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 to Nason's Quick-Mart Inc. a license for the sale of wines and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises under the provisions of section fifteen of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight. Said license shall be subject to all the provisions of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight except said 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 due to census reapportionment under said section seventeen.