HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 809

shall purchase, acquire or import any "alcoholic beverages"
for resale only to "retail and wholesale dealers".

(5) The words "retail dealer" shall mean any holder of a
license issued under the provisions of this Act, or any other
law of this State which authorizes the sale of alcoholic
beverages other than a "manufacturer" or "wholesaler" and
shall include a dispensary if such an establishment should be
authorized in any County.

(6) The words "license holder" shall mean the holder of any
license issued, and any dispensary authorized, under the pro-
visions of this Act.

(7) The word "importer" means the "person" transporting
or shipping "alcoholic beverages" into the State of Maryland
from any other State or Country whether such "person" is a
resident or non-resident of the State of Maryland.

(8) The word "import" means the transportation or order-
ing or arranging for the transportation or shipment of "alco-
holic beverages" in the State of Maryland from any other
State, District, Territory or Country.

(9) The word "Comptroller" shall mean the Comptroller of
the State of Maryland.

(10) The words "light wine" shall mean any naturally fer-
mented wine, but shall not include any sparking wine or any
wine the alcoholic content of which has been increased or
fortified by the addition of alcohol or spirits and shall in no
event exceed fourteen percentum of alcohol by volume.

(11) The words "sparkling wine" shall mean champagne or
any artificially carbonated wine.

(12) The words "fortified wine" shall mean any wine, the
alcoholic content of which is greater than fourteen percentum
of alcohol by volume.

(13) The word "club" means any corporation or association,
properly organized, which is the owner, lessee or occupant of
premises operated solely for educations, social, fraternal, patri-
otic, political or athletic purposes and not for profit.

(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 serv-
ing regular meals, wherein the average daily receipts from the
hire of rooms and the sale of cooked and prepared foods ex-
ceed the receipts from the sale of "alcoholic beverages" pro-
vided that in Washington County, the Board of License Com-
missioners shall prescribe the standard of what shall consti-
tute a hotel in said county without reference to the average
daily receipts.

(15) The word "restaurant" means any lunch room, cafe or