4900 ARTICLE 22.

1914, ch. 174, sec. 1.

664. For the purposes of this Act a club shall be denned to be a cor-
poration duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland, and
either owning real estate situated in Washington County, Maryland, of

an assessed valuation of not less than five thousand dollars, or being a
subordinate lodge of an American fraternal organization which owns real
estate as aforesaid.

1914, ch. 174, sec. 2.

665. It shall not be lawful for any club or clubs to sell spirituous, fer-
mented or intoxicating liquors in Washington County, Maryland, until
it or they shall comply with the following conditions: Every club propos-
ing to sell liquor as aforesaid in said County shall file with the clerk for the
Circuit Court for Washington County its petition for such license, and

shall at the same time pay to said clerk two dollars for expenses connected
therewith, and said clerk shall cause to be published three times in at least
one newspaper published in a town or city in or near which the said club
is located, a list of the names of all such club applicants, and the location

of the club house, or club rooms, where it is proposed to sell said liquors,
as aforesaid, and where, under the provisions of this Act, the publication
might be made in one of several newspapers, the applicant may designate
the one in which the publication may be made. The first application shall
not be less than twenty days before the time fixed by said clerk for the
consideration of such application. The said petition shall state the name
of said club applicant and the date of its incorporation which shall be not
less than two years from the time of filing said application, the place of
its incorporation and the number of its membership, which shall not be
less than fifty, and the amount of annual dues, which shall not be less

than five dollars per year. The location of the club house or club rooms
for which the license is desired, designating the same by street and number
if practicable, but if not, by such other apt description as shall definitely
locate it. The name of said club house or club rooms in which the busi-
ness, if licensed, is to be carried- on. That the said applicant has not
had a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors revoked under the provi-
sions of this law. That the said club is either the owner of real estate
situated in Washington County, Maryland, of an assessed valuation of not
less than five thousand dollars, in which case the application is to be accom-
panied by a certificate of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners
of Washington County, under the seal of said board, certifying the assessed
valuation of the real estate of said club applicant, or that said club appli-
cant is a subordinate lodge of an American fraternal organization, giving
the name of said organization which owns real estate as aforesaid. The
above application shall be signed by the executive officer of said club
and shall be verified by the affidavit of the said executive officer, and one

other officer made before a justice of the peace or notary public. No
licensee under this Act shall sell spirituous or fermented liquors to any
person or persons except a bona fide member of said club or his guest
duly accredited.