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![handle is hein.sag/sagmd0018 and id is 1 raw text is: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LIQUOR BOARDS -PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - COURTS
AND JUDGES - DOMESTIC RELATIONS MASTER HOLDS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT FOR PURPOSES OF EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTION APPLICABLE TO BALTIMORE CITY LIQUOR
BOARD
October 10, 1995
Mr. Aaron Stansbury
Executive Secretary
Board of'Liquor License Commissioners
for Baltimore City
You have requested our opinion whether an individual who
holds the position of a standing domestic relations master is eligible
for employment by the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for
Baltimore City (the Board) as an appeals counsel. Under the
relevant statute, an employee of the Board may hold no other public
office or employment.
This question is a difficult one, for the position of domestic
relations master does not lend itself to easy categorization.
Nevertheless, it is our opinion that the position of standing domestic
relations master is best understood as a public employment.
Thus, a domestic relations master is not eligible for employment by
the Board as appeals counsel.
I
Dual Employment Prohibition
The Board is charged with carrying out, within Baltimore City,
the State's fundamental policy about alcoholic beverages: that their
sale and distribution must be regulated and controlled. Article 2B,
§ 1 -101 (a) of the Maryland Code. To carry out this policy, the Board
may employ a secretary and such inspectors, clerical and other
assistants as may be necessary, and [may] fix the compensation of
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