And it is hereby certified that at said election, 6,864 votes were cast for the
adoption of said Chapter 524 and 11,153 votes were cast against the adoption of said
Chapter 524, the said Chapter 524 of the Acts of 1997 has therefore failed ratification.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Seal of the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws, Done at the City of Annapolis, this 15th day of September, In the Year
of Our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight.

(Seal of State
Administrative Board of
Election Laws)

Linda H. Lamone
Administrator

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-11 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, the State Administrative Board of Election Laws does hereby certify
that at the General Election held in Worcester County on November 3, 1998, an Act
known as Chapter 726 of the Acts of 1997 (House Bill 1208) was submitted to the
voters of Worcester County in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 726 of the
Acts of 1997, said Act being as follows:

AN ACT concerning

Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Liquor Dispensary System and Licenses)

FOR the purpose of terminating the Liquor Control Board and the Dispensary
System in Worcester County; correcting and establishing certain license fees;
imposing certain conditions, restrictions, and requirements on the Board of
License Commissioners and the Liquor Control Board; providing for a
transition; specifying certain personnel and personnel-related matters;
submitting parts of this Act to a referendum of the legally qualified voters of
Worcester County; providing for the termination of portions of this Act; and
generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Worcester County.

And it is hereby certified that at said election, 6,972 votes were cast for the
adoption of said Chapter 726 and 8,237 votes were cast against the adoption of said
Chapter 726, the said Chapter 726 of the Acts of 1997 has therefore failed ratification.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Seal of the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws, Done at the City of Annapolis, this 30th day of November, In the Year
of Our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight.

(Seal of State