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title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Restrictions Upon Licen-
sees", providing that it shall be unlawful, with certain exceptions,
for any minor in Caroline County , DORCHESTER, CECIL AND
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES to possess alcoholic beverages, and
further providing a penalty for violation of this provision.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 118 (f) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Restric-
tions Upon Licensees", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

118.

(f) In Somerset [County] and , Caroline, DORCHESTER, CECIL
AND QUEEN ANNE'S Counties, it shall be unlawful for any person
under the age of twenty-one years to possess or have upon his person
any alcoholic beverages, except a bona fide employee in the course of
his employment. Any minor having such alcoholic beverages in his
possession as aforesaid shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

The trial magistrate shall have original jurisdiction to hear any
violation of this subsection, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 278
(Senate Bill 271)

AN ACT to repeal and reordain, with amendments, Section 154 (d)
of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments",
sub-title "Commissioners for Uniform State Laws", increasing
the portion of the appropriation to the Maryland Commissioners
for Uniform State Laws which may be contributed to the expenses
of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 154 (d) of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments", sub-title "Commissioners for Uniform State Laws",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

154.

(d) Authority to contribute to expenses of National Conference.—
The said Board may, out of its annual appropriation, contribute to

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