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ages, provided that the Board of License Commissioners, in any county
having such a Board or in Baltimore City, may by rule or regulation pre-
scribe a different standard as to what shall constitute a restaurant.

(p) The words "in this State, " or "within this State" mean in or
within the territorial limits of this State.

An Code, 1924, sec. 2. 1933 (Special Sess), ch. 2, sec. 2. 1939, ch. 775, sec. 2.

2. (Licenses and Permits. ) It shall be unlawful for any person to
manufacture, blend, rectify, bottle, import or sell, or suffer to be manu-
factured, 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 or permit, except as follows:

(a) No license or permit shall be required for the manufacture of wine
or cider exclusively for home consumption and not for sale.

(b) No license or permit shall be required in the case of any common
carrier, warehouseman or other lien holder, exercising his right to sell
alcoholic beverages, under a lien, or any sheriff, constable, receiver, auc-
tioneer, trustee, attorney, executor or administrator, selling alcoholic bev-
erages under an order of Court; but no such sale shall be made except to
a license holder, and if the purchaser is a retail dealer, the person making
the sale shall pay the taxes imposed by Sections 48 and 49 of this Article,
before delivery is made to the purchaser.

(e) No license or permit shall be required for the compounding or sale
by druggists or apothecaries of medicinal, antiseptic or toilet preparations
unfit for beverage purposes, nor for the compounding or sale of alcoholic
beverages upon the written prescription of a qualified physician; but it
shall be unlawful for any druggist or apothecary to sell alcoholic beverages
for beverage purposes without a license.

(d) Alcohol and alcoholic beverages used exclusively for scientific pur-
poses, or for the manufacture of medicinal, antiseptic or toilet prepara-
tions, flavoring extracts or other similar purposes, may be manufactured
or sold upon such permits, and subject to such rules and regulations, as
the Comptroller may prescribe.

(e) Warehouse receipts covering alcoholic beverages on storage in
bonded warehouses in this State may be purchased or sold, without a
license, but no withdrawals or deliveries of such beverages shall be made
in this State except to licensed manufacturers and wholesalers and sub-
ject to such regulations as the Comptroller may prescribe.

(f) No license shall be required for the importation of alcoholic bever-
ages intended for export beyond the territorial limits of this State, pro-
vided such alcoholic beverages are stored in public and government con-
trolled warehouses and not for sale and delivery within this State, but
the Comptroller may require any such importer to obtain a permit for
the transaction of such business under such rules and regulations as he
may deem necessary. A non-resident manufacturer or dealer in alcoholic
beverages may sell and deliver alcoholic beverages without a license to
any duly licensed manufacturer or wholesaler but not to any other license
holder in this State or to any other person in this State except as further
provided in this Article.

(g) Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1, 000) or to
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