Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventeen of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws, the licensing authority in the town of Adams is hereby authorized to issue a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises under the provisions of section twelve of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight to the Samuel Adams Tavern, Inc. Said license shall be subject to all the provisions of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight except section seventeen; provided, however, that the licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of said license to any other person, organization, corporation or location; and provided, further that the issuing of this license shall reduce by one any increase in licenses issued under the provisions of said section seventeen.