44 ARTICLE 2B.

(14) The word "hotel" means any establishment for the accommodation
of the public, equipped with not less than ten bedrooms containing not
. less than one bed in each room, with sufficient covering therefor, and
equipped with a public dining room and with facilities and equipment for
preparing and serving regular meals, wherein the average daily receipts
from the hire of rooms and the sale of cooked and prepared foods exceed
the receipts from the sale of "alcoholic beverages, " provided that in Wash-
ington County the Board of License Commissioners shall prescribe the
standard of what shall constitute a hotel in said county without reference
to the average daily receipts.

(15) The word "restaurant" means any lunch room, cafe or other
establishment equipped with a public dining room and with facilities and
equipment for preparing and serving bona fide meals to the public where-
in the average daily receipts from the sale of cooked or prepared foods
exceed the receipts from the sale of "alcoholic beverages, " provided that in
Washington and Prince George's Counties the Board of License Commis-
sioners shall prescribe the standard of what shall constitute a restaurant
in said county without reference to the average daily receipts.

(16) The word "beer" means all brewed alcoholic beverages, and shall
include among other things, porter, ale and stout.

1933 (Social Sess. ), ch. 2, sec. 2.

2. Prohibition Without License. From and after the taking effect
of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
no person shall at any time manufacture,, blend, rectify, bottle, import or
sell, or suffer to be manufactured, blended, rectified, bottled, imported or
sold, or keep or suffer to be kept on his premises, in his possession or under
his charge or control for the purpose of sale and delivery within this State,
any alcoholic beverage without a license as hereinafter provided. Provided
that nothing in this Article shall prohibit the sale and purchase of ware-
house receipts covering distilled spirits on deposit in Government bonded
warehouses and no special tax liability shall attach to the business of pur-
chasing and selling such warehouse receipts, and provided further that any
non-resident manufacturer or dealer in alcoholic beverages may sell and
deliver alcoholic beverages without a license to any duly licensed manufac-
turer or wholesaler under the provisions of this Article, but not such non-
resident manufacturer or dealer in alcoholic beverages shall be permitted
to sell or deliver any alcoholic beverages to any other licensee under the
laws of this State, or to any other person in this State, except as herein-
after provided, and provided further, that druggists and apothecaries shall
not be required to obtain a license under the provisions of this Article for
the compounding, sale or distribution of medicinal, antiseptic or toilet
preparations, flavoring extracts and other preparations unfit for beverage
purposes, nor for the compounding or sale of alcoholic beverages upon the
written prescription of a regular physician, but no druggist or apothecary
shall be permitted to sell any alcoholic beverages for beverage purposes