590                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 304

Sunday appearing in Section 103 and elsewhere shall not apply.
Holders of such a permit shall submit to the Board from time to
time, at regular intervals to be established by the Board, a statement
indicating in detail the ratio of food sales to the sales of alcoholic
beverages. If the average daily receipts from the sale of food fails
for three successive months to exceed the average daily receipts from
the sale of alcoholic beverages the Board shall cancel such a permit.

The Board of License Commissioners is authorized to adopt such
rules and, regulations as it may deem necessary relating to the is-
suance, suspension and cancellation of said permits in furtherance
of this subsection.

The annual fee for such a Special Sunday "on-sale" permit shall
be five hundred ($500.00) dollars, which shall be in addition to the
annual fee for the beer, wine and liquor license, Class B, to which it
shall be attached.

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

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 304
(House Bill 778)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 40A of Article III of
the Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Department," to
provide the municipal corporations within Cecil County with
certain quick-taking authority for right-of-way for municipal
roads and, streets AND EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL WATER
AND SEWAGE FACILITIES, and providing for the submission
of this amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland
for their adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland
(three-fifths of all members elected to each of the two houses con-
curring), That the following section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section 40A of Article III of the Constitu-
tion of Maryland, title "Legislative Department," the same, if
adopted by the legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided,
to become a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

40A.

The General Assembly shall enact no law authorizing private
property to be taken for public use without just compensation, to
be agreed upon between the parties, or awarded by a jury, being
first paid or tendered to the party entitled to such compensation, but
where such property is situated in Baltimore City and is desired by
this State or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the Gen-
eral Assembly may provide that such property may be taken immedi-
ately upon payment therefor to the owner or owners thereof by the
State or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or into court,
such amount as the State or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,