 tired and qualified vot rs of
said county on the first Tuesday after the
fl st Monday in November, eighteen hun
dred and ninety eight and on the first Tues
day after the fir Monday in November in
every fourth year thereafter at the cleo ion
then to he held therein, and the sheIiff of
said county SHALL at least three weeks pre-
vious to the day of said election, cause public
notice to be given of the submission of said
question to be published in two newspapers
of said county with copy of this Act and
also by printed handbills containing said
notice and copy OF this Actt, be posted at
district of said co MY and the County Com
missioners OF SAID county shall pay for the
publishing oil said motto. and copy OF this
Act and for printing sa d handbills, and
shall pay to sal sheriff for sail services the
sum of twenty-five dollars. but II for any
reason said notice shall not be given, or not
given in the manner herein prescribed such
failure shall not affect the validity of this
Act or operate to prevent It's taking effect
SEC. . And be it enacted, That the ballots
cast at said cleo ion to be counted as decid-
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fermented liquor. Intoxicating drinks or
cider in said county shall have printed or
written on them the words For License"
or"Against Licen-t." and the ballots cast
"For License" and the ballots cast Against
License" shall be carefully counted by the
judges of said election in the respective cleo
ton districts of said county, and the number
OF said ballots"Fo License"and IL e number
of ba lots against License" shall be certi-
fed by them and the return judges OF said
election at their meeting after said election
shall cast up the whole vote "For License'
and Against License" in SAID districts, and
shall make separate written return OF said
whole vote t. the CT TX of the circuit Court
for Cecil county, and said Clerk shah record
said returns among the records of his office,
and shall prepare certificate p oclaiming
the result of such election in said county,and
cause said certificate to be publishe d within
fifteen days after said returns have been re
ceved by him, once in all the newSrap rs
published in said county.
SEC. ?. And be it enacted, That if it shall
appear by the returns I said judges and GER
fi"ate of said ERIK that majority of al ,
votes have been cast "Again>t License "
then the folio wing sections from sec ION one
hundred and seventy nine to sec /, II one
hundred and eighty eight inclusive, snail be
In force in said county, and stand In the
place and stead of secti' some hundred aud
3 venty-niue to hun dred AMI eighty
eight inclusive. of Article of the Code of
Public Lo.sl Laws title cecil ounty." sub
title" Liquors AID Intoxicating Drinks" re-
pealed by this Act.
IN.. l..,, c,,l f.N..
any house company r associe tion or body
corporate, to barter or sell, directly or in
directly or to solicit or rect i've orders for the
purchase of at any place within the limits 4
Cecil county. or to give away on its place OF
business, within the limits of said county
any spirituouS o fe' meuteu liquors, or aco
holc bitters or Intoxicating drinks OF any
kind, or cider tonic. beer, lager beer, Sch
napps or in, or any article used Or sold rs a
beverage in the composition of which whisky
brandy,high wines or alchohol or any spirit
uous or fermented liquors shall be All in
gredent, nor shall any license be granted
for the sale of the same therein
$780, No person, house. company, associa-
tion or body corporate shall deposit, keep or
have in his or its possession anr Spirituous
or fermented liquors, or alcoholic bitters OF
intoxicating drinks of any kind, or cider
tonic. beer. lager herr, schnapps of gin M
any article used or sold as beverage, in the
composition o compounding of which whis-
key, brandy, high wines or alcohol, or any
spirituonS or fermented liquors shall be an
ingredient, with intent to barter or sell or
give away the same in violation of the pro-
visions of the proceeding section, or with in
tent that tn. same shall be barterel or sold
or given away in violation thereof within
the limits of said county,
l8t. Nothing in the proceed ng sect o s shall
be construed to prevent the sale OF pure
apple cider mot to be drunk on the premises
of the seller) in quantities not less than one
apple cider, or ny persons who have grown
the apples from which the cider sold by
them, has been made; but such sale of a pie
cider shall only be lawful between the first
day of August in each year, and the hrst day
OF January in the breeding year and nc
sale of cider shall be awful to minors or IN
toxicated persons, or on the sabbath day
commonly called sunday" nor shall any
sale of cider be lawful either for themseive
or as agents for others, by snch manufac
turers of cider, or growers of apples, If they
shall be proprietors, Keepers or owners OF d
hotel, inn, barroom, leStaurant, saloon eat
ing house, store o. pool. bagate lie or billiard
room, or by their agents, walters or clerks
nor shall manufa tur-rS OF cider or growers
Of apples. or their agents, sell cider directly
or indirectly In any hotel, inn. bar-room
restaurant, saloon, eating house, or pool
bagateile or billiard room.
49,. If any person, house. COMPANY associ,
alton or body corporate shall viO ate auy o!
the provisions of the three preceding sec
tionS within the limits OF Cecil county, euI
it shalt on each and every conviction there
of, forfeit and pay fine OF not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than six hundred
dollars and costs of y OSecu ion. shall be
confined in the Maryland House OF Coz rec
tiou for not less than six II outhS nor more
than twelve months. or in the discretion o.
the Court forfeit or pay fine of not les
than one hundred dollars nor more than SiN
huI dred dollars and cost OF prosecution ant
failing TO pay Sucn fine and costs forthwith
shall tie sentenced to be confined In tn,
MARYLAND House of Correction for u term no
less than six months nor more than twelve
months. or until such fine and costs are PAID
's3. Nothing III the four preceding sections
shah be construed to pr event the sale If any
such liquors Ivy regular pharmacist OF
druggist, " llO may or Sla have obtained
license Lhereo under the license laws OF thi
state 10 regular practIclng physician o
said county on his personal application
therefor.
1si. In the trial of any person or any house
company, association, or body corporate fd
violation OF any OF the five preceding sec
tons. 1T shall he lawful for the State to prove
bnat such perSon, house, com pany, sOcia
tiol or body corporate on trial has or have
paid tif such he the easel a special tax to tn,
Government of the United States under til,
internal revenue Jaws thereof, upon or FOL
his or its business as brewers or retail deal
ers in liquors or wholesale dealers in liquors
or retail dealers in ma + liquors AS the cast
may be i'll Cecil county, for period of time
within which such violation has occurred
and to prove that he or it has or have regis
tered his or it's business tor said period al
such dealers, with the collector OF inteIna
revenue for the district of wnich Cecil
GopEty shall form part and that he or !
made application to said collector to be s,