620 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

months' retail grocer's license; provided, however, that none
but a bona fide retail grocer, who shall make application to
said board therefor, shall receive a retail grocer's license, and
no such retail grocer's license shall be given to anyone except
on complying with the conditions of this Act, and such license
shall only entitle such licensees to sell wines, spirituous or fer-
mented liquors as aforesaid, in quantities or packages of not
less than one pint, but in no case to be drunk on the premises.
Nor shall such retail grocer's license to sell wines, spirituous
or fermented liquors as aforesaid be given to any applicant
who, or whose concern, generally keeps on hand, or, in case of
applications for the first time, expects to generally keep on
hand, at the principal season of sale, an amount of stock of
wines, spirituous or fermented liquors in excess of thirty per
centum of the total amount of stock of goods, wares and mer-
chandise generally kept on hand by him, or the said concern, at
the principal season of sale, and every applicant for such retail
grocer's license shall, in addition to the statement on oath, now
required by law of applicants for trader's licenses as to their
total stock of goods, wares and merchandise, state to the clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, on oath, to be administered by
the clerk, the amount of said applicant's stock of wines, spiritu-
ous or fermented liquors generally kept on hand by him, or the
concern in which he is engaged, at the principal season of sale, or
if said applicant shall not have previously engaged in such trade
or business, the amount of stock he expects to keep as aforesaid.
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, upon
the said premises when such intoxicating liquors are licensed
to be sold, but licensed saloon keepers may also sell tobacco
and non-alcoholic beverages; provided further, that no retail
licenses 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 Balti-
more for three-fourths thereof, to be applied to the general use
of said city.

688. Distillers, brewers and wholesale dealers or jobbers,
other than wholesale druggists, shall be allowed to sell spiritu-
ous liquors in quantities of not less than one pint each, and
fermented liquors in packages of not less than two dozen pint