Laws of Maryland of 1917.

MARYLAND, Sct.:

At an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of the
State of Maryland, convened by Executive Procla-
mation, on the Twelfth day of June, 1917, and
adjourned on the Twenty-seventh day of June,
1917; the Honorable Emerson C. Harrington being
Governor of the State, the following Laws were en-
acted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1.

AN ACT to encourage and assist in the establishment of a mili-
tary camp, by the Government of the United States, within
the State of Maryland; providing, in the event such a camp
is established, for the clearing of the site thereof, at the
expense of the State; providing for the acquisition by gift,
devise, bequest, purchase, lease or in any other way, or by
condemnation, of property necessary or desirable for such
camp site, or the purposes thereof; providing for the use
and occupation of such camp site by the United States Gov-
ernment without charge or rental; prohibiting the selling,
giving away or otherwise disposing of spirituous, fermented,
malt or intoxicating liquors within a prescribed, zone of two
miles surrounding the land used for such camp site, or other
military purposes connected therewith, and repealing all
laws inconsistent with such prohibition; authorizing the ap-
pointment of not exceeding five special policemen, and pro-
viding their compensation, for the purpose of patroling said
zone for the enforcement therein of this Act and of the other