268 ARTICLE 2B

trol Board of Worcester County shall have any financial interest, directly
or indirectly, in the manufacture of any alcoholic beverage, or in any
alcoholic beverage purchased or sold under the provisions of this Article, or
derive any profit or remuneration from the purchase or sale of any such
beverage, other than the salary or wages payable for the discharge of the
duties of the office or position, as herein prescribed or authorized.

Any member of the Board, or any employee of said Board, violating
the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine
not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2, 000. 00) or to imprisonment
not exceeding three years, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the Court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 48F. 1935, ch. 443.

71. (Liquor Control Board—Powers and Duties; County Dispensary. )
In Queen Anne's County, there shall be a Liquor Control Board consist-
ing of 3 members who shall be appointed by the County Commissioners
of said County and the first appointees shall serve until May 31, 1937, and
all subsequent appointees shall serve for a term of 2 years from that date.
The Board shall organize by electing its own Chairman. In case of a
vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by the County Commissioners for the
unexpired term. The members of said Board shall receive as compensa-
tion $5. per day for every day 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 Centerville, a store to be known as "Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's County as it deems desirable
and proper. For the purpose of establishing and operating such dis-
pensary and/or branch dispensaries, the Board of County Commissioners
of Queen Anne's 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 banking institution; provided, however, that the aggre-
gate 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 Commissioners or the Liquor Control Board shall bear interest
not exceeding 6% per annum, and shall be repaid, together with the in-
terest 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