272 ARTICLE 2B

as "Talbot County Liquor Dispensaries", 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 con-
sumed upon the premises where sold. The said Board shall have power
to establish branch dispensaries at such places in Talbot County as it
deems desirable and proper. For the purpose of establishing and operating
such dispensaries and/or branch dispensaries, the Board of County Com-
missioners of Talbot 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 eight thousand dollars ($8, 000. 00), as may be neces-
sary 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 aggregate sum advanced to or borrowed by the Liquor Control Board
shall at no time exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8, 000. 00).
All sums advanced to the Liquor Control Board by the County Commis-
sioners, 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 interest thereon, out of the receipts from sales
made at the County Liquor Dispensaries or branch dispensaries. On the
establishment of County dispensaries in Talbot County, no license shall
thereafter be used or issued in the said County for the sale of beer or
alcoholic beverages authorized to be sold in said 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 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 non-resident
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 pro-
vided, 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 pur-
chase 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 Talbot County any containers or pack-
ages of alcoholic beverages kept for sale in the dispensaries or branch dis-
pensaries, provided that such shipment is not prohibited by law applicable
in the place where shipment is consigned.