2046

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 743

Pocomoke City, Snow Hill, Berlin and Ocean City, and in
[the surrounding areas of the election districts in which
these four municipalities are situated] ANY RURAL AREAS
THAT MAY BE APPROVED BY THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD AND THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WORCESTER COUNTY.

165.

(h) (1) All net profits arising from the operation
of [said] THESE dispensaries [shall be] ARE first applied
towards the payment of any and all sums advanced to or
borrowed by the liquor control board. After [such] THESE
sums [have been] ARE paid, the [said] board [shall be] IS
authorized to create and maintain a reserve fund not to
exceed [$5,000.00] [[$5,000]] $50,000, to provide
adequate working capital and to meet any losses that may
be sustained by the board in the operation of [such]
THESE dispensaries. Fifty [per centum (50%)] PERCENT of
all net profits in excess of the above [shall belong]
BELONGS to and [be] IS paid over to the County
Commissioners of Worcester County on or before June [1st]
1, in each and every year, and the remaining [fifty per
centum (50%) shall] 50 PERCENT on or before June [1st] 1,
each year, [be] IS paid to the mayor and city council of
Berlin, Ocean City, Pocomoke City and Snow Hill in
proportion to the net profits on total sales of the
dispensaries SITUATED in each of these municipalities and
in [the surrounding areas of the election districts in
which these municipalities are situated] AND IN THE RURAL
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES THE NET PROFITS
SHALL GO TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF WORCESTER COUNTY.

(2) The amounts paid to the mayor and
council of Berlin, Ocean City, Pocomoke City, and Snow
Hill shall be used for general municipal purposes.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect on July 1, 1976, contingent upon the

failure to take effect by referendum of Chapter of

the Acts of 1976 (House Bill Number 2104), Worcester
County—Alcoholic Beverages (County Liquor Dispensary),

and if Chapter becomes effective by referendum, this

Act shall be null and void without the necessity of

further action by the the General Assembly.

SECTION [[2]] 3. 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 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 subject to the provisions of Section 2.

Approved May 17, 1976.