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(20) years of such active service, so that the maximum pension or
salary for such service payable hereunder to any one person shall
not exceed the sum of [Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.)] Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per annum. Provided that no Judge
eligible hereunder for a pension shall receive such pension as long
as he is engaged in the practice of law, but in the event he should
thereafter relinquish such practice and notify the County Commis-
sioners of Anne Arundel County of such fact, then, from and after
the date of such notification, the Judge shall be entitled to all the
benefits provided by this section.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 184
(Senate Bill 466)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 49 (b) of
Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and
1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages", subtitle "General
Provisions on Issue of Licenses", to provide that in St. Mary's
County the Liquor Board shall not approve licenses to sell alco-
holic beverages within 300 feet of the property line of any school,
church or other place of worship and that this provision is not
applicable if a school, church or other place of worship locates its
building within 300 feet of any licensed premises after the licensed
premises are there established.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 49 (b) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages", subtitle "General Provisions on Issue of Licenses", be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

49.

(b) In Charles County, the liquor board shall not approve any
license to sell alcoholic beverages in any building the nearest wall
of which measured in a direct line is within five hundred (500) feet
of the property line of any school, church or other place of worship,
provided, however, that this subsection shall not be applicable in the
event any school, church, or other place of worship locates its build-
ing within 500 feet of any licensed premises after the licensed prem-
ises are there established. In St. Mary's County, the liquor board
shall not approve any license to sell alcoholic beverages in any build-
ing the nearest wall of which measured in a direct line is within
three hundred (300) feet of the property line of any school, church
or other place of worship, provided, however, that this sentence shall
not be applicable in the event any school, church, or other place of
worship locates its building within 300 feet of any licensed prem-
ises after the licensed premises are there established.