1496 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 844

so arranged that the interior thereof is at all times subject
to the view of persons passing along the street in front
thereof. No chairs or tables shall be permitted in front of
the counter of any dispensary and no loitering or loafing
shall be permitted in or near any such dispensary. No
dispensary shall be operated nearer than five hundred feet
(500) to any church or one thousand feet (1000) to any
public or private school. Said dispensaries shall not be
open on Sundays and on week days shall be open from 9
A. M. to 9 P. M., or for such shorter period as the Board
may determine. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold in
any dispensary to any person under twenty-one years of
age, to anyone who is a habitual drunkard, or to anyone
who is under the influence of liquor.

For the purpose of operating the said dispensaries, the
said Liquor Control Board is authorized to borrow money
from time to time upon the credit of said Board from any
Bank, other institution or individual, provided, however,
that the aggregate sum borrowed by the Liquor Control
Board shall at no time exceed the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10, 000. 00), which shall be obtained at the lowest
rate of interest possible and shall be repaid, together with
the interest thereon, out of the receipts from sales made
by the said Liquor Dispensaries.

79. The Liquor Control Board shall have full power
and authority:

(1) To appoint such employees, including an attorney
to the Board, as may be necessary to conduct said Liquor
Dispensaries, 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 manu-
facturer any sparkling or fortified wine or any other alco-
holic beverage containing more than ten per centum alcohol
by volume, upon which the tax imposed by this Act 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.

(3) To sell such alcoholic beverages in sealed contain-
ers, as above provided, at such prices as may be deter-
mined by the Board, which prices shall be uniform in all
stores in the said County, and shall in no case be less than
the cost of such alcoholic beverages, plus a reasonable
profit.

(4) To refuse to sell any such alcoholic beverages to
any person or persons who, in the judgment of the Board