J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            145

Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-
title "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses", relating to Class C beer,
wine and liquor licenses in Worcester County, and relating gen-
erally to alcoholic beverages therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 20 (m-1) be and it is hereby added to Article 2B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic
Beverages", sub-title "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses", and that
Section 20 (n) of said Article be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

20.

(m-1) Worcester County.—In Worcester County the annual fee
for such a license shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Such
a license may be obtained by (1) any bona fide golf and country club
excluding miniature golf courses operating in Worcester County,
having been incorporated for a period of not less than one (1) year
prior to the time of making application for such a license, and having
a bona fide membership of not less than one hundred (100) persons
and dues of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) per annum per adult
member, and having facilities for preparing and serving food on the
premises to said members and their guests when accompanied by
such members, and owning or operating a clubhouse or on premises
principally used for no other purpose and not directly or indirectly
owned or operated as a public business; (2) any local unit of a
nation-wide bona fide nonprofit organization or club composed solely
of members who served in the armed forces of the United States in
any war in which the United States has engaged, having held a
charter from a national veterans' organization for a period of not
less than five (5) years prior to the time of making application for
such a license, and having a bona fide membership of not less than
fifteen (15) persons and dues of not less than five dollars ($5.00) per
annum per person, which organization or club operates solely for the
use of its own members and their guests when accompanied by such
members, and meets in a clubhouse principally used for no other
purpose; and (3) any lodge or chapter of any bona fide nonprofit
and nation-wide fraternal or service organization composed of mem-
bers duly elected and initiated in accordance with the rites and cus-
toms of such fraternal or service organization, in existence and oper-
ating in Worcester County for a period of not less than five (5) years
prior to the time of making application for such a license, and having
a bona fide membership of not less than forty (40) persons and dues
of not less than five dollars ($5.00) per annum per member, and
owning or operating a home or clubhouse principally for the use of
its members and their guests when accompanied by such members,
and not directly or indirectly owned or operated as a public business.
Upon payment of said license fee, any such club, veterans' or fraternal
organization may obtain such a license from the proper licensing
authorities of Worcester County. Every such club, veterans' or fra-
ternal organization shall purchase all wines and liquors sold by
them from the Worcester County liquor control board dispensaries.

(n) Applicability.—Such licenses shall only be issued in the City
of Baltimore, in Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Fred-
erick, Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Talbot
[and] , Washington , and Worcester counties, in the towns of North