HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1029

(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 Hun-
dred 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
(1150. 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, Balti-
more, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Howard, Prince
George's and Washington Counties, but no such license shall
be issued for any drug store unless the applicant 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 estab-
lished 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, incorporated
clubs, restaurants and hotels who have been doing business
at the place of business 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 Aldermen of the City of Annapolis,
and in Cecil and Kent Counties no such license shall be is-
sued except to retail druggists and grocers who have con-
ducted 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, Balti-