560 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 352

(b) The said Board shall have full power and author-
ity to establish and maintain at Salisbury, a store to be
known as "Wicomico County Liquor Dispensary", for the
sale of any sparkling or fortified wine and any other alco-
holic beverage containing more than fourteen per centum
of alcohol by volume, in sealed packages or containers,
which packages or containers shall not be opened nor their
contents consumed upon the premises where sold. The said
Board shall have power to establish branch dispensaries
at such places in Wicomico County as it deems desirable
and proper. For the purpose of establishing and operating
such dispensary and/or branch dispensaries, the Board of
County Commissioners of Wicomico County is hereby
authorized and directed to advance, from time to time, to
the Liquor Control Board, such sum or sums of money, not
exceeding $12, 000. 00, as may be necessary to provide ade-
quate working capital for said Liquor Control Board, and
the said Board of County Commissioners is hereby author-
ized 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 borrow money, from time to time,
upon the credit of said Board, from any banking institu-
tion; provided, however, that the aggregate sum advanced
to or borrowed by the Liquor Control Board shall at no
time exceed the sum of $12, 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 >S%
per annum, and shall be repaid, together with the interest
thereon, out of the receipts from sales made at the County
Liquor Dispensary, or branch dispensaries.

(c) The Liquor Control Board shall have full power
and authority.

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

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