Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-07-22

| ~ 10 determine By ballot whether O
not Splrlfuouss fermenfed or mai
liquors shall be sold in said County
and TO repeal Section s. Chapter ~.
OF the Acss of 1872
SECTION /. Be IL enacted hv ths
General Assembly of Maryland. Thai
the question whether or not any per
son or persons, house or company,
association or body corporate, maj
te licensed in st. Mary's County o.
this State, by which or in which spiri.
tuous, fermented or malt liquors OF
| Intoxicating drinks mag be sold: OF
whether or not licenses 20 sell the same
in said County shall be issued, shall
he submitted to the registered and
qualified voters of st. Mary's County.
ON the first Tuesday after the firsi
Monday in August. nineteen hundred
and fifteen, at the election to be held
therein, and the Supervisors of Flee
tlon OF said County, shall. at least.
three weeks previous TO the day oi
said election cause public notice to be
given of the submission of said cues
ton by publication of said notice in
two papers OF said County: also by
printed handbiIls containing said no
tiee to be posted at the most public
places within each election district OF
said County. And the County Com
missioners of said County shall pay
Tor the publishing Of said notice and
for printing of said handbills in the
same manner and out of the same
funds that other expenses of said cleo
ton are paid: but il for any reason
said notice shall not be given or not
given in the manner herein prescribed,
such failure shall not affect the vail
dlty OF this Act or operate To prevent
its taking effect.
SECTION 2 And be 1T enacted. That
the ballots east at said election to be
counted as deciding for and against
the sale OF spirituouS, fermented or
matt liquors or intoxicating drinks in
said County, shall have printed on the
oihclal ballot cast or used at said
election the words 'For License
Against License" in the same manner
prescribed by Section IS of Article 33
OF the Code of Public General Laws of
1904 and the ballots east For Ii
cense" and the ballots cast Against
License" shall be carefully counted by
the judges of said elections in the
various polling places in said County
as provided by law and the number
of ballots east For License and the
ballots cast Against License shall
be certitind by them, and the Super
visors of Elections of said County
shall, as soon As conveniently may be
after receiving and canvaSsing all the
ballots cast For License" and
Against License" in st. Mary's Coun-
ty otter said election, proclaim the
result of said election and publish such
proclamation in some newspaper or
newspapers published in said County
and shall record in a well-bound book
TO be kept in their Office by them and
their successors, the result of the vote
upon said proposition and such result
may be proved in all courts and in all
proceedings by such record or by the
official certificate of the Supervisors
of Elections.
SECTION }. And be 1t enacted, That
il IL shall appear from the record or
certificate of the Supervisors of Elec-
tions that majority of the legal
voters voting upon said proposition
voted Against License il shall not
be lawful after the first day of MAY,
1916, for any person OF persons, house,
company, association, club, BODY cor
porate or manufacturer of intoxicat-
ing liquors of any kind to barter or
sell, directly or indirectly or to solicit,
or to- receive orders for the purchase
Of. at any place within the limits of
st. Mary's County or To give away at
his, hers, its or their place of business
within the limits of said County, any
Spirituous, fermented or malt liquors
or alcoholic bitters or intoxicating
drinks of any kind, including whisky,
brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, beer and
all other fermented, malt or distilled
liquors and any miXtuIe of liquors
which shall contain more than per
cent. by weight of alcohol and any
mixture of liquors which shall contain
less than 2 per cent. of alcohol, il the
same shall be intoxicating, or any ar
ticle, used or sold as a beverage in the
composition of which, whisky, brandy,
high wines or alcohol or any spiritu-
Gus or fermented liquors shall be an
ingredient, nor shall any license be
granted for the sale OF the same in
said County, and If such license is
issued il shall ne void. Provided, that
this Section shall not apply to sales
made by person under provision
of law requiring him to sell personal
property.
SECTION 4. And he il enacted, That
Il shall he unlawful for any person,
house, company, manufacturer, assoc
citation, club or body corporate to- de-
post, keep. or have in his, her or its
possession any Spirituous, fermented
or malt liquors or alcoholic bitters or
Intoxicating drinks of any kind, in
Guiding cider, beer, schnapps, gin or
any article used or sold as a beverage
in the composition or compromising of
which brandy, high wines or alcohol
or any Spirituous or fermented liquors
shall he an ingredient, with intent To
sell or give away the same in viola
ton OF the provisions of the preced-
ing Sections, or with intent that the
same shall he bartered or sold or
given away in violation thereof within
the limits of said County.
SECTION ). And he il enacted, That
il any person or persons, house, com
pany, association, club or body cor.
porate, shall violate any of the pro-
visions of the preceding Sections with
in the limits of st. Mary's County, he.
she, il or they shall, upon conviction
thereof for the first offense, forfeit
and pay a fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than two hundred
or imprisoned in the County Jail or
the Maryland House of Correction for
not less than thirty DAYS nor more
than six months, or both so fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the
Court. And upon conviction thereof
for the second and each subsequent
violation, shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars and imprisoned
in the County jail or confined in the
Maryland House of Correction for not
less than three months nor more than
one year.
BY order:
L. LEE MAGUIRE.
BENEDICT II. LOVE.