1134                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 747

of said Article, sub-titles "Prohibition—Without License or Permit
—Exceptions" and "Restrictions Upon Licensees"; and to enact
new Sections 3 (a) and 3(f) in lieu of the Sections 3(a) and 3(f)
so repealed and to stand in their place; to add Section 3(g) to said
Article and sub-title, to follow immediately after Section 3(f)
thereof; amending the laws as to the definition of the terms "License
Holder" and "Licensee" under the Alcoholic Beverages Laws, de-
fining the terms "Consumer" and "Illicit Alcoholic Beverages" for
the purposes of these laws, generally amending the laws concerning
any kind of holding or conveying alcoholic beverages except by a
consumer or licensee, and relating generally to the sale, keeping
and transportation of alcoholic beverages in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2(j) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Definitions",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that
Section 2(t) and 2(u) be and they are hereby added to said Article
and sub-title, to follow immediately after Section 2(s) thereof; that
Sections 3(a), 3(f) and 112 of said Article, sub-titles "Prohibitions—
Without License or Permit—Exceptions" and "Restrictions Upon
Licensees", be and they are hereby repealed; and that new Sections
3(a) and 3(f) be and are hereby enacted in lieu of the Sections 3 (a)
and 3(f) so repealed and to stand in their place, that Section 3(g)
is hereby added after Section 3(f) thereof; and all to read as follows:

2. Definitions

(j) "License Holder" or "Licensee" means the holder of any li-
cense or permit, issued under the provisions of this Article or of any
other law of this State, and includes a County Liquor Control Board
and a County Dispensary.

(t) "Consumer" means any natural person over the age of twenty-
one (21) years or any corporation not otherwise interdicted by this
Article or any other law of this State, who buys, possesses, keeps
or transports alcoholic beverages upon which the taxes provided by
the tax provisions of this Article have been paid, for his own use
and not for sale.

(u) (1) "Illicit Alcoholic Beverages" means any alcoholic bever-
ages which have been manufactured, bottled or rectified within this
State on any premises other than a premises licensed under this
Article, or which have been manufactured, bottled or rectified out-
side of this State on any premises other than a premises licensed
under the United States Internal Revenue Code or the laws of a
foreign country.

(2) Any alcoholic beverages found in any container without a
regular label truly describing the contents and stating the true
name of the importer, manufacturer, bottler or rectifier shall be
presumed to be an illicit alcoholic beverage, provided further that
such presumption shall not apply to any alcoholic beverages found:

(i) in drinking glasses or other similar open containers for drink-
ing purposes or,

(ii) in home type decanters found in a dwelling house or in a
punch bowl or other receptacle of a similar nature, if found under
circumstances which indicate that the alcoholic beverages contained