Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-07-23
Published by Authority
Public Local Lows
CHAPTER 34s.

AN ACT to prohibit the sale of spiri.
tuous or fernented liquors or lager
beer within two miles of white public
school No. in the eighth election
district of ST. Mary's County, Mary
land.
Section l. De il enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland. That
Il shall be unlawful for the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court of st. Mary's County
to issue licenses To any person or per
sons, firm or corporation to sell spir-
ituous. fermented or Intoxicating
liquors or lager beer within a radius
OF tao miles from white public school
No. in the eighth election district OF
81. Mary County, Maryland. II any
person. or persons. house. company.
association or body corporate shall
sell directly or indirectly ut any plac,,
or give away ut his or its place OF
business any >pirituou> or fermented
liquors or larger beer or intoxicating
liquors uf any Kind within the said
area -: district in ~. Mary's County
he or 10 shall upon conviction thereof
forfeit and pay on the first convic-
ton fine of not less than iiftv dollars
and the cost of prosecution or inn
pr!sonment ia the county Jail for not
less than thirty days nor more than
sl<ty days or both in the discretion of
the court ar the justice al the peace
Try Ing such case and on the second
and each aui every subsequent CON
viction not less than fifty dollars nor
inorr than one hundred dollars and in
addition L. such iiuc l.. imprisoned in
the Mar! land House of Correction for
not less than six months nor more
than one year IN the discretion al the
court or justice OF the peace trying
sIch case.
sec. ;. And. bc it furtncr enacted.
That all prosecutions for the viola
uonS - tnc preceding Section at this
Act which are hereby declared tu bc
criminal ohcns,> may To- either upon
pi''>cnincut and indictment by the
Iirauu Jury at ~. Mary's County or
trial before a Justice Of the peace re-
s1dng la said county who shall have
jurisdiction original aud coIrurrant
with Tia turruit tourt uf said county:
aud tn said Justice shall have power
to issue al proc,a and de- all acts
which may h' necessary Ia the exercise
- at said Jurisdiction ana may IT,,
huI d,lr.tt,nr pll ra~r- Whereof hr
WaN nu,H jurisdiction ana MAY pro.
aouuvt Judgment ami sentence, therein
"a tho sam" manner Hnd to The Same
aNbant as the tiput tuul Tur ~
MArA 'R County ruuld d. la such va s,,4
" suvh Casrs Nrrn ufipd l,pt,np said
'e1nut without the inter, antioh NJ "A
0UrAl provided however thai e an,
t'etaoh When erNgh t@ture anA suph
we ice having jurisdiction vt tho pasr
shalt hAins utal inr theAilpped unpn=a
ladA a iHlN TRIAL 60 It the States Al
,WnrN tur said eonnlA shall wlar,
'Hal at such alleged ohpnsp praN a
inrN TRIAL nn the raW vt lhr state il
shalt he the duty at such iuatice a.
canml such alleged oltender lnv trial
so Ia hold him To- hail ~ appear lor
trtal IA the Nhcun Nourl at ~. MARY
County aud lo return such cemmil-
mehl ga reeognilance with the names
aud the residences at the witnesses Tor
the prosecullan endorsed thereon,
forthwith "a the clnrk at the Circuit
Court tor ~. Mary's County and the
Justice oelurc whom the casr is drought
shah Ia all such eases inform the per
son charged at hi, right Ia a trial by
Jury,
Sec, .. And he Il further enacted,
ihai one halt oi all tines Imposed fnr
the violation al the prov isiuns of this
act shall he paid tn the lufurmcr and
the balance shall Ia applied Ia the
fund Tor the maintenance uf tho public
schools ol said county.
sec, I. And bc 1t mrlhrr enuctrd,
That this act shall take effect from aud
after the FIRST day al May IN the year
one Thousand pine hundred and four
teen,
Approved, April Ia, 1911.
4, l., GOLDSBOROuGH,
tuNrrnur,
JAMES Nice. TRUPpE
Speaker al the House of Delegates.
JESSE u. PRICE,
President of The Senate.
hereby certify that the aiorrgoing
u true copy of an Act at the General
Assembly OF Mary land, passed at the
January session, 1914.
ALBERT j. ALMONN,
Chief Clerk of the House
7-iS Il.