78                                Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 79

CHAPTER 78
(House Bill 919)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 196 of
Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Kent County (1968
Edition, being Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Kent County," subtitle "County Commissioners,"
subheading "Bids for publication," as last amended by Chapter
490 of the Acts of 1963; to allow County Commissioners of Kent
County discretion in awarding contracts on bids for publications.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 196 of Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Kent County (1968 Edition, being Article 15 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland), title "Kent County," subtitle "County
Commissioners," subheading "Bids for publication," as last amended
by Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1963, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

196.

The County Commissioners of Kent County shall, thirty days be-
fore making their annual levy ask for bids for printing and publish-
ing all such matters as they may be required by law to cause to be
published in Kent County, Maryland, in two newspapers, except the
public local laws which may be passed by the General Assembly
of Maryland; such notice asking for bids for said printing shall run
for two consecutive issues and shall state the date and hour which
bids for such printing will be opened; and the County Commis-
sioners, at their discretion, shall award the contract for such print-
ing for a period of one year, to two or more responsible newspapers
[making the lowest bids for such printing,] provided such contract
shall not allow for such printing a sum exceeding in the aggregate
Two Thousand Dollars. In the event there is only one newspaper
published in Kent County the County Commissioners are then not
required to ask for bids as otherwise required in this section.

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

Approved April 1, 1970

CHAPTER 79
(House Bill 920)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 158 (h)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Boards of
License Commissioners," to require the board of license commis-
sioners to hear violations within thirty (30) days in Kent County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 158 (h) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-