2308 ARTICLE 56

An. Code, 1924, sec. 62. 1912, sec. 52F. 1916, ch. 632, sec. 52F.

61. If more than three hundred thousand dollars, and not more than
four hundred thousand dollars, the sum of five hundred dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 63. 1912, sec. 52G. 1916, ch. 632, sec. 52G.

62. If more than four hundred thousand dollars, and not more than
five hundred thousand dollars, the sum of six hundred dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 64. 1912, sec. 52H. 1916, ch. 632, sec. 52H.

63. If more than five hundred thousand dollars, and not more than
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the sum of seven hundred and
fifty dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 65. 1912, sec. 52-I. 1916, ch. 632, sec. 52-I.

64. If more than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the sum
of eight hundred dollars.
Cited but not construed in Read Drug & Chemical Co. v. Claypoole, 165 Md. 255.

1933, ch. 542.

65. Every person, firm, corporation, association or co-partnership open-
ing, establishing, operating or maintaining two or more stores or mer-
cantile establishments where goods, wares and/or merchandise are offered
for sale at retail within this State, under the same general manage-
ment, supervision, or ownership, shall pay the license fees hereinafter
prescribed for the privilege of opening, establishing, operating or main-
taining such stores or mercantile establishments. The license fee herein
prescribed shall be paid annually, and shall be in addition to the license
fee prescribed in Sections 44 to 64, both inclusive of this Article.

The license fees herein prescribed shall be as follows:

(1) Upon two stores or more, but not to exceed five stores, the annual
license fee shall be five dollars for each such store;

(2) Upon each store in excess of five, but not to exceed ten, the annual
license fee shall be twenty dollars for each such additional store;

(3) Upon each store in excess of ten, but not to exceed twenty, the
annual license fee shall be one hundred dollars for each such additional
store;

(4) Upon each store in excess of twenty, the annual license fee shall
be one hundred and fifty dollars for each such additional store.

The term "store" or mercantile establishments as used herein shall not
be construed to include automobile service stations at which the principal
business is the sale or distribution of gasoline and motor fuel.

Additional license fees imposed by this section not payable until May 1, 1934.
In computing additional fees to be paid, the number of establishments operated by
one person or corporation throughout the state and not the number in any particular
county or in Baltimore City is to be taken as basis of calculation. Read Drug &
Chemical Co. v. Claypoole, 165 Md. 251.

1939, ch. 682.

66. (1) No person, firm, association, partnership or corporation shall
engage in selling any flowers or flowering plants, bushes or shrubs at whole-
sale or retail, in Baltimore City, unless he or it is the bona fide grower
thereof or is duly licensed as a florist pursuant to this section.