270 ARTICLE 2B

as compensation Four Hundred Dollars ($400. 00) per annum and the
said board shall hold meetings at least twice a month and oftener,
if necessary.

The said Board shall have full power and authority to establish and
maintain at Crisfield and Princess Anne, stores to be known as "Somerset
County Liquor Dispensaries, " for the sale of any sparkling or fortified
wine and any other alcoholic beverages containing more than fourteen per
centum of alcohol by volume, in sealed packages or containers, which pack-
ages or containers shall not be opened nor their contents consumed upon
the premises where sold. For the purpose of establishing and operating
such dispensaries, the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset 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 Five
Thousand Dollars ($5, 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 Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 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 six per centum per annum, and
shall be repaid, together with the interest thereon, out of the receipts
from sales made at the County Liquor Dispensaries 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 Dispensaries or branch dispensaries, fix their compensa-
tion and require such bonds for the faithful performance of their duties
as the Board may, in each case, determine.

(2) To purchase in sealed packages only 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 imposed by this Article has been paid, and to purchase
from any non-resident producer or dealer any such alcoholic beverage 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 such sealed containers or pack-
ages purchased as above provided, at such prices as may be determined
by the Board, which prices shall be uniform in all stores in the said County
and shall in no case be less than the cost of such alcoholic beverages.

(4) To refuse to sell any such alcoholic beverages to any person or per-
sons, who, in the judgment of the Board, is not a suitable person to purchase
or consume such beverages.

(5) To make any and all contracts, rules and regulations which they
may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the powers conferred upon
them by this Article.

(6) To sell and ship outside of Somerset County any containers or pack-
ages of alcoholic beverages kept for sale in the dispensaries or branch
dispensaries, provided that such shipment is not prohibited by law ap-
plicable in the place where shipment is consigned.