J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            653

20.

(k) Prince George's County. (2) A special Class C (golf and
country club) license shall be issued, upon approval by the board
of license commissioners of Prince George's County, to any golf and
country club in said county applying therefor which has two hundred
(200) or more bona fide members paying dues of not less than seventy-
five dollars ($75.00) per annum per member, which maintains at
the time of the application for the license two or more lawn tennis
courts, a swimming pool at least 30 feet by 80 feet in size, and a
regular or championship golf course of 9 holes or more. Such a
license shall authorize the holder thereof to keep for sale and to sell
at retail any alcoholic beverages, to any customer at the place de-
scribed in said license, for consumption on or off its premises. The
annual fee for such a golf and country club license shall be [five
hundred dollars ($500.00) for the license year commencing in May
1955 and six hundred and fifty dollars ($650.00) for each license
year thereafter,] one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300.00),
EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS ($800.00), which shall be paid to
said clerk before any such license is issued. The application for
any such license filed on behalf of any such golf and country club
in Prince George's County shall be signed by at least one officer
of said club, who need not be a resident or registered voter or
taxpayer of Prince George's County. Such golf and country club
license shall be subject to all the provisions of this article, except
that any restrictions against the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sun-
days, appearing elsewhere in this article, shall not apply to any li-
censee holding said special Class C (golf and country club) license;
provided, however, sales on Sunday under such license shall be made
only to bona fide members of such golf and country club and to
guests of such members for consumption on the premises and the
grounds of such club used in connection therewith. A special Class
C (country club) license, for an annual fee for such license of [five
hundred dollars ($500.00)] one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($625.00) to be paid
to said clerk before issuance thereof after approval of issuance of such
license by said board, may also be issued in Prince George's
County to a country club meeting the aforementioned requirements
other than the requirement for a regular or championship golf course
of 9 holes or more; but which country club instead shall be required
to have, in addition to the other requirements, not less than 15 acres
of ground for said licensed premises and used in connection therewith;
however, licensed clubs in this category of a special Class C (country
club) license shall be subject to the restrictions appearing in §103
of this article as to sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday and further
said country clubs shall not be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages
for consumption off their premises or the grounds of such club used
in connection therewith.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, and being passed upon yea and nay
votes supported by three-fifths of all 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 April 24, 1961.