PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 325

[15-301.

(a)     In Dorchester County, there shall be a Liquor Control Board to consist of three
members, who shall first be appointed by the Governor for terms of two, three, and four years;
thereafter their successors shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years. The
Governor may appoint a person to fill a vacancy in the Board for the unexpired portion of the
term. The Board shall designate a chairman and a secretary from among its members.

(b)     Each member of the Board shall receive an annual salary of $2,500. The Board
shall hold at least two scheduled meetings each month to perform the duties imposed on them
by this subtitle.

(c)     The Board may establish and maintain four stores, said stores to be known as the
Dorchester liquor dispensaries, for the sale of all alcoholic beverages except beer, in sealed
packages or containers, which packages or containers shall not be opened nor their contents
consumed upon the premises where sold. The location of any liquor dispensaries established
on or after July 1, 1972 are subject to approval by the County Commissioners of Dorchester
County.]

[15-302.

For the purpose of establishing and operating said dispensary, the County
Commissioners of Dorchester County may advance, from time to time to the Liquor Control
Board, such sum or sums of money, not exceeding $15,000, as may be necessary to provide
adequate working capital for said Liquor Control Board and said County Commissioners may
borrow, upon the credit of said County, such sum or sums as may be necessary to meet such
advances, and the said Liquor Control Board may also borrow, from time to time, upon the
credit of said Board from any banking institution; provided, however, that the aggregate sum
advanced to or borrowed by the Liquor Control Board shall at no time exceed $15,000. All
sums advanced to the Liquor Control Board by the County Commissioners and all sums
borrowed by the County Commissioners or the Liquor Control Board shall bear interest not
exceeding 4% per annum, and shall be paid together with the interest thereon, out of the
receipts from sales made at the County liquor dispensary.]

[15-303.

(a) The Liquor Control Board shall have full power and authority:

(1)     To appoint such employees as may be necessary to conduct such County
liquor dispensary, fix their compensation and require such bonds for the faithful performance
of their duties as the Board may in each case determine.

(2)     To purchase from any licensed wholesaler or manufacturer any alcoholic
beverage except beer upon which tax imposed by § 5-102 of the Tax - General Article has been
paid, and to purchase from any nonresident producer or dealer any such alcoholic beverages
and import the same for resale, as hereinafter provided; but such importations shall not be
resold until the excise tax has been paid.

(3)     To sell such alcoholic beverages in sealed containers, as above provided, at
such prices as may be determined by the Board.

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