626 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 324

SEC. 3. And T>e it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 26, 1937.

CHAPTER 324.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 14
of Article 2B of Flack's 1935 Supplement to the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title
"License Fees—Computation and Disposition", said amend-
ments apply only to Baltimore County and include the pur-
poses of the Highways and Metropolitan District Depart-
ments within the general purposes to which license fees shall
be devoted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted &?/ the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 14 of Article 2B of Flack's 1935 Supple-
ment to the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Alcoholic
Beverages", sub-title "License Fees—Computation and Dis-
position", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
to read as follows:

14. LICENSE FEES—COMPUTATION AND DISPOSITION. The
fee for each license issued for a full period of one year shall
be as hereinbefore provided, and the fee for every license
issued for less than one year (except temporary or special
licenses) shall be calculated from the date of issue until
April 30th next, after its issuance, both inclusive. The Comp-
troller shall be entitled to retain from the license fees collected
by him for the use of the State of Maryland, such sums as may
be necessary to pay refunds on licenses issued by him and the
expenses incurred by him and the Bureau of State Licenses,
in the discharge of the duties imposed by this Article.

In Baltimore City the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
shall forthwith remit to the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more all license fees collected by him, less a fee of one dollar
($ 1. 00) for the issuance of said license, in lieu of commissions,
and the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall pay
from such receipts all refunds as hereinafter provided, the
salaries and expenses of the Board of License Commissioners