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or operator of any steam or electric railway or club, parlor, buffet, observa-
tion, sleeping or dining cars upon the lines of any steam or electric rail-
way in this State, to keep for sale and to sell beer and light wines upon
any of such cars, for consumption upon such cars, and every such license
shall be good throughout the State. The annual fee for such license shall
be Sixty Dollars ($60. 00), and shall he payable to the Comptroller for
the use of the State before any such license is issued.

(5) Beer, Wine and Liquor License. Beer, Wine and Liquor License,
Class A. (Off Sale). Such a license shall be issued by the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the County in which the place of business is located, or
by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City, if the
place of business is located in said City, and shall authorize the holder
thereof to keep for sale and to sell all alcoholic, beverages at retail, in any
quantity, at the place therein described, and to deliver the same in a
sealed package or container, which package or container shall not be
opened nor its contents consumed on the premises where sold. The annual
fee for such a license shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250. 00)
except in Howard County where the fee shall be One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00); in Prince George's County, where the fee shall be One Hun-
dred and Fifty Dollars ($150. 00); in Washington County, where the fee
shall be One Hundred. and Fifty Dollars ($350. 00); in Calvert County
where the fee shall be One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125. 00),
and in Charles County, where the fee shall be One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00), and shall be payable to said Clerk, before any such license is
issued, for distribution as hereinafter provided.

Such license shall be issued only in Baltimore City, Baltimore, Calvert,
Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Howard, Prince George's and Washington Coun-
ties, but no such license, shall be issued for any drug store unless the appli-
cant has been doing business at the location applied for, for at least one
year prior to the date of the application for such a license, or unless the
applicant is the assignee of a business established for said length of time
at the location applied for, or has been actually engaged in the retail drug
business for a period of not less than three years. In Carroll County no
such license shall be issued for any place of business located outside of the
corporate limits of Westminster, the county seat, and in Talbot County no
such license shall be issued except to grocery stores, drug stores, incorpo-
rated clubs, restaurants and hotels who have been doing business at the
place of business applied for, for more than two years prior to the date
of the application for such license, and such a license may also be issued
in the City of Annapolis upon the approval of and for such fee as may be
fixed by the Mayor, Counsellor and Alderman of the City of Annapolis,
and in Cecil and Kent counties no such license shall be issued except to
retail druggists and grocers who have conducted such business at least
one year prior to application for such license.

The hours during which the privileges conferred by such a license may
be exercised shall be in Baltimore City, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles,