LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new sections be and the same are hereby added
to Article 56 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"License," to follow section 81, to be designated as sections
81 A and 81 B, and to read as follows :

81 A. It shall not be lawful for any club, society or associa-

Two new
sections.

tion whatever, whether incorporated or not, now in existence
or hereafter to be formed, to sell, give, barter or in any furnish
or dispense to its members, or any other person or persons any
intoxicating liquor except as hereinafter provided ; and when-
ever any such club, society or association desires to sell, barter
or in any way furnish or dispense intoxicating liquors, wines or
beers to its members, the president or secretary of such club,
society or association shall make application for a license to sell
spirituous and fermented liquors and lager beer, in the respec-
tive cities and counties where such clubs, societies or associa-
tions are located in the same manner as is required of retail
liquor dealers in such city or county ; provided, that no signers,
such as are required to attest the character of applicants for
retail liquor license, shall be required on an application for a
club license ; but such clubs, societies or associations shall file
with the application for license a sworn list of the bona fide
members of such club, society or association, whenever the
authorities, who in the respective counties and cities, are vested
with the power to grant or refuse licenses shall be satisfied that
the club making application for license is in fact such legiti-
mate and bona fide organization as it purports to be, and that
such organization would not be a nuisance to the neighborhood
where it proposes to locate, then the said authorities shall grant
to the applicant a license, for which the same fee shall be paid
as is required by law to be paid in that city or county where
the club is located.

81 B. If any such club, society or association, or officer or

License to
sell liquor.

agent thereof, shall sell, give, barter, or in any way furnish or
dispense intoxicating liquor, or any admixture thereof, to any
person, whether a member thereof or not, without a license as
herein provided, such officer or agent shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in jail or the
House of Correction for not more than one year, or both fined
and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

Penalty.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of May next succeeding its passage, and that it

Effective.