Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-07
SENATOR BELLS BILL.
True Text Of Law Forbidding Sale Of
Entoxicants 10 Midshipmen.

The following is the full text of the
bill introduced in the Senate January
% by Senator Joseph H. Bells. Of this
city, and referred to the Temperance
Committee:
An Act TO repeal Section &c Of Ar
ticle of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland entitled ANNE
Arundel County" subtitle "Annapo-
lis, >" as the same was repealed and
reenacted by Chapter 647 of the Acts
of 1910.
Section /. Be il enacted by the Gep-
eral Assembly of Maryland. That Sec
tion 46 of Article % Of the Code of
Public Local Laws. title ANNE Arun-
del County" subtitle Annapolis, - be
repealed and reenacted with amend
ments so as to read as follows:
46. II shall not be lawful for any
person, whether licensed to sell
spurious. fermented or intoxicating
liquor or not. to sell, give directly or
indirectly, dispose of, barter, fur
nish, hand over or deliver, within the
corporate limits of the City of An
napolis or within five miles thereof.
any spurious, fermented or intoxicat-
ing liquors, wines or cordials of any
kind or in any quantity wha lever, to
youth or any minor under the age of
twenty-one years, either for his or her
own use or for the use of any other
person, either with or without the
written order or consent of the pa
rent or guardian of such minor; nor
to any midshipman or student con-
neced with or attached to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, or under
orders TO join or leave the said Acad-
envy. or preparing tor admission to
said Academy, either for his own use
or for the use of any other person, nor
/ to any student of Saint Johns Col
/ lie ge, at Annapolis, either with or with
out the written order of some profess
sor of said Saint Johns College, either
| for his own use or for the use of any
other person; and any person violat-
| ing the provisions of this section shall
he deemed guilty OF misdemeanor
| and upon conviction thereof shall be
| fined sum not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned in Jail for
not less than ten days nor more than
| sixty days, or be both fined and i'm
! prisoned in the discretion of the Court
but If any minor shall wilfully repre-
sent that he is of full age and thereby
shall obtain any spirituous liz uors,
and the person selling the same shall
| be able to prove at his or her trial
such misrepresentation, and that he
or she used due caution in ascertain
| ing the age of such minor before dis
posin of the liquor as aforesaid t
said minor, then the person so selling
to such minor, shall be acquitted OF
the said charge, the minor obtaining
spirituous liquor by such misrepre
sentation of his or her age shall b,
guilty of a misdemanor, and upol
trial and conviction before any jus
tice of the peace shall be sentenced t.
pay a fine of not less than ten dollars
nor more than twenty dollars and thu
costs of his prosecution, or upon fail
ure 10 pay such fine and costs shall b,
committed to Jail for a period not les!
than five days nor more than twenty
days.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
That nothing IN this act shall apply
to or effect the prosecution of an,
offense that has or may hereafter b.
commenced for any violation of the
section hereby repealed, which ma,
have been committed prior the pass
age of this act, or the punishment
provided for such offense.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted
That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage