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under twenty-one years of age, except to bona fide employees in the
course of their employment and whose employment is not prohibited
by Article 2B of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland. Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine
not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each and every such violation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 11, 1957.

CHAPTER 145
(Senate Bill 216)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 13 (f)
and 14 (g) (3) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1956 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Beer
and Light Wine Licenses", relating to the sale of brewed beverages
in Harford County and providing that brewed beverages sold in
bottles or cans exceeding 12 ounces in weight or size, for con-
sumption off the premises may be sold in a numerical quantity of
less than six.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 13 (f) and 14 (g) (3) of Article 2B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages",
sub-title "Beer and Light Wine Licenses", be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

13.     (f) Harford County.—In Harford County the annual license
fee for such license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) and shall
be granted by the liquor control board of Harford County only to
proprietors of bona fide retail stores selling food, drugs or other
similar commodities as designated by the liquor control board. Such
license will authorize the licensee to sell for consumption off the
premises only, not less than six bottles or cans of brewed beverages
as defined in this Article, and not less than one-fifth of a gallon of
fermented beverages as defined herein [.]; provided that brewed
beverages sold in bottles or cans exceeding 12 ounces in weight or
size, for consumption off the premises, may be sold in a numerical
quantity of less than six. No brewed beverages shall be authorized to
contain more than six per centum of alcohol by volume and wine and
other fermented beverages shall not contain more than fourteen per
centum by volume. The word "premises" for the purpose of this
section shall be construed to include any building, parking lot, ter-
race or grounds which form an integral part of the licensed premises.

14.     (g) (3) Such licenses will authorize the licensees to sell for
consumption on and off the premises brewed beverages as defined in

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.