32                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                   Ch. 4

serving regular meals, as may be approved by the liquor control board. It must
contain sanitary facilities, running hot and cold water, equipment for the proper
cleaning of dishes and kitchenware and adequate toilets, as may be approved by
said board and department of health. At all times there must be sufficient food on
the premises for the regular serving of meals, with a proper sign or signs in front
of said establishment designating "restaurant" or food and beverages sold therein,
and not advertising any other business. In said establishment the average gross
monthly receipts from the sale of foods cooked or prepared and served on the
premises where the license is exercised, and other foods, commodities and items
defined by the liquor control board, must exceed fifty percent of the average
monthly receipts from the sale of beer and wine, except that no restaurant serving
food and beverages in Harford County whose gross monthly receipts from the sale
of food averages $1,500 or more shall be required to sell food and food
commodities in excess of 50% of the average monthly receipts from the sale of beer
and wine.

EXCEPT ALSO THAT IN WICOMICO COUNTY A "RESTAURANT" IS
DEFINED AS IN SECTION 19(L-1) OF THIS ARTICLE, AS AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME.

The requirements of this section relating to average daily receipts are not
applicable to any licenses issued in Cecil County.

19.

(1-1) Wicomico County.--(l) In Wicomico County the annual fee for such a
license shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a restaurant and fifteen hundred
dollars ($1,500) for a hotel.

(2)   Such a license may be issued in Wicomico County to a bona fide hotel
which (i) is an establishment for the accommodation of the public providing
services ordinarily found in hotels, (ii) is equipped with not fewer than twenty-five
rooms, a lobby with registration and mail desk and seating facilities and a dining
room which serves full-course meals at least twice daily. This license in a hotel
does not permit sales for consumption off the premises.

(3)  Such a license may be issued in Wicomico County to a restaurant which
meets the following requirements and conditions: (i) [serves full-course meals at
least twice daily] IS A BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE
ACCOMMODATION OF THE PUBLIC, FULLY EQUIPPED WITH A
PROPER AND ADEQUATE DINING ROOM, TABLES, CHAIRS, AND
SUFFICIENT FACILITIES FOR PREPARING AND SERVING
FULL-COURSE REGULAR MEALS AT LEAST TWICE DAILY,
WHEREIN THE PATRON IS OFFERED A GENERAL CHOICE OF
SEVERAL VARIED TYPES OF FOOD FOR A MAIN COURSE AND
SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRA FOODS; (ii) has a regular seating capacity at tables
(not including seats at bars or counters) for seventy-five or more persons SEATED
COMFORTABLY AND ADEQUATELY; (iii) serves alcoholic beverages only
during or in connection with meals, with patrons seated at tables or at bars or
counters; (iv) during the effective period of the license has daily average receipts
from the sale of food in excess of those for the sale of alcoholic beverages; (v) has
an applicant or applicants for the license who has or have been a bona fide resident
or residents of Wicomico County for not less than five years immediately
preceding the filing of the application, and who has or have been a registered voter
or voters of Wicomico County for not less than one year immediately preceding
the filing of the application; (VI) CONTAINS SANITARY FACILITIES,
RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER, EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROPER
CLEANING OF DISHES AND KITCHENWEAR, AND ADEQUATE