1254                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 616

classified by the General Assembly under the provisions of Section 2
of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland from under the pro-
visions of Section 2 of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland
from levying any type of tax, license fee, franchise tax or fee which
was not in effect in such municipal corporation on January 1, 1954,
unless it shall have received the express authorization of the General
Assembly for such purpose, by a general law which in its terms and
its effect applies alike to all similarly classified municipal corpora-
tions, the General Assembly hereby expressly authorizes all munic-
ipal corporations in this State within the class created by Section 10
of this article for the purpose of financing the design, construction,
establishment, extension, alteration or acquisition of adequate storm
drainage systems, and for the purpose of financing the design, ac-
quisition, establishment, improvement, extension, operation or altera-
tion of public parking facilities, or pedestrian malls, and for the pur-
pose of financing the design, acquisition, erection, construction,
improvement and maintenance of street and area lighting, to create
within their respective corporate limits special taxing districts for
such purposes and to levy on all real and personal property located
within said special taxing districts an ad valorem tax at a rate suffi-
cient to provide adequate annual revenues to pay the principal and
interest on any bonds or other obligations of such municipality issued
for such purposes as the said principal and interest may become due.
All such taxes shall be levied in the same manner, upon the same
assessments, for the same period or periods, and as of the same date
or dates of finality as are now or may hereafter be prescribed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 616
(House Bill 870)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19(f-l)
(3) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Beer,
Wine and Liquor Licenses," to remove the provisions relating to
licensing in Garrett County requiring restaurants in order to be
eligible for a license to serve alcoholic beverages only during or
connected with meals to patrons seated at tables, or at a bar, and
requiring restaurants in order to be eligible for such license to
have had daily average receipts from the sale of food in excess
of the sale of alcoholic beverages during the twelve-month period
preceding the application for license.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19(f-l)(3) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Bev-
erages," subtitle "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: