958                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 637

Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Permits", amend-
ing the laws relating to permits for storage and transportation of
alcoholic beverages, requiring identification of vehicles authorized
under such permits, and generally increasing permit fees.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 4(b) and 4(d) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Alcoholic Beverages", sub-title "Per-
mits", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

4.

(b) Fee and Duration.—(1) A fee of [Five] Fifty Dollars shall
be collected for a Public Storage or Transportation Permit, [an indi-
vidual Storage Permit,] a Non-Resident Dealer Permit, an Import
and Export Permit, [and] a Solicitor's Permit, and a Bulk Sale
Permit when the inventory in alcoholic beverages is $1,000.00 or more
valued at cost A fee of Twenty-Five Dollars shall be collected for
an Individual Storage Permit, a Bulk Sale Permit when the inventory
in alcoholic beverages is less than $1,000.00 valued at cost, and a
Non-Beverage Permit except for an eleemosynary permitee in which
case the permit shall be issued without the payment of any fee. [all]
All such permits shall expire on May 31 next after the date of issue
unless otherwise provided. (2) [A] All Non-Beverage Permits [shall
be issued without the payment of any fee and] shall be renewed on
or before September 1, 1959, and thereafter shall not expire until
cancelled or revoked. (3) A Change of Domicile Permit shall be is-
sued [without] upon the payment of [any] a fee of Two Dollars,
and when issued shall cover only a specific transaction. (4) An Indi-
vidual Transportation Permit shall be issued for each vehicle upon
the payment of a fee of Two Dollars. [(4)] (5) A Bulk Sale Permit
[shall be issued without the payment of any fee,] shall cover only
a specific transaction, and shall expire ten days from the date of
issue, except that if such a time restriction of this permit would be
an undue burden, the Comptroller in his discretion may grant a
reasonable extension of time. (6) The Comptroller shall prescribe
a means of identification for each vehicle authorized under a Trans-
portation or Public Storage and Transportation Permit which shall
be kept in or on the vehicle at all times when alcoholic beverages are
being transported. The fee for such identification shall be two dol-
lars for each vehicle. Provided, however, whenever the Comptroller
finds as a fact that a jurisdiction outside of the State of Maryland,
exacts a tax, assessment, impost, or other charge or restriction, in
connection with the solicitation, sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages consigned to such jurisdiction from a Maryland license or
permit holder, that is in excess of such tax, assessment, impost, or
other charge or restriction exacted of persons within such jurisdic-
tion, in connection with the solicitation, sale and distribution of
alcoholic beverages consigned to such jurisdiction from a license or
permit holder other than a Maryland license or permit holder and
that such greater tax, assessment, impost, or other charge or restric-
tion in fact discriminates against a Maryland license or permit holder,
then the Comptroller shall impose on the seller a similar or like tax,
assessment, impost or other charge or restriction for the privilege of
soliciting sales of alcoholic beverages and/or consigning alcoholic
beverages from such jurisdiction to persons in the State of Maryland.