274 ARTICLE 2B

The building in which any dispensary is located must have a glass front
opening on a public street and must be so arranged that the interior thereof
is at all times subject to the view of persons passing along the street in
front thereof. No chairs or tables shall be permitted in front of the counter
of any dispensary and no loitering or loafing shall be permitted in or
near any such dispensary. No dispensary shall be operated nearer than
five hundred feet (500) to any church or one thousand feet (1000) to any
public or private school. Said dispensaries shall not be open on Sundays
and on week days shall be open from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., or for such
shorter period as the Board may determine. No alcoholic beverage shall
be sold in any dispensary to any person under twenty-one years of age,
to anyone who is a habitual drunkard, or to anyone who is under the
influence of liquor.

For the purpose of establishing and operating the said dispensaries the
Board of County Commissioners of Harford County, the Town Commis-
sioners of Aberdeen and Bel Air and the Mayor and City Council of
Havre de Grace are hereby authorized and empowered to advance from
time to time to the Liquor Control Board such sum or sums of money
as may be necessary to provide adequate working capital for said Liquor
Control Board, and the said County, the said Town and the said City are
hereby authorized and empowered to borrow upon the credit of said County,
Towns and City such sums as may be necessary to meet such advances.
The said Liquor Control Board is also authorized to borrow money from
time to time upon the credit of said Board from any bank, other institu-
tion or individual; provided, however, that the aggregate sum advanced
to or borrowed by the Liquor Control Board shall at no time exceed the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000. 00). All sums advanced to the
Liquor Control Board shall be obtained at the lowest rat© of interest pos-
sible and shall be repaid, together with the interest thereon, out of the
receipts from sales made by the said Liquor Dispensaries.

1939, ch. 734, sec. 48L.

79. The Liquor Control Board shall have full power and authority:

(1) To appoint such employees as may be necessary to conduct said
Liquor 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 percentum (14%) 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 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, plus a reasonable profit.

(4) To refuse to sell any such alcoholic beverages to any person or
persons who, in the judgment of the Board or its employees, 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 Sections 78-84.