J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               607

line, Carroll, Cecil, Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Kent, Queen
Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, and Worcester
counties, provided that it shall not apply to or affect special Class C
licenses issued under the provisions of this article, nor shall it apply
to special Class C licenses issued in Washington County for tempor-
ary use. Nothing in this section shall require the holder of any Class
A (off-sale) BEER license in Washington County to close his place of
business on Sunday provided such licensee shall close that part of his
place of business from which alcoholic beverages are BEER IS sold.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 442
(Senate Bill 460)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 140 and
141 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax",
amending laws concerning the licenses required of dealers in motor
vehicle fuel and for users or sellers of diesel fuel or fuel oil, pro-
viding for the procedure for securing such a license and the bond
therefor relating to the provisions applicable to such license and
to such dealers, users, or sellers and relating generally to the
license for the sale and use of motor vehicle fuel, diesel fuel or
fuel oil.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 140 and 141 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicle
Fuel Tax", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

140.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any dealer in motor vehicle fuel or
for any user or seller of diesel fuel or fuel oil to receive, sell, use,
or distribute any [motor vehicle fuel] such fuel or to engage in busi-
ness within the state unless such dealer, user or seller is the holder
of an uncancelled license issued by the Comptroller to engage in said
business. [To procure such license every dealer shall file with the
Comptroller an] An application for such license shall be filed with
the Comptroller upon oath and in such form as the Comptroller may-
prescribe, setting forth the name under which such [dealer] appli-
cant is transacting business within the State of Maryland, the names
and addresses of the several persons constituting the firm or part-
nership, and, if a corporation, the corporate name under which it is
authorized to transact business, and the names and addresses of its
principal officers, resident general agent and attorney-in-fact. If such
[dealer] applicant is an association of persons, firm, partnership, or
corporation organized under the laws of another state, territory or
country, if it has not already done so, it must first comply with the
laws of Maryland relating to the transaction of its appropriate busi-
ness therein.