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beverages at retail at the place therein described, for consumption
on the premises or elsewhere, during the hours from 6 o'clock A.M.
to 2 o'clock A.M. on the day following, seven days per week.

(2) All present restaurant licensees having a valid Class B beer,
wine and liquor license and all present licensees having a valid
Class D beer, wine and liquor license with the special amusement
license shall at their option automatically be entitled to exchange
their present license for a Class B-D-7 license; provided, however,
that all special restrictions imposed on the particular Class B or
Class D with special amusement license being exchanged shall re-
main in effect and apply to the new license until changed by the
license commissioners.

(3) The NO B-D-7, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSES
OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2) SHALL BE
ISSUED UNTIL JUNE 1, 1967, AT WHICH TIME THE procedure
in issuing such licenses other than as set forth in subsection (2) shall
be prescribed by rule or regulation of the board of license commis-
sioners and shall conform as near as practicable to the procedure
prescribed in Section 60 of this Article. No such license shall be
authorized to be issued by the board of license commissioners unless
the said license is in the judgment of the said board reasonably neces-
sary for the convenience of the public. IN DETERMINING WHAT
IS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF
THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE NUMBER
OF BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR OUTLETS IN ANY GIVEN
AREA AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS SUCH OUTLETS ARE
OPEN RATHER THAN THE NATURE OF THE BEER, WINE
AND LIQUOR LICENSED OUTLETS.

(4) Licenses issued under the authority of this section shall be
subject to all the provisions of this Article relating to licenses in
Baltimore City to the extent that said provisions are not inconsistent
with this section.

(5) All such licenses shall be issued by the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas upon certification of the board of license com-
missioners of Baltimore City. The annual fee for such license shall
be one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1,000.00) TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,200).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1965.

CHAPTER 198
(Senate Bill 290)

AN ACT to add a new Section 14A to Article 78A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Public Works", sub-title