528 CERTIFICATES OF REFERENDA

1961, Ch. 615—Garrett County
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF MARYLAND
To the Clerk of the Court of Appeals:

I, LLOYD L. SIMPKINS, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, pursuant to the direction contained in Section 172 of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), DO
HEREBY CERTIFY, that at a Special Election held in Garrett County,
Maryland, on June 21, 1961, an Act known as Chapter 615 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1961 was submitted to
the voters of said Garrett County for their adoption or rejection under
the provisions of Chapter 615 of the Acts of 1961, said Act being as
follows:

"An Act to add new Sections 19 (f-1) and 20 (h-1/2) to Article
2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
'Alcoholic Beverages', sub-title 'Beer, Wine and Liquor Li-
censes', to follow respectively after Sections 19 (f) and 20 (h)
thereof; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
19 (n) and 20 (n) of said Article and sub-title (1957 Edition
and 1960 Supplement); to add new Section 69 (d-1) to said
Article (1957 Edition), 'sub-title 'Revocation and Suspension
of Licenses', to follow immediately after Section 69 (d) thereof;
to add new Sections 161 (a-1), 164 (a-1) and 165 (b-1) to
said Article (1957 Edition), sub-title 'County Liquor Control
Boards and Dispensaries', to follow respectively after Sections
161 (a), 164 (a) and 165 (b) thereof; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Sections 159 (c) and 168 of said Article
(1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), sub-title "County Liquor
Control Boards and Dispensaries'; and to add a new Section
180A to said Article (1957 Edition), sub-title 'Consumers', to
follow immediately after Section 180, thereof, providing for
certain beer, wine and liquor licenses in Garrett County, estab-
lishing a Liquor Control Board in Garrett County, relating to
the County liquor dispensaries therein, regulating the posses-
sion, purchase or procuring of alcoholic beverages by minors in
said county and relating generally to the sale and procuring
of alcoholic beverages in Garrett County, AND MAKING THIS
ACT SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM.

AND I DO CERTIFY, that at said election held in Garrett County
2, 604 votes were cast in said county in favor of the adoption of Chapter
615 of the Acts of 1961 and 2, 908 votes were cast against the adoption
thereof, and a majority of votes being cast against the adoption of
Chapter 615 of the Acts of 1961, the same has failed of ratification
for the county as a whole, but that 898 votes having been cast in favor
of the adoption of Chapter 615 and 535 votes cast against the adop-