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with payment of the tax bill, provided payment is made before the
end of the taxable year in which said taxes become due.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 539
(House Bill 675)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 169 and
172 SECTION 169 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Dorchester County Liquor Con-
trol Board and Dispensary," to add a County Commissioner as an

ex officio member of the liquor board TO CHANGE THE AP-

POINTMENT POWER OF THE GOVERNOR IN THE CASE
OF A VACANCY, to provide for the meetings of the liquor board,
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS, to change AND TO AU-
THORIZE A CHANGE IN the number and location of liquor dis-
pensaries, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS and to pro-
vide for the disbursement of the proceeds of the liquor dispen-
saries in Dorchester County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 169 and 172 SECTION 169 of Article 2B of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Dorchester
County Liquor Control Board and Dispensary," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

169.

(a)    In Dorchester County, there shall be a liquor control board
to consist of [three] four THREE members, [who] three of whom
WHO shall first be appointed by the Governor for terms of two, three,
and four years; thereafter their successors shall be appointed by the
Governor for terms of four years. The Governor may appoint a per-
son to fill a vacancy in the board of those members appointed by him
for the unexpired portion of the term. The fourth member of the board
shall be a member of Dorchester County Commissioners who shall
serve as an ex officio member of the Board and shall be appointed by
the Commissioners for a period, in their discretion, of not more than
four nor less than one year; and the Commissioners may appoint one
of their members to fill a vacancy in the Board of the ex officio mem-
ber for the unexpired portion of the term. The board shall designate
a chairman and a secretary from among its members.

(b)    Each member of the board shall receive an annual salary of
$1,000.00 and the board shall hold at least one scheduled meeting a
month to perform the duties imposed on them by this subtitle.

(c) The board shall MAY establish and maintain [two] five FOUR
stores [only, both to be located within the seventh or Cambridge elec-