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and seal of the Secretary OF State.
Sec A. And be it enacted, That II
upon receipt by the Governor OF
certificate from the Secretary OF
State showing the result OF such cleo
ton in each of the political units
herein designated it shall appear
that a majority of the voters in any
such political unit qualified under
the laws of this State to participate
in such election voting on this queS-
ton in such election have voted
"a gainst prohibition" then the laws
relating to the sale, manufacture for
sale and transportation for sale OF
alcoholic liquors for beverage pur-
poses in such political units so voting
against prohibition in effect at the
date of this election shall continue
in force and effect unless or until
otherwise changed by the General
Assembly of Maryland or by ma
iority vote of the qualified electors
of this State.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That If
upon receipt by the Governor OF
certificate from the Secretary OF
State showing the result of such cleo
ton in each of the political units
herein designated it srall appear that
a majority of the voters in any Such
political unit qualified under the
laws of this State to participate in
such election voting on this question
in such election have voted for
prohibition, then he shall forthwith
issue his proclamation to this effect,
and on and after the first day of May,
one thousand, nine hundred and
eighteen, it shall be unlawful for any
person, persons, social club firm or
corporation to manufacture for sale,
sell or purchase for sale, transport
for sale, dispense or otherwise dis
pose of any alcoholic, spirituofs,
vinous, fermented, distilled or malt
liquors or intoxicating bitters or liq-
uid mixtures or preparations, wheth-
er patent or not, which will produce
intoxication in such political unit so
voting for prohibition, except for me-
dicinal, pharmaceutical, scientific,
sacramento, or mechanical purposes
as may be allowed under the provl-
sions of such acts as the General AS
sembly of Maryland shall pass at its
regular session held next after the
date of such election or any subse-
quent session allowing such sale for
such purposes only. And any person,
persons, social club, firm or corpora
ton manufacturing, selling, trans
porting, dispensing or disposing of
any alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fer
mented, distilled or malt liquors
within such political unit or units so
voting for prohibition shall be liable
for all the penalties now or hereafter
prescribed for manufacturing SELL
ing, dispensing or disposing of alco-
holic, spirituous, vinous, fermented.
distilled, malt and Intoxicating iq-
uors without license; and any
place used for purposes in violation
of this section, such use is hereby de-
clared a nuisance and shall be abated
as such.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That
any qualified voter of any political
unit herein designated may contest
the election on this question hereby
submitted to the voters of such po-
! litical unit or demand a recount of
| the ballots cast on such question in
any election precinct or district of
any such political unit by filing a pc
tition setting forth the grounds of
such contest or recount, verified by
affidavits with the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court for the county or theClerk
of the Superior Court for Baltimore
city, as the case may be, within not
more than five days from the date of
| the canvass of the returns by the
election Supervisors, and upon the
! filing of bond for the costs in the
penalty to be fixed by the resident
Judge or the Judge at that time pre-
siding over the Court in which the
contest is instituted, with surety or
sureties to be approved by him, a
summons shall forthwith be issued
from such Court addressed to the
Supervisors of Elections for or hav-
| ing jurisdiction over such political
unit or for the city of Baltimore in
which such contest is instituted, no
tifying them of the filing of such
petition and directing them to ap-
pear in such court with the ballots
and ballot boxes of the precinct or
precincts in which the Irregularities
are charged, at the time named in
such summons, which shall be not
less than five nor more than ten
days from the filing of such petition.
The procedure in such cases shall be
the same as that provided by the
law for contesting any election for
public Office so far as the same is ap-
plicable.
| In case of a contest of election in
any precinct of any political unit
herein designated or the city of Bal
timore as the case may e,the Board
of Supervisors of Elections shall
withhold the certificate of such cleo
ton returns for such political unit OF
the city of Baltimore in which such
precinct is located until the court de-
cides such contest. Immediately fol
lowing such decision of the court the
Board of Supervisors of Elections
shall make the returns as herein pro,
vided; such decision shall be made
by the court not later than six mon
tbs from the date of the election.
The said court shall have final jur-
isdiction to hear and determine the
merits of such cases, and if the said
court shall discover that fraud has
been committed in any precinct and
the legal votes cannot be separated
from the illegal votes or ballots sc
that the correct result can be ascer,
tanned, then the whole number OF
ooiioIo CdoI III SUCH pIoCluCI Ou SdlU
question so submitted to the voters
of the political units herein designat-
ed shall be rejected by the said court
and not counted and the Supervisors
of Elections shall not make any re.
turn of the votes cast in such pre-.
cinct, and the rejection of such bal
lots shall in no way render invalid
the result of such election.
Sec. Ga. This act shall not apply
to nor prohibit the manufacture fol-
sale of alcoholic, spirituous, and
vinous, malt and intoxicating liquors
by persons and corporations now en-
gagged in the manufacture thereof OF
the transportation thereof by said
persons and corporations where such
liquors are manufactured for sale
and sold only for delivery for ship
ment to places beyond the State OF
to places within the State where such
sale is not now or hereafter prohibi-
ted by law.
| Sec. Z. And be it enacted, That
this act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.