1380 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 577

of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 577
(House Bill 525)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-section
(j) of Section 51 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages",
sub-title "Procedure for Issue of Licenses", relating to the
distribution of the revenues from alcoholic beverage licenses
in Charles County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tine General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (j) of Section 51 of Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Alco-
holic Beverages", sub-title "Procedure for Issue of Licenses",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

51.

(j) (Charles County. ) In Charles County, the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for said county, shall forthwith remit to the
Board of County Commissioners of Charles County all license
fees collected by him, less the Clerk's fee, and any refunds
shall be paid over by him to the County Commissioners of
Charles County, and so much of said funds as shall be neces-
sary shall be applied by said County Commissioners in paying
the interest and the principal of the 1937 School Bonds of
Charles County. If any balance remains in any year, the
said County Commissioners shall pay over to each incor-
porated town in the county the total amount of license fees
paid to the said clerk for places of business located in each
such town, respectively; and if the said balance is not suffi-
cient so to pay the entire amount to each town, the County
Commissioners shall determine the relative amounts of license
fees paid for places of business located in all such towns, and
shall pay over the balance to the said towns in the same re-
spective ratios. All such moneys paid to the said towns shall
be used for general town purposes. Any balance remaining
after such payments to the incorporated towns shall be ap-
plied by the County Commissioners to the general funds of
the county.