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may award counsel fees to the attorney representing the complainant
or petitioner. Costs shall be awarded as in other civil cases in ac-
cordance with Rule 604 of the Maryland Rules of Practice and Pro-
cedure; provided, that the court, in its discretion, may order that all
or any part of the costs shall be paid by the county or City of Balti-
more, as the case may be, where the proceedings were instituted.

(i) Any employer who discharges or fails to hire a person be-

cause a support decree has been issued against him shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in any court of the
State having criminal jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed five hundred dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 155
(House Bill 265)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 25(d-l)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Supple-
ment), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Special and Tem-
porary Licenses," to change the maximum number of days for
which special alcoholic beverages licenses may be granted in Cecil
County and correcting the location of the provision regarding the
number of times such a license may be granted.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 25(d-l) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1969 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Spe-
cial and Temporary Licenses," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

25.

(d-1) (1) In Cecil County the clerk of the court, upon approval
of the board, upon application therefor, in such form as may be
prescribed by the board, signed and sworn to, shall have authority
to grant special licenses of any class, except manufacturer's and
wholesaler's, which shall entitle the holder thereof to exercise any
of the privileges conferred by the respective classes of licenses at any
bona fide entertainment held or conducted by any club, society or
association at the place therein described, [for a period not exceed-
ing seven consecutive days from the effective date thereof,] upon
the payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for any beer or
beer and light wine license; or a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per
day, [for not more than seven consecutive days,] for any beer, wine
and liquor license, which shall be paid to the clerk for the use of the
county before any such license is issued. This special license shall
not be granted to any organization more than four times in any
year, nor shall the total number of days authorized by special licenses
for any organization exceed four in a calendar year.