1848 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 619

Licenses, " said new sub-section to be known as Sub-
section (ee-a) and to follow immediately after Sub-
section (ee) of said section, and to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Sub-section (g) of said Section 8,
relating to "Beer Licenses, Class C (On-Sale)—Clubs, "
in Howard County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to Sec-
tion 8 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages, " sub-title
"Beer Licenses, " said new sub-section to be known as Sub-
section (ee-a) and to follow immediately after Sub-sec-
tion (ee) of said section; and that Sub-section (g) of said
Section 8 be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, all to read as follows:

(ee-a) Howard County. In Howard County, such a
license shall be issued only to a club composed exclusively
of members who served in the Armed Forces of the United
States, which are IS affiliated with a national organization,
and having fifty (50) SEVENTY-FIVE (75) or more bona
fide members paying such dues as required by its national
organization in the year immediately preceding the year
for which such license is issued. AT LEAST SEVENTY-
FIVE PER CENT (75%) OF THE MEMBERS OF SUCH
CLUB SHALL HAVE RESIDED IN HOWARD COUNTY
FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRE-
CEDING THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION FOR
SAID LICENSE AND SAID CLUB SHALL ALSO HAVE
MAINTAINED A POST IN SAID COUNTY FOR AT
LEAST THREE YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE DATE OF SAID APPLICATION.

(g) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to Balti-
more City, nor to Baltimore, Charles, Garrett, Harford,
[Howard, ] Kent, St. Mary's and Somerset Counties, in
all of which jurisdictions such licenses shall not be issued.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been 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 30, 1951.