ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 237

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 45 of Chapter 2 of the Acts of the
Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1933, be and the said section is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

45. BOARDS OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS, AP-
POINTMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Governor,
biennially, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, if in session, and if not in session, then the Governor
alone, shall appoint in Baltimore City, and in each of the
counties of Prince George's, Calvert, Washington, Wicom-
ico and Worcester Counties three persons who shall con-
stitute and be styled "The Board of License Commissioners
for Baltimore City or................................................ County, "

as the case may be. In making said appointments the
Governor shall designate one of the appointees in Balti-
more City and each of said Counties to be the Chairman
of the respective Boards. Said Commissioners shall be
residents and voters of Baltimore City or the respective
Counties, as the case may be, and they shall be men or
women of high character and integrity and of recognized
business capacity. Provided, however, that all appoint-
ments made in pursuance of the provisions of this Act
made on or before the first day of June, 1935, shall expire
on said date and provided, further, that the surviving
members of the Board of License Commissioners for Balti-
more City appointed in pursuance of Chapter 491 of the
Acts of 1933, and the Board of Beer License Commission-
ers of Prince George's County, appointed in pursuance of
Chapter 488 of the Acts of 1933, shall remain in office and
constitute members of the Boards of License Commission-
ers for said City and County, until June 1st, 1935. In case
of any vacancies in the number of said License Commis-
sioners in Baltimore City or in any County occurring when
the Legislature is not in session, the Governor shall ap-
point some eligible person to fill the vacancy during the
remainder of the term of office of the person originally ap-
pointed. In each of the following Counties the respective
Boards of County Commissioners shall constitute the Board
of License Commissioners: Carroll, Cecil and Dorchester
Counties.

In Baltimore County, the Board of County Commission-
ers shall appoint annually three persons who shall consti-
tute the Board of License Commissioners for said County
and the said Board of License Commissioners shall hold
their office, possess the powers, perform the duties and be