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 of the city of Gardner is hereby authorized to issue a club 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 Gardner Deep Sea Club, Inc. and to the Gardner Deer Club, Inc. subject to all the provisions of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight except for section seventeen; provided, however, that the licensing authority shall not approve the transfer of said license to any other persons, organization, corporation or location; and provided, further, that the issuing of any license as herein authorized shall reduce by one any increase in licenses issued under the provisions of said section seventeen.