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be in lieu of any such fee heretofore levied, paid or payable, by such
mass transportation system, mass transit system or companies of
the State of Maryland. The annual seat tax fee payable under this
article shall be at the rate of $4.00 per seat, per vehicle of any type
used by a mass transit or transportation company for the transpor-
tation of passengers. Provided, however, that in any case where a
bus or buses are used over a regular route where the major portion
of the passenger traffic begins and ends within the metropolitan area
and such regular route extends beyond the area described in [para-
graph] Section 2 (b) of this article, the transportation company
operating such bus or buses shall pay only the usual seat tax pay-
able under this section and shall not be required to pay the fee set
forth in Section 184 (a) of Article 56; and further that the payment
of this annual seat tax payable under this article shall carry with
it, for each vehicle so licensed, the right to operate such vehicle for
charter purposes, without additional fee. The annual seat tax fee
shall be paid in semiannual installments in the months of June and
December of each year for the current year, beginning July 1, 1961.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved March 11, 1965.

CHAPTER 54
(Senate Bill 156)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 118 (m)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supple-
ment), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Restrictions Upon
Licensees", amending the alcoholic beverage laws affecting Calvert
County in order to make a correction in these laws relating to the
purchase, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a
minor in Calvert County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 118 (m) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Re-
strictions Upon Licensees", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

118.

(m). In Calvert County, it shall be unlawful for any minor to buy,
consume, or to have in his possession, any alcoholic beverages in any
public place or on any public highway. The word "minor" shall apply
to every person under twenty-one years of age. It shall be lawful for
any bona fide employee to have alcoholic beverages in his possession
in the course of his employment where the employment is not pro-
hibited by this article. Any person violating the provisions of this
[section] sub-section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars
for each and every violation. The trial magistrates shall have original