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the towns of Aberdeen and Bel Air, and to the City of Havre de Grace,
one half of the net proceeds from the liquor dispensaries located
[therein; and to the City of Havre de Grace, one half of the net
proceeds from the liquor dispensary located therein;] within the
corporate limits or within one mile of the corporate limits of the
municipality where located to be used by [said] the county [, town
and city] or municipal corporation for debt service, operating ex-
penses or for whatever other purposes may be deemed best. [Pro-
vided, however, that the liquor control board shall pay over the
Board of County Commissioners of Harford County all of the net
proceeds derived from the liquor dispensary in the first election
district. The Board of County Commissioners shall pay one half of
the profits so received from the first district dispensary to the
Harford County metropolitan commission for the construction, main-
tenance, or support of public sanitary facilities in the first election
district under and pursuant to the Harford County sanitary dis-
trict law.] The balance of the net proceeds from those dispensaries
and all the proceeds of other dispensaries shall be distributed to the
Harford County Metropolitan Commission.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 690
(House Bill 354)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 122 (b)
of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments," subtitle "1 The Executive Depart-
ment," subheading "Division of Parole and Probation," to allow
persons sentenced to life imprisonment to be considered for parole
prior to fifteen years confinement when considering allowances
for diminution of confinement provided for in Article 27, Section
700.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 122 (b) of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Governor
—Executive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "1 The Ex-
ecutive Department," subheading "Division of Parole and Probation,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

122.

(b) No person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment shall
be eligible for parole consideration until he shall have served in con-
finement fifteen years or the equal of fifteen years when considering
the allowances for diminution of period of confinement provided for
in Article 27, Section 700, of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Pris-
oners serving terms of life imprisonment shall only be paroled with
the approval of the Governor.