J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           633

that notwithstanding the provisions as hereinbefore set forth and
also as contained in Section 56 of said Article 2B, concerning the
two year residence requirement for applicants hereunder, the said
Board of License Commissioners of Howard County shall have power
to waive the said two years residence requirement in any case in
which the applicant, or applicants, is the bona fide purchaser of a
going business for which a license is in existence or has owned the
premises for which a license is sought for a period of at least two
years next preceding the filing of the application. Such applicant
shall be a resident of the county and the Board shall be satisfied that
he is of good character.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 491
(House Bill 682)

AN ACT to add new Section 183B (12-1) to Article 18 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Queen
Anne's County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow im-
mediately after Section 183B (12) thereof, which section was
enacted by Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1957, to authorize the
County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to invest certain
county funds in U. S. Government bonds or certificates of indebted-
ness.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 183B (12-1) be and it is hereby added to Article
18 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Queen Anne's County", sub-title "County Commissioners", to
follow immediately after Section 183B (12) thereof, which section
was enacted by Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1957, and to read as
follows:

183B.

(12-1) The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County are
hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, in their dis-
cretion, to invest in United States Government bonds or evidences
of indebtedness, unexpended revenues received from taxation, bond
sales, lawful distributions to it of funds from other governmental
agencies or any other funds properly received by it until it determines
the funds are needed for proper public purposes.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

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.