968                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 583

title "County Commissioners", sub-title "Public Roads", relating
to the procedure for opening, closing or altering public roads by
the County Commissioners.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 125 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "County Commissioners", sub-title "Public
Roads", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

125. (a) Whenever any citizen of any county intends to petition
the County Commissioners for opening, altering or closing any road,
he shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication, three
separate insertions at weekly intervals, in one or more of the news-
papers published in the county; and if no newspaper be published
in the county he shall give public notice of such intention by setting
up a notice at the court house door, and at three public places in the
election district in which it is proposed to open, close or alter the
road, for at least thirty days.

(b) In addition to, but not in substitution of, their present power
and authority to open, alter or close county roads, the County Com-
missioners may, on their own initiative, open, alter or close any
county roads provided they shall give the notice provided for in this
section and grant a hearing for the consideration of objections and/or
counter-petitions.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 583
(House Bill 416)

AN ACT to add Section 13 (e-1) to Article 2B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-title
"Beer and Light Wine Licenses," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 13 (e) thereof, increasing the annual license fee for a Class
A beer and light wine license in Frederick County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 13 (e-1) be and it is hereby added to Article 2B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Alcoholic
Beverages," sub-title "Beer and Light Wine Licenses," to follow im-
mediately after Section 13 (e) thereof, and to read as follows:

13 (e-1) (Frederick County.) In Frederick County the annual
license fee for such a license shall be $70.

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.