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beer, Class A off-sale beer and wine and Class A off-sale beer,

wine and liquor licenses which may be issued within any one

election district. CERTAIN LICENSES FOR ALCOHOLIC BEV-
ERAGES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN ANY ONE ELEC-
TION DISTRICT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE METHOD OF
DETERMINING THE POPULATION OF THE ELECTION DIS-
TRICT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 (a) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Gen-
eral Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed, and that new Section
51 (a) be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the section repealed, and to read as follows:

[51.

(a) In Frederick County there shall not be issued more than one
Class B on-sale beer license, nor more than one Class B on-sale beer
and light wine license, for each unit of one thousand people, or
major fraction thereof, in any one election district. There shall not
be issued more than one Class A off-sale beer, wine and liquor license
nor more than one Class A off-sale beer license, for each unit of
eighteen hundred population, in any one election district. For the
purposes of this section, the population of each election district shall
be as determined by the last federal census.]

51.

(a) In Frederick County there shall not be issued more than one
Class B on-sale beer license, nor more than one Class B on-sale beer
and light wine license, for each unit of one thousand people, or
major fraction thereof, in any one election district. There shall not be
issued more than one Class A off-sale beer, wine and liquor license nor
more than one Class A off-sale beer license, for each unit of eighteen
hundred population, in any one election district. For the purposes of
this section, the population of each election district shall be as deter-
mined by the last federal census.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 347
(Senate Bill 220)

An ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2-3 (a),
2-5 (B), and 2-6 (h) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Election Code," sub-