16 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 2

BEER AND LIGHT WINE LICENSE. CLASS F. (ON
SALE) RAILROADS. Such a license shall be issued by
the Comptroller and shall authorize the owner or operator
of any steam or electric railway or club, parlor, buffet,
observation, sleeping or dining cars upon the lines
of any steam or electric railway in this State, to
keep for sale and to sell beer and light wines upon
any of such cars, for consumption upon such cars, and every
such license shall be good throughout the State. The annual
fee for such license shall be Sixty Dollars ($60. 00), and
shall be payable to the Comptroller for the use of the State
before any such license is issued.

(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 Com-
mon 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 de-
liver the same in a sealed package or container, which pack-
age or container shall not be opened nor its contents con-
sumed on the premises where sold. The annual fee for such
a license shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250. 00)
except in Howard County where the fee shall be One Hun-
dred Dollars ($100. 00); in Prince George's County, where
the fee shall be One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150. 00);
in Washington County, where the fee shall be One Hundred
and Fifty Dollars ($150. 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 Hun-
dred Dollars ($100. 00), and shall be payable to said Clerk,
before any such license is issued, for distribution as herein-
after 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 li-
cense, or unless the applicant is the assignee of a business
established for said length of time at the location applied f or,
• 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