ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 7

of "alcoholic beverages" into the State of Maryland from
any other State, District, Territory or Country.

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

(10) The words "light wine" shall mean any naturally
fermented wine, but shall not include any sparkling 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 cham-
pagne 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 asso-
ciation, properly organized, which is the owner, lessee
or occupant of premises operated solely for educational,
social, fraternal, patriotic, 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 serving regular meals, wherein the average
daily receipts from the hire of rooms and the sale of cooked
and prepared foods exceed the receipts from the sale of
"alcoholic beverages, " provided that in Washington County
the Board of License Commissioners shall prescribe the
standard of what shall constitute a hotel in said county
without reference to the average daily receipts.

(15) The word "restaurant" means any lunch room,
cafe or other establishment equipped with a public dining
room and with facilities and equipment for preparing and
serving bona fide meals to the public wherein the average
daily receipts from the sale of cooked or prepared foods
exceed the receipts from the sale of "alcoholic beverages, "
provided that in Washington and Prince George's Counties
the Board of License Commissioners shall prescribe the
standard of what shall constitute a restaurant in said
county without reference to the average daily receipts.

(16) The word "beer" means all brewed alcoholic bev-
erages, and shall include among other things, porter, ale
and stout.