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to Section 3 above, this Act shall take effect on June 1,
1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 206

(House Bill 1346)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County — Alcoholic Beverages
Number of Licenses Issued

FOR the purpose of restricting a certain class of
licenses in Frederick County to be issued on the
basis of a certain population figure; and clarifying
the language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 51 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 51(a) of Article 2B - Alcoholic
Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

51.

(a) In Frederick County there [shall] MAY 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] 1,000 people, or
major fraction [thereof], in any one election district.
There [shall] MAY 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, [[AND]] NOR MORE THAN
ONE CLASS A OFF-SALE BEER AND LIGHT WINE LICENSE, for
each unit of [eighteen hundred population] 1,800 PEOPLE,
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.

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