HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1131

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title "Pooles-
ville", to be under sub-heading "Local Option", said new sec-
tions to be known as Sections 728A and 728B and to follow
immediately after Section 728 of said Article, and to read as
follows:

Local Option.

728A. (a) The Commissioners of Poolesville may, in their
discretion, from time to time, submit to the legal and qualified
voters of Poolesville the question or questions whether or not
the sale of all or any class of alcoholic beverages or the issu-
ance of any class or classes of alcoholic beverage licenses shall
thereafter be prohibited within the corporate limits of said
town.

(b) The Commissioners may submit any such question or
questions to the voters at any regular election or at a special
election called for that purpose. Submission of any question
at one election shall not prevent the submission of the same or
other questions at subsequent elections.

728B. (a) If a majority of the votes cast on any such ques-
tions favor permitting sales of all or any class of alcoholic
beverages or issuance of any class or classes of licenses, the
sale of alcoholic beverages of such class or classes and the
issuance of licenses of such class or classes in said town shall,
after such election, (1) continue as theretofore if such sales
or licenses were permitted in the town at the time of such elec-
tion, or (2) be permitted in accordance with the State law
authorizing such sales or licenses if theretofore prohibited in
the town.

(b) If a majority of the votes cast on any such question
favor prohibiting sales of all or any class of alcoholic bever-
ages or issuance of any class or classes of licenses, then no
licenses of such class or classes or for the sale of such class
or classes of alcoholic beverages within the corporate limits of
said town shall thereafter be issued, renewed or extended,
but licenses theretofore issued shall continue in force until
the date of expiration in accordance with their terms but
shall not be renewed or extended.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.