The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-04-25

| licensee to sell beer except in pint
bottles which must be capped as here
matter provided. An excise tax of
two cents per pint bottle is hereby
levied on all beer sold, offered for sale
or kept for sale in Garrett County,
which tax shall be paid by the whole
salers having licenses to sell beer to
licensees authorized to sell beer at
retail, under this subtitle, and shall
be paid into the general funds of the
county. The payment of such tax
shall be evidenced by special caps to
be placed on all bottles of beer sold
to licensees under this subtitle, which
caps shall be purchased from or
through the County Commissioners
of Garrett County, and the said whole
salers shall furnish caps to brewers or
manufacturers. 1t shall be unlawful
for any wholesaler licensed under this
subtitle to purchase such special caps
from any one other than the County
Commissioners of Garrett County.
Each licensed wholesaler and retailer
shall furnish the County Commission
ers a sworn statement not later than
the tenth day of each month, showing
the sales and purchases and SUCH
other information as the County Com
missoners shall require; the said
statement to be on special printed
forms to be furnished by said Com
missioners.
ANY person, firm or corporation hav-
ing in his possession beer not bearing
the special license cap hereinbefore pro-
vided shall be deemed guilty of a mis-.
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be subject to the same penalty
as provided for other violations of
this Act.
ANY peace officer of Garrett County
is hereby empowered to inspect the
premises of any licensee hereunder at
any time, or may inspect the premises
of wholesalers of beer.
Any person, firm or corporation
who counterfeits or misuses caps IN
order to avoid the excise tax herein
provided shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined One Thousand
dollars (S1,00000) and in default of
the payment of such fine shall be i'm
prisoned in the House of Correction
for two years.
337N. It shall be unlawful for any
holder of a wholesalers license, or
anyone connected with the business of
such holder, or any other brewer or
bother, to have any financial interest
in the premises upon or in which any
beer is sold at retail by any licensee
or in any business conducted by such
licensee; and it shall also be unlawful
for any such person or anyone connect
ed with his, its or their business to lend
any money or other thing of value or
to make any gift or to offer any
gratuity to any retail dealer, and
it shall also be unlawful for any such
person to furnish any sign, display or
other form of advertisement of any
value in excess of Five dollars adver-
Using the products of a particular
manufacturer or wholesaler, brewer
: or bother to the holder of any retail
r license issued under the provisions of
this Act; and except as above provld-
: ed, no retail dealer shall accept, re-
ceive or make use of any money, gift,
sign or display furnished by any
manufacturer or wholesaler or any
brewer or bother, or become indebted
to any such person except for the
purchase of beer.
1910. No retail dealer shall be
: permitted to employ any solicitor or
salesman for the purpose of solicit
ing, outside of the licensed place of
business, orders for the sale of any
beer, and no sale of beer may be con-
summated outside of the licensed place
of business. All sales by retail deal
: ers shall be for cash only and no suit
! shall be maintained by any retail deal
: er against any person for beer which
has been sold on credit.
337P. No person, other than citi-
zen of the United States of America
: shall have any interest of any kind or
character in any business for which a
license is issued hereunder, and no
license hereunder shall be issued to
any person who is not resident Of
Garrett County, a duly registered
! voter therein for at least one year
prior to the date of his application
| and had an established business in
, Garrett County for the same period of
u time, nor shall any license be issued
to any one who has a federal license
| for any alcoholic beverages other than
, beer, and if after obtaining a license
! to sell beer as hereinbefore provided
for, said licensee shall obtain federal
, license to sell other alcoholic bever-
ages his county license to sell beer
, shall be null and void and he shall be
liable to prosecution for sale without
: license. No license shall be issued to
sell beer in any pool room or bowling
, alley or place connected herewith.
1910. No license shall be issued
J for the sale of beer on any premises
nor shall any holder of any such Ii
: cense sell or permit to be sold or fun
nished upon any premises any beer,
except in a room having one or more
plain glass windows fronting on the
street or highway so as to enable
persons standing on the ground or
highway to observe the interior of the
premises at all hours during which
sales are prohibited, and during such
hours no curtains, blinds or other OBJ
struction shall be placed before such
window or windows, and every such
place shall have an entrance fronting
on the street or highway which shall
be open at all hours during which
beer is being sold.
337R. (a) No person shall know
ingly sell, barter, furnish or
give any beer in Garrett County to
any person who is a minor or under
the age of 81 years.