1084 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 524

lars ($8,000.00), as may be necessary to provide adequate
working capital for said Liquor Control Board, and the said
Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized and
empowered to borrow, upon the credit of said County, such
sum or sums as may be necessary to meet such advances, and
the said Liquor Control Board shall also be authorized to bor-
row money from time to time upon the credit of said Board
from any banking institution; provided, however, that the
aggregate sum advanced to or borrowed by the Liquor Con-
trol Board shall at no time exceed the sum of eight thousand
dollars ($8,000.00). All sums advanced to the Liquor Control
Board by the County Commissioners, and all sums borrowed by
the County Commissioners or the Liquor Control Board shall
bear interest not exceeding 6% per annum, and shall be re-
paid, together with the interest thereon, out of the receipts
from sales made at the County Liquor Dispensaries or branch
dispensaries. On the establishment of County dispensaries in
Talbot County, no license shall thereafter be used or issued in
the said County for the sale of beer or alcoholic beverages au-
thorized to be sold in said dispensaries.

The Liquor Control Board shall have full power and au-
thority:

(1) To appoint such employees as may be necessary to
conduct such County Liquor Dispensaries or branch dispen-
saries, fix their compensation and require such bonds for the
faithful performance of their duties as the Board may in each
case determine.

(2) To purchase from any licensed wholesaler or manufac-
turer any sparkling or fortified wine or any other alcoholic
beverage containing more than fourteen per centum of alcohol
by volume, upon which the tax imposed by this Act has been
paid, and to purchase from any non-resident producer or deal-
er any such alcoholic beverages and import the same for re-
sale, as hereinafter provided; but such importations shall not
be resold until the excise tax has been paid.

(3) To sell such alcoholic beverages in sealed containers,
as above provided, at such prices as may be determined by
the Board, which prices shall be uniform in all stores in the
said County and shall in 110 case be less than the cost of such
alcoholic beverages.

(4) To refuse to sell any such alcoholic beverages to any
person or persons who, in the judgment of the Board, is not
a suitable person to purchase or consume such beverages.

(5) To make any and all contracts, rules and regulations
which they may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the
powers conferred upon them by this Article.

(6) To sell and ship outside Talbot County any containers
or packages of alcoholic beverages kept for sale in the dispen-