HERBERT B. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1439.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 816.
(Senate Bill 412)

AN ACT to add two new sections to Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "County Dispensaries",
said new sections to be known as Sections 77-A and 77-B
and to follow immediately after Section 77 of said Arti-
cle, providing for the creation of a Liquor Control Board
and the establishment of dispensaries in Kent County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That two new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title
"County Dispensaries", said new sections to be known as
Sections 77-A and 77-B, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 77 of said Article, and to read as follows:

77-A. (1) The County Commissioners for Kent County
do hereby constitute, without any additional compensation
for their services, the Liquor Control Board for Kent
County, Maryland, and as such shall have full power and
authority to establish, operate and maintain, in Chester-
town, Rock Hall, Betterton and Galena and at such other
places in said Kent County as said Liquor Control Board
deems desirable and proper, stores to be known as Kent
County Liquor Dispensaries, for the sale of any sparkling
or fortified wine and any other alcoholic beverage con-
taining more than fourteen per cent of alcohol by volume in
sealed packages or containers, which packages or contain-
ers shall not be opened nor their contents consumed on
the premises where sold. The said Liquor Control Board
shall have the power to establish such branch dispensaries
in Kent County as it deems desirable and proper.

The Attorney for the County Commissioners for Kent
County shall also be the Attorney for said Liquor Control
Board for Kent County and shall receive as compensation
for his services the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250. 00)
dollars per annum in addition to the salary that he receives