Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1213

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 148 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Alcoholic
Beverages," subtitle "Boards of License Commissioners," and Sec-
tion 151 of Article 2B of the same Code, Replacement Volume and
Supplement, same title and subtitle, be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, all to read as follows:

148.

(a)    For the jurisdictions in which this section is effective, the
Governor, biennially, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, if in session, and if not in session, then the Governor alone,
shall appoint three persons who shall constitute and be styled "The

board of license commissioners for Baltimore City or........................

County," as the case may be. In making said appointments, the
Governor shall designate one of the appointees in Baltimore City
and each of said counties to be the chairman of the respective boards.
Said commissioners shall be residents and voters of Baltimore City
or the respective counties, as the case may be, and they shall be men
or women of high character and integrity and of recognized busi-
ness capacity. In the case of any vacancies in the number of said
license commissioners in Baltimore City or in any county occurring
when the legislature is not in session, the Governor shall appoint
some eligible person to fill the vacancy during the remainder of the
term of office of the person originally appointed.

(b)    Allegany County.—In Allegany County the board shall be
reconstituted as of June 1, 1953, as the board of license commis-
sioners of Allegany County. The board as it existed prior thereto
shall be abolished as of that date and the tenure of the members of
the said board shall be terminated as of that date. As of June 1,
1953, the Governor shall make recess appointments of three persons
to constitute the board of license commissioners for Allegany County
for terms expiring respectively on the first Monday in May, 1955,
the first Monday in May, 1957, and the first Monday in May, 1959.
Thereafter, appointments shall be for terms of six years each. Two
of the members of the said board of license commissioners shall al-
ways be members of that political party which at the last preceding
general election in Allegany County polled the greatest number of
votes in the aggregate for the several offices of County Commissioner
therein. The third member of the said board of license commission-
ers shall always be a member of that political party which at the
last preceding general election in Allegany County polled the second
highest number of votes in the aggregate for the several offices of
County Commissioner therein.

(b-1) Anne Arundel County.—In Anne Arundel County not more
than two members of the board of license commissioners shall belong
to the same political party.

(b-2) Calvert County.—In Calvert County effective on January
1, 1963, one member of the board shall always be a member of that
political party which at the last preceding gubernatorial election
polled the second highest number of votes throughout the State for
that office.

(b-3) Caroline County.—Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this section, in Caroline County the members of the liquor control