Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-19
A BILL WITH A SNAKE.
Seusle Bill That Citizens Should Get
Behind ard Prevent il Becoming 9 Law.

peEHo anu EFcteht II Dccomink Law
The following is the true text of
Senate Bill No. 81, title Temper
ance," that has been introduced in
the Senate by Senator Watkins, Of
this county:
"A Bill, entitled an Act to repeal
and re-enact with amendments Sec
tion Is of Article of the Code Of
Public Local Laws, title "Anne
Arundel County," subtitle Liquor
and Intoxicating Drinks.
Section i. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland. That
Section $50 Of article of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title 'Aune
Arundel County, subtitle Liquor
and Intoxicating Drinks. be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enaet-
ed with am andments so as to read as
follows:
Section $50. If any person, house.
company, corporation or association or
body corporate shall sell, directly or
Indirectly, at any place, or give away
az his, her, their, or its place Of bus
mess, any spirituous or fermented
liquors or alcoholic bitters, or intox-
icating drinks Of any kind, within
the limits of Anne Arundel county,
except in the City of Annapolis, and
in that part of the First and Third
precinccs of the Fifth Election dis
trict of said county, where the sale
hereof is now permitted by law, he,
shs or they shall, on conviction there
Of, forfeit and pay on the first con-
yicti ~ fine Of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, and cost of prosecution; or
instead of such fine, be imprisoned in
the county Jail for thirty days, or
both, in the discretion of the court !;
ami on the second and svery subse-
quent conviction shall pay q fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, in
the discretion of the court, and cost
Of prosecution; aud in addition to
such fine shall be imprisoned in the
county Jail or House of Correction
for not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days; and on failure to pay the
fine, as herein described, he, she or
they shall be committed to the county
iail Of Anre Arundel county until such
fine and costs are paid.
"All Of said fine shall be paid to
the Board of County School Com
missioners of said county, for the
benefit Of the public schools therein /;
and in 1ase of any violation of this
section by any company, corpora
tion, club or association, each or
any member Of such company, cor
po1ation, club or association shall be
liable, and shall suffer imprison-
ment as herein prescribed for per-
sons violating the same.
"Section z. And be il enacted,
That nothing in this act shall apply
to or affect the prosecution of any
offense that has or may hereafter be
commenced for any violation of the
Section hereby repealed, which may
have been committed prior TO the
passage of this Act, or the punish
ment for such offense.
"Section 8. And be il enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
At first blush the bill seems harm
less, but there is a snake in it. Coun-
ties where such law is now in exist
ence have never derived cent OF rev.
enue for schools in this way. This
bill was read in the churches last
Sunday, and the congregations signed
a petition to defeat this measure.