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(a) General provisions.—A Class B beer, wine and liquor 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 sell all alcoholic beverages at retail at any hotel or restaurant
at the place therein described, for consumption on the premises or
elsewhere, except in Kent County AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUN-
TIES where consumption of wine and liquor shall be on the premises
only and except in Queen Anne's County where the sale for consump-
tion of wine and liquor shall be on the premises only. The annual fee
for such a license shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00),
except as hereinafter provided, and shall be payable to said clerk,
before any such license is issued, for distribution as hereinafter
provided.

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(A) GENERAL PROVISIONS—A CLASS C BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR 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 SELL ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT RETAIL
AT ANY CLUB, AT THE PLACE THEREIN DESCRIBED, FOR
CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES ONLY; EXCEPT IN KENT
AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES WHERE BEER MAY BE
SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES. THE AN-
NUAL FEE FOR SUCH A LICENSE SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00), AND SHALL BE PAYABLE
TO SUCH CLERK, BEFORE ANY SUCH LICENSE IS ISSUED,
FOR DISTRIBUTION AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this section is declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members elected
to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 24, 1959.

CHAPTER 200
(Senate Bill 173)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-section (m)
of Section 40 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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.