HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                           109

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 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved April 10, 1984.

CHAPTER 62

(House Bill 1044)

AN ACT concerning

Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Fee

FOR the purpose of increasing the license fee in Wicomico County
for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on-sale) hotel
license; and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 19(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 19(x)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

19.

(a) A Class B beer, wine and liquor license shall be issued
by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the
place of business is located, and the license authorizes its