J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1191

20.

(h-½) In Harford County the Liquor Control Board is authorized
to issue a license to be known as a "club and organization license"
covering "on sales" of beer, wine, and liquor to the members and the
guests of such clubs and organizations in the first, second, third, and
sixth Election Districts. The annual fee for such license shall be $350
annually for a club with from 50 to 99 bona fide, dues-paying members,
$600 annually for a club with from 100 to 250 such members, $850
annually for a club with from 251 to 450 such members, and $1,000
annually for a club with 451 or more such members. The license fee
shall be established on the maximum number of dues-paying members
during the calendar year immediately preceding the application for
a license. Such license shall be issued only to the following clubs and
organizations:

(i) A bona fide nationally chartered non-profit organization or
club which has been incorporated for a period of not fewer than five
years immediately prior to the filing of the application, composed
solely of members who served in the Armed Forces of the United
States in any war in which the United States has engaged, which
organization or club operates solely for the use of its own members
and its guests when accompanied by such members, and meets in a
clubhouse principally used for a club, and is neither directly nor
indirectly operated as a public business.

(ii) Any lodge or chapter of a bona fide non-profit and nationally
chartered fraternal organization composed of members duly elected
and initiated in accordance with the rights and customs of such
fraternal organizations which is operating a home or clubhouse for
the use of its members, and is neither directly nor indirectly operated
as a public business, provided that any such club or organization has
100 or more bona fide members paying such dues as required by its
national organization in the year immediately preceding the year in
which such license is issued, and provided that such home or club-
house has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to
the members and their guests.

(iii) A bona fide yacht or boat club, owning real estate in the
county and having a dues-paying membership of not less than 150
persons, not less than 50 of whom own yachts, boats, or other vessels.

(iv) A country club which has 75 or more bona fide members pay-
ing dues of not less than $50 per annum per member, which main-
tains at the time of the application for license a regular or champion-
ship golf course of 9 holes or more, or, in lieu of said golf course, a
swimming pool at least 20 by 40 feet in size, and at least six tennis
courts.

Provided that any such club or organization shall purchase all
liquor and spirituous beverages from the Harford County Liquor
Control Board, and shall be charged therefor, the invoice price of
the Liquor Control Board plus A SUM NOT EXCEEDING freight
charges thereon, and plus 20% of such aggregate invoice price and
freight charges from time to time. This subsection shall not be con-
strued to limit the powers of the Liquor Control Board to control the
number of licensees under Section 42 and Section 184 of this Article,
as these sections may be amended from time to time.