1500                            Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 540

tion district of Dorchester County], said stores to be known as the
Dorchester liquor dispensaries, for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
except beer, in sealed packages or containers, which packages or
containers shall not be opened nor their contents consumed upon
the premises where sold. THE LOCATION OF ANY LIQUOR DIS-
PENSARIES ESTABLISHED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1972
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY.

(a) All new profits arising from the operation of said dispensary
shall be first applied towards the payment of any and all sums

advanced to or borrowed by the liquor control board. After such
sums have been paid, the said board shall be authorized to create

and maintain a reserve fund not to exceed $75,000, including the
total inventory of stock and supplies on hand, to provide adequate

working capital and to meet any loss that may be sustained by the

board in the operation of said dispensary. All net profits in excess of

the above requirements shall belong and be paid over to the

County Commissioners of Dorchester County on or before April 1

in each and every year.

(b) On or before April 1st in each and every year the County

Commissioners of Dorchester County may allocate and pay over to

the Cambridge, Maryland, Hospital, Inc., a sum in the discretion of

the County Commissioners from time to time[, except that in no

event may they allocate and pay over to the hospital a sum greater

than one half the net profits arising from the operation of the dispen-
sary]. Said hospital shall use said funds for the repair or expansion
of the hospital buildings, for the establishment and maintenance of
a nurse's training school, for the purchase or replacement of neces-
sary equipment or to meet current operation expenses or deficits.

Any sum from said net proceeds over and above that paid to the

hospital in each and every year shall be credited by the County

Commissioners of Dorchester County to a special fund and there-

after used only for the payments of the principal and/or interest on any
bonds or other certificates of indebtedness which are outstanding
and payable by the Board of County Commissioners of Dorchester
County.

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

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 540
(House Bill 706)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19(a) of
Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement
Volume), title "Juries," to increase the rate of pay for jurors in
Carroll County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19(a) of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,