64 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 5

(16) The words "light beer" shall mean any brewed
beverage containing not more than five percent of alcohol
by volume.

(17) The word "beer" means all brewed alcoholic bev-
erages containing more than five percent of alcohol by vol-
ume and shall include among other things, porter, ale and
stout.

(18) The word "Clerk" shall mean the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Allegany County.

(19) The word "Court" shall mean the Circuit Court
for Allegany County, or any Judge thereof.

Section 300. From and after the taking effect of the
21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
no person in Allegany County shall at any time manufac-
ture, blend, rectify, bottle, import or sell or suffer to be
manufactured, blended, rectified, bottled, imported, or sold
or keep or suffer to be kept on his premises, in his posses-
sion or under his charge or control for the purpose of sale
and delivery any alcoholic beverages without a license as
hereinafter provided. Provided that nothing in this Act
shall prohibit the sale and purchase of warehouse receipts
covering distilled spirits on deposit in Government bonded
warehouses, and no special tax liability shall attach to the
business of purchasing and selling such warehouse receipts,
and provided further that any non-resident manufacturer
or dealer in alcoholic beverages may sell and deliver alco-
holic beverages of the respective kind or character without
a license to any duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler
of or for such respective kind or character of alcoholic bev-
erages under the provisions of this Act, but no such non-
resident manufacturer or dealer in alcoholic beverages shall
be permitted to sell or deliver any alcoholic beverages to any
other licensee under the laws of this State or to any other
person in this State. And provided further that druggists
and apothecaries shall not be required to obtain a license
under the provisions of this Act for the use of alcohol in
compounding any written prescription of a regular physi-
cian, but no such druggist or apothecary shall be permitted
to sell alcoholic beverages for beverage purposes without
a license as hereinafter provided. And provided further
that nothing in this Act shall prohibit any common carrier
warehouseman or other lienholder from exercising his right
to sell alcoholic beverages under a lien, or any Sheriff, Trus-
tee, or Receiver, Executor, or Administrator from selling al-
coholic beverages under an Order of Court, but no such sale