1776 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 927

65H. No person, firm, or corporation, except the Liquor
Control Board for Montgomery County shall keep for sale or
sell beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage in Montgomery Coun-
ty unless he is a holder of a license for such purpose, issued
by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County,
which license shall be issued by said Clerk only with the ap-
proval of the Liquor Control Board for Montgomery County.
Nor shall any person, firm, or corporation keep for sale or sell
any alcoholic beverage not purchased from the Liquor Control
Board for Montgomery County, provided however, that nothing
in this sub-section shall apply to holders of Class F licenses,
to the holder of a wholesaler's license or a beer wholesaler's
license who shall not sell or deliver any alcoholic beverage in
Montgomery County for resale except to a County Liquor Dis-
pensary. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the pro-
visions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars ($1, 000*00) or imprisoned for not more than
two (2) years in the House of Correction, or both fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And J)e it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any section, sub-
section or any part of any such section or sub-section shall be
declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason whatso-
ever, such holding or declaration shall in no wise affect the
validity of any other section or sub-section or any part of any
such section or sub-section; but, to the contrary, it is ex-
pressly declared to be the legislative intent that, despite such
holding or declaration, each and every other of the remaining
'sections or sub-sections or any part or parts thereof would
have been enacted by the Legislature.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all
the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 28, 1941.