HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 569
CHAPTER 301.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 48D
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "County
Dispensaries", as said section was amended by Chapter 175
of the Acts of 1937, authorizing the Liquor Control Board
of Worcester County to purchase and import certain alco-
holic beverages and to sell same to licensed dealers in Wor-
cester County or for shipment outside said County, and to
prohibit any dispensary from remaining open or selling
alcoholic beverages after the regular closing hours.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48D of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages",
sub-title "County Dispensaries", as said section was amended
by Chapter 175 of the Acts of 1937, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

48D. LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD—POWERS AND DUTIES; COUNTY
DISPENSARIES. In Worcester County, there shall be a Liquor
Control Board consisting of 3 members to be appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term
of 10 years, but the members first appointed shall serve until
June 1, 1945. The Board shall organize by electing its own
Chairman. In case of a vacancy the vacancy shall be filled by
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for
the unexpired term. The members of said Board shall receive
as compensation $600. 00 per annum with mileage fee of 5 cents
per mile when in attendance upon meetings, and the said Board
shall hold meetings, at least once a week and oftener, if neces-
sary.

The said Board shall have full power and authority to estab-
lish and maintain at Pocomoke City, Snow Hill, Berlin and
Ocean City stores to be known as "Worcester County Liquor
Dispensaries", for the sale of any sparkling or fortified wine
and any other alcoholic beverages containing more than four-
teen 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.
For the purpose of establishing and operating such dispen-
saries the Board of County Commissioners of Worcester Coun-
ty is hereby authorized and directed to advance, from time to
time, to the Liquor Control Board, such sum or sums of
money, not exceeding f 10, 000. 00, as may be necessary to pro-
vide adequate working capital for said Liquor Control Board,
and the said Board of County Commissioners is hereby author-