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rant area in which meals are prepared and served. , AND NOWHERE
ELSE INSIDE THE BUILDING. Before such a license is issued
OR RENEWED the board of license commissioners shall make a
physical inspection of the proposed licensed premises and shall satisfy
themselves of the moral character and , financial responsibility , AND
ADEQUACY OF INVESTMENT of the applicant, the appropriate-
ness of the location AND SUITABILITY OF DESIGN OF THE
BUILDING where the licensed business is to be conducted, taking
into consideration the number of licenses already issued, and gen-
erally as to the applicant's fitness to engage in the business.

(4) A license under this section does not permit sales at a dance.
In no event shall a licensee sell alcoholic beverages in that portion of
the premises where a dance is in progress, or knowingly sell alcoholic
beverages to be consumed in said portion of the premises where a
dance is in progress.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 159
(Senate Bill 575)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 277 (m)
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Recordation
Tax," increasing the rate of tax applicable to certain instruments
recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County.
, ALLEGANY, DORCHESTER AND GARRETT COUNTIES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 277 (m) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle
"Recordation Tax," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

277.

(m) The rate of tax applicable to instruments recorded with the
clerk of the circuit court for Baltimore, Calvert, Montgomery, St.
Mary's, Wicomico, ALLEGANY, GARRETT, DORCHESTER, Wor-
cester and Anne Arundel counties shall be as follows:

In the case of instruments conveying title to property, the tax shall
be at the rate of $1.10 for each $500 or fractional part thereof of the
actual consideration paid or to be paid; in the case of instruments
securing a debt, the tax shall be at the rate of $1.10 for each $500
of the principal amount of the debt secured.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed