|
THOMAS SIM LEE, Esq; Governor.
and on or before the first day of October yearly, shall return to the
treasurers of
the western or eastern shore respectively, where the said clerks shall
officiate,
a true list of all ordinary-keepers, in their respective counties,
licensed as aforesaid,
and also of all fines and forfeitures, happening in the year, under
this act. |
1780.
CHAP.
XXIV. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That the justices of the several county courts shall, at
their respective county courts, in the months of June and August yearly,
or oftener,
as they shall think fit, set and assess, in current money, the rates
and prices of
all liquors, and other accommodations whatsoever, by ordinary-keepers
to be
vended, for the year ensuing; which rates and prices of all liquors
and other accommodations,
so to be set and assessed by the justices aforesaid, shall be by their
several and respective clerks, transcribed and set up, in some public
place in their
respective county court-house, that every person may peruse the same,
a copy of
which rates, every ordinary-keeper, within each county, is hereby obliged
to keep
and set up, in the most public and convenient place of his house, for
the perusal
of all persons whatsoever, under the penalty of six hundred pounds
of tobacco;
and every ordinary-keeper, who shall, directly or indirectly, demand
or receive
for any such liquors, or other accommodations, more than the rates
and prices so
assessed, shall, for every such demand or receipt, forfeit and pay
three hundred
pounds of tobacco; and in case any suit is brought by any ordinary-keeper,
on
any account wherein any liquors, or other accommodations, are charged
higher
than the rates aforesaid, such ordinary-keeper shall be nonsuit, and
pay the defendant
his full costs; and for every such account paid and satisfied to any
ordinary-keeper,
he shall, on complaint by the party injured, to a single magistrate
or county court, be, in a summary way, ordered and compelled, by such
magistrate
or county court, to restore to the party injured the whole sum so before
had
and received on such account, with his cost on such complaint. |
Justices to set
the price of
liquors, &c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That every ordinary-keeper, to be licensed as aforesaid,
shall, within two months after obtaining licence, be obliged to provide
and maintain
(if such ordinary be kept at the court-house in any county) fix good
feather
beds, more than sufficient for the private use of such ordinary-keeper,
with sufficient
covering for the same, and Indian corn, oats, hay, straw, and stabling,
for
ten horses at least; and if at any place in the county other than the
court-house,
three spare beds, with covering, and sufficient stabling and provender
for six horses
at least, under the penalty of eight hundred pounds of tobacco. |
Ordinary
keepers to furnish
beds, &c. |
VI. Provided
always, That no person shall be admitted to keep an ordinary,
other than the master, principal, or head of the house in which such
ordinary
shall be kept. |
Proviso. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That if any ordinary-keeper shall keep a disorderly
house, upon complaint made thereof to the justices of the county court,
they are
hereby authorised and required to suppress such ordinary; and during
the recess of
the court, upon complaint made to any two justices of the peace, or
upon their
own observation of such misbehaviour, contrary to the directions of
this act, it
shall be lawful for them to suspend such ordinary-keeper, until the
next county
court, who may hear and determine the matter, and either entirely suppress,
or permit the continuance of such ordinary. |
Justices may
suppress disorderly
houses, &c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That if any person, so suspended, shall presume, during
such suspension, to keep ordinary, such person shall incur the same
penalty
and forfeiture, as persons keeping ordinary without licence are subject
to by this
act. |
Fine on persons
keeping
ordinary after
suspended,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That any keeper of an ordinary which shall be so suppressed,
or other person, that shall presume to keep ordinary, without licence first
obtained, as aforesaid, shall, for every month he or she shall so keep
ordinary,
forfeit and pay one thousand pounds of tobacco, and so proportionably for
a longer
or shorter time. |
Penalty on
keeping ordinary
without
licence, &c. |
|
 |
