WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 217

[(c)] (B) In Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Kent,
Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and
Worcester counties, and in Baltimore City, a manufacturer or
wholesaler may not sell any beer to any retail dealer except for
cash on delivery. A suit or action ex contractu to enforce or
collect any claim for credit extended in violation of this
section may not be maintained in this State.

[(d)] (C) Any person or persons, upon indictment and
conviction of violation of any of the provisions of this section,
shall be fined a sum not in excess of two hundred dollars
($200.00) or shall be confined in the Worcester County jail or in
the Maryland House of Correction for a period not to exceed one
year, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the
court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

CHAPTER 217

(House Bill 551)

AN ACT concerning

Department of Human Resources - Reorganization

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Human Resources
to appoint certain deputy secretaries; and generally
relating to the authority of the Secretary to reorganize
certain areas of responsibility in the Department of Human
Resources.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 6-103(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The responsibilities of the Department of Human
Resources have increased in magnitude and complexity;

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