Work of the Colored Law and Order League, Baltimore, Md. — John Shaqi
Work of the Colored Law and Order League, Baltimore, Md.Waring, James H. N.
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Work of the Colored Law and Order League, Baltimore, Md.
Waring, James H. N.
African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore; Colored Law and Order League
Section II. And be it enacted, that if any person, house,
company, association or body corporate shall sell, directly or
indirectly, at any place, or give away at his or its place of
business, any spirituous or fermented liquors, or alcoholic
bitters, or intoxicating drinks of any kind, within the limits
of the said area of Baltimore City, he or it shall, on
conviction thereof, forfeit and pay on the first conviction a
fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and costs of
prosecution, or instead of such fine be imprisoned in the City
Jail for six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court;
and on failure to pay any such fine as herein prescribed, he
shall be committed to the jail of said city until such fine and
costs are paid; second and each subsequent offense a fine of not
less than $200.00 nor more than $1000.00; one-half of said fine
shall go to the informer and the residue to the school fund of
Baltimore City.
Section III. And be it enacted, that nothing contained in the
two preceding sections shall be construed to prevent the
compounding or sale of any such liquors for medicinal purposes
by a pharmacist or druggist, and upon a written bona fide
prescription of a regular practising physician, whose name shall
be signed thereto; and all such prescriptions shall be filled
and kept by such pharmacist or druggist, and no prescription
shall serve for more than one purchaser; but no physician shall
make or sign such prescription unless the person for whom it is
made is actually sick and such liquor is absolutely necessary as
a medicine; any physician who shall be deemed guilty of
violation of such sections, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 for the
first offence, and not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00
for each subsequent offence; and if the buyer shall obtain a
prescription by misrepresentation he shall likewise be deemed
guilty of a violation of said sections, and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to the same fine as the physician who
shall violate the same; the one-half of said fine to be paid to
the informer and the residue to the school fund of Baltimore
City; and said violators shall be committed to the City Jail of
Baltimore City until such fine and costs are paid; but nothing
herein shall be construed to prohibit a sale by a pharmacist or
druggist in a case of extreme illness, where delay may be
dangerous to the patient.
The second line of action determined upon by the committee was to draw
up a petition to the Liquor License Board, which was done by another
sub-committee.
The third line of action was to take definite steps to publish the work
of the League among the best white people of the city.
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