ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 57

Acts, and in such event shall be entitled to a credit for the
unearned portion of the fee paid for any of said licenses,
the said credit to be applied on account of the fee herein
prescribed, and the Clerks of the several Courts are hereby
authorized to allow such credits.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That Chapters 392, 491, 522, 489, 390,
213, 488 and 490 of the Acts of 1933 be and the same are
hereby repealed, the said repeal to take effect upon the ex-
piration of the licenses heretofore issued under the author-
ity of the said respective Acts; that Sections 335, 381, 382,
' 471, 472, 473, 475, 490 and 491 of Article 27 of the Code of
Public General Laws, entitled "Crimes and Punishments";
Sections 24, 25, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83,
84, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,
112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 122, 155, 248, 249 and 250
of Article 56 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land entitled "Licenses"; Sections 3 and 4 of Article 71 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Or-
dinary and Inn Keepers and Retailers, " Sections 411 to 473
inclusive of Article 3 of Flacks Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, Edition of 1930, title "Baltimore County, "
sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks, " and Sections
206 to 226 both inclusive of Article 14 of Flack's Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1930, title
"Howard County, " sub-title "Liquors and Intoxicating
Drinks, " and all other laws or parts of law, whether gen-
eral or local, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That should any section, or part of a
section of this Act be held to be invalid for any reason,
such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity
of any remaining section or part of a section of this Act, it
being the legislative intent that the remainder of this Act
shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of such section
or part of a section and it is hereby expressly declared that
if the provisions of this Act, authorizing the creation of
any Board of License Commissioners, should be declared to
be invalid by any Court of competent jurisdiction, the li-
censes theretofore issued by the Clerks of the several
Courts, upon the approval of any such Board, pursuant to
the provisions of this Act, shall nevertheless be valid, and
in such event the Clerks of the several Courts shall be au-
thorized to exercise the rights, powers and duties of the