MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               767

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 143(c) of Article 2B - Alcoholic
Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
143.

(c) In Harford County no retail license which has
been previously refused, suspended or revoked, shall be
granted until the applicant shall have executed a bond to
the State of Maryland in the penal sura of [one thousand
dollars ($1,000)] $1,000, with a corporate surety to be
approved by the liquor control board of Harford County,
conditioned upon the faithful observance of all the laws
of this State, general or local, and the regulations of
[said] THE board, controlling or affecting the sale of
alcoholic beverages, and to pay all costs, fines and
penalties which may be imposed upon the applicant, on any
warrant or indictment for violation of this article or
any other act of assembly or regulation of the board
relating to selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages in
Harford County [, and the said] . THE bond, when so
approved, shall be deposited with the [said] board [,
which shall record the same] AND RECORDED in a book to be
kept for that purpose, and the record thereof, or a duly
certified copy, shall be evidence in any court of record.
If this bond has been provided for one calendar year and
the liquor control board finds that the licensee has
complied faithfully with the terms thereof, then
thereafter the liquor control board may in its discretion
waive the requirements of posting bond under this
section. IN THE EVENT OF THE FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE
TERMS OF THE BOND AND AFTER DUE NOTICE, THE LIQUOR
CONTROL BOARD MAY FILE A PETITION FOR A FORFEITURE WITH
THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HARFORD COUNTY. IF THE CIRCUIT
COURT DECLARES IT FORFEITED, THE BOND SHALL BELONG TO THE
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD. In lieu of the foregoing bond, the
liquor control board of Harford County may, in its
discretion, accept [one thousand ($1,000)] $1,000 cash
money, the deposit of the same to be deposited,
conditioned, recorded and, if deemed advisable, waived
[as aforesaid; the] . THE board may also, in its
discretion, subsequently accept a bond as aforesaid in
substitution of the cash money deposit.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay