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of Commerce each, an amount of money equal to the total member-
ship dues or assessments due and payable to said organization for
the current year, providing that no payment shall be in excess of
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), provided further that no such pay-
ment shall be made to any organization which has less than one
hundred active, dues-paying members. Said payments shall be used
by these organizations for the promotion of the general welfare of
Anne Arundel County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1955.

Approved April 1, 1955.

CHAPTER 230
(House Bill 67)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 149 (e)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-title "Boards of License Com-
missioners," authorizing the Board of License Commissioners of
Baltimore County to prescribe rules and regulations for the grant-
ing and date of issuing licenses under said Article when the actual
use of the license is to be deferred until the completion of con-
struction work or alterations on the premises.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 149 (e) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-title "Boards
of License Commissioners," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

149.

(e) (Baltimore County.) In Baltimore County, in addition to
the other powers and duties conferred on them the Board of License
Commissioners may prescribe rules and regulations regarding the
presence of any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years on
any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages [.]; and also may
prescribe rules and regulations concerning the granting and the
date of issuing licenses when the actual use of the license is to be
deferred until the completion of construction work or alterations on
the premises.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 1, 1955.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.