MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1265.

seating at least 50 persons and which restaurant can show that at
least sixty percent of the gross income is derived from the sale of
food, notwithstanding the other requirements of this article, and
otherwise complying with the provisions of this article upon the
payment of an annual license fee of $1,000.00 shall be entitled to
serve liquors, wines and beers between the hours of 7 a.m. and 1 a.m.
(Eastern Standard Time), on the day following, except on Sunday
when no sales shall be allowed. No sale of liquor as provided herein
shall exceed one quart and no sales shall be made at bars or counters.
This license for a restaurant does not cover "package sales" or any
other form of "off sale" of alcoholic beverages.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.

CHAPTER 543
(House Bill 1329)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 51 of
Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "General Assembly," subtitle
"Department of Legislative Reference," requiring the Department
of Legislative Reference to compile and maintain a current list of
the Public Local Laws of Maryland, and matters generally related
thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 of Article 40 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "General
Assembly," subtitle "Department of Legislative Reference," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

51.

(a) It is the duty of the executive officer of the Department of
Legislative Reference to investigate and report upon the laws of
this and other states relating to any subject upon which he may be
requested so to report by the Governor of Maryland, and any com-
mittee or member of the General Assembly, or the head of any State
department; to accumulate all data obtainable in relation to the
practical operation and effect of such laws; to investigate and collect
all available information relating to any matter which is the subject
of proposed legislation by the General Assembly; to examine the
acts and records of any state and report the results thereof to the
Governor, any committee of the General Assembly, or the head of
any State department requesting the same; to prepare or aid in the
preparation of any bill or resolution when requested so to do by any
member of the General Assembly; to preserve and collate all informa-
tion obtained, carefully indexed and arranged so as to be at all
times easily accessible to State officials and open to the inspection of
the general public; and to have an office at Annapolis.