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person for any crime may be admissible, any such record shall be
admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the fact of such
conviction and the crime for which such person was convicted.

(b) In the event a prisoner is granted a re-hearing or a new trial
by the court asserting jurisdiction over the offense for which such
prisoner is incarcerated and the record herein provided for need be
furnished the court or institution to which the prisoner is trans-
ferred, the State shall reimburse the institution or political sub-
division the cost of furnishing such record. Payment shall be made
through the administrative office of the courts, upon proper cer-
tification, on a monthly basis.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 594
(Senate Bill 391)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 45 (b)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Alcoholic Beverages", subtitle "General Provisions on Issue
of Licenses", amending the alcoholic beverage laws applicable in
Allegany County with particular respect to the location of the
licensed premises and to licenses issued to certain restaurants,
hotels and motels under these provisions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 45 (b) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", subtitle "General
Provisions on Issue of Licenses", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

45.

(b) No license for beer, or beer and light wines, Classes A and B,
or for beer, wine and liquor, Classes A, B and D, shall be granted to
any person or persons whose location or business shall be in any
part of Allegany County except incorporated towns and cities and
communities in which there shall be not less than five hundred bona
fide residents within a radius of one mile. This subsection does not
apply to any restaurant deriving more than fifty percent of its
average monthly gross receipts from the sale of other than alcoholic
beverages, or to any hotel or motel having at least twenty lodging
rooms or units regularly for hire as such and offering meals for
sale as a regular and substantial part of its business. Any license
issued under this exception to a restaurant, hotel, or motel, shall not
be reissued, renewed, or transferred if the holder thereof does not
continue to comply with the requirements of this section applying
thereto.