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 town of Dracut is hereby authorized to issue a license for the sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises under the provisions of section fifteen of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight to Food Emporium, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New Hampshire and doing business as Convenience Plus, 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 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.