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500 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
fifteen per cent, of alcohol, are sold by retail, by the drink,
or in quantities or packages not exceeding five gallons of
any spirituous or fermented liquor except lager beer, and not
exceeding one keg of eight gallons or less of lager beer, to
be drunk on the premises or not, as desired by the purchaser,
the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars; and the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas shall thereupon issue to applicants the
license authorized to be issued by said Board; provided, that
any bona fide retail grocer who shall make application to said
Board therefor, may be licensed by said Board in their discre-
tion, upon complying with the conditions of this sub-division
of this Article to sell wines, spirituous and fermented liquors, as
aforesaid, in quantities or packages not less than one pint, but
in no case to be drunk on the premises, and shall pay for such
license the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars a year; but in
no case shall a license to sell intoxicating liquors by the drink
be granted to any person who shall obtain a license to sell
goods, wares or merchandise, other than intoxicating liquors,
upon the same premises where such intoxicating liquors are
licensed to be sold; provided further, that no retail license shall
be issued to any distiller or brewer.
679. The whole of the money received by the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for the licenses aforesaid, shall be paid
over quarterly by said Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas to
the State as now provided by law, and when so paid over, the
Comptroller of the Treasury shall draw his warrant upon the
Treasurer in favor of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
for three-fourths thereof, to be applied to the general use of
said City.
680. Every person receiving a license under this sub-divi-
sion of this Article shall frame his license under a glass, and
place the same so that it shall at all times be conspicuous and
easily read, in his chief place of making his sales, and no license
issued under this sub-division of this Article shall authorize
sales by any person who shall neglect this requirement.
681. No licensee under the provisions of this sub-division
of this Article shall sell or furnish any intoxicating liquors at
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