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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 956

[Any member of the liquor control board for Montgomery
County, or any employee of said board, or any member of the
Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County or any
employee of the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, violating the provisions of this subsection, shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars (15,000.00) or to imprisonment not
exceeding twelve years, or both fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.]

(2)    [And provided further, that in] IN
Montgomery County, [no] A person, firm, association or
corporation, engaged in the manufacture, sale, blending,
brewing, distilling, rectifying, wholesaling or distribution
of alcoholic beverages (or any agent, servant, or employee
[thereof]), and [no] A licensee (or employee
[thereof]) licensed under the provisions of this
article, [shall] MAY NOT directly or indirectly offer, pay
or give any fee, emolument, remuneration, reward, present,
commission, gratuity, or sample of any alcoholic beverages
or make any gift of any value whatever to any [member of
said liquor control board] EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
LIQUOR CONTROL for Montgomery County, or [any employee of
said board, or to any member of the Board of County
Commissioners of Montgomery County or any employee of said
board] ANY MEMBER OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL, OR THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

(3)    [Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to] THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT prevent any
manufacturer, brewer, wholesaler or dealer in alcoholic
beverages now selling or in the future attempting to sell or
selling alcoholic beverages to the DEPARTMENT OF liquor
control [board], from giving and delivering samples of
alcoholic beverages to [said] THE [board] DEPARTMENT. [;
provided, however, that any] ANY person, firm or corporation
[so] delivering samples of alcoholic beverages to [said] THE
[board] DEPARTMENT shall obtain an official receipt
[therefor], signed by the [general manager] DIRECTOR of the
DEPARTMENT OF liquor control [board], stating in detail the
amount and description of [said] THE sample, which samples,
when so received, shall be inventoried and sold as are other
beverages purchased by [said] THE [board] DEPARTMENT.

(4)    Any person, firm, association, corporation
or licensee violating the provisions of this subsection
shall[, upon conviction,] be fined not more than [five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00)] $5,000 or imprisoned not more
than [twelve (12) ] 12 years, or both.

167.

(b) The DEPARTMENT OF liquor control [board] for
Montgomery County shall be immune from all suits for damages
and shall be subject to suit only for the enforcement of
contracts made by it.