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be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. The members of said
Board shall receive as compensation $5. per day for every clay devoted
to the duties of the Board but not exceeding $300. 00 per annum and, in
addition thereto, the Chairman of said Board shall receive a salary of
$200. 00 per year.

The said Board shall have full power and authority to establish and
maintain at Salisbury, a store to be known as "Wicomico County Liquor
Dispensary, " for the sale of any sparkling or fortified wine and any other
alcoholic beverage containing more than fourteen per centum of alcohol
by volume, in sealed packages or containers, which packages or containers
shall not be opened nor their contents consumed upon the premises where
sold. The said Board shall have power to establish branch dispensaries
at such places in Wicomico County as it deems desirable and proper. For
the purpose of establishing and operating such dispensary and/or branch
dispensaries, the Board of County Commissioners of Wicomico County
is hereby authorized and directed to advance, from time to time, to the
Liquor Control Board, such sum or sums of money, not exceeding
$8, 000. 00, as may be necessary to provide adequate working capital for
said Liquor Control Board, and the said Board of County Commissioners
is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of said
County, such sum or sums as may be necessary to meet such advances,
and the said Liquor Control Board shall also be authorized to borrow
money, from time to time, upon the credit of said Board, from any bank-
ing institution; provided, however, that the aggregate sum advanced to or
borrowed by the Liquor Control Board shall at no time exceed the sum of
$8, 000. 00. All sums advanced to the Liquor Control Board by the
County Commissioners, and all sums borrowed by the County Commis-
sioners or the Liquor Control Board shall bear interest not exceeding 6%
per annum, and shall be repaid, together with the interest thereon, out of
the receipts from sales made at the County Liquor Dispensary, or branch
dispensaries.

The Liquor Control Board shall have full power and authority,

(1) To appoint such employees as may be necessary to conduct such
County Liquor Dispensary or branch dispensaries, fix their compensation
and require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties as the
Board may in each case determine.

(2) To purchase from any licensed wholesaler or manufacturer any
sparkling or fortified wine or any other alcoholic beverage containing more
than fourteen per centum of alcohol by volume, upon which the tax im-
posed by this Article has been paid, and to purchase from any nonresident
producer or dealer any such alcoholic beverages and import the same for
resale, as hereinafter provided; but such importations shall not be resold
until the excise tax has been paid.

(3) To sell such alcoholic beverages in sealed containers, as above
provided, at such prices as may be determined by the Board, which prices