J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     741

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(a) (9) In such other types of investment as the Board may

from time to time establish as a proper investment by rule or regula-

tion.

(A) (9) IN LOANS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND
HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS WHICH MAY BE SECOND
LIENS ON REAL ESTATE WHETHER OR NOT THE FIRST
LIEN IS ON THE REAL ESTATE IS HELD BY THE ASSOCIA-
TION. SUCH LOANS TO BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY
THE BOARD.

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

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 438
(House Bill 193)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 118 (c)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Supple-
ment), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Restrictions Upon
Licensees," to provide for concurrent jurisdiction of the Circuit
Court and Trial Magistrates in Talbot County in the trial of
violation of sales of alcoholic beverages to minors, to provide for
original jurisdiction for the People's Court for Howard County in
such trials, and to correct an error therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 118 (c) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Re-
strictions Upon Licensees," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

118.

(c) In Talbot and Howard counties, it shall be unlawful for any
minor under the age of twenty-one years to possess or have upon his
person any alcoholic beverages. The word minor shall apply to
every person under twenty-one years of age, except to bona fide
employees in the course of their employment and whose employ-
ment is not prohibited by this article. Any minor having such
alcoholic beverages in his possession as aforesaid shall upon con-
viction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

In Talbot County the Circuit Court and Trial Magistrate shall have
concurrent jurisdiction to hear any violation of this subsection, and
in Howard County [The trial magistrate] the People's Court shall
have original jurisdiction to hear any violation of this subsection,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.