1804 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1025

sub-title "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses", increasing the
license fee of beer, wine and liquor licenses, Class A. (Off
Sale in Baltimore City and Carroll County. )

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section A of Section 6 of Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Alco-
holic Beverages", sub-title "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

6.

A. (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 Common 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 deliver the same in a sealed package
or container which package or container shall not be opened
nor its contents consumed on the premises where sold. The
annual fee for such a license shall be Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars ($250. 00), except in Baltimore City and Carroll Coun-
ty, where the fee shall be Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 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 Hundred Dollars ($100. 00), and shall be
payable to said Clerk, before any such license is issued, for
distribution as hereinafter provided.

Such license shall be issued only in Baltimore City, Balti-
more, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, 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 license, or unless the appli-
cant is the assignee of a business established for said length
of time at the location applied for, or has been actually en-
gaged 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 located outside of the corpo-
rate limits of Westminster, the county seat, and in Talbot
County no such license shall be issued except to grocery
stores, drug stores, incorporated clubs, restaurants and hotels
who have been doing business in Talbot County for more than