402                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 227

new subtitle "Discrimination in Public Accommodations," making
unlawful certain forms of discrimination in places of public ac-
commodations, defining such places, and relating generally to
possible discrimination in the accommodations, advantages, fac-
ilities and privileges of such places; AND PROVIDING THAT
NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL APPLY TO OR WITHIN THE
LIMITS OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS
STATE AND PROVIDING THAT THE APPLICATION OF THIS
ACT TO OR WITHIN CARROLL COUNTY IS SUBJECT TO A
REFERENDUM OF THE VOTERS THEREIN; AND PROVID-
ING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL BE
SEVERABLE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 11 be and it is hereby added to Article 49B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Interracial Com-
mission," to follow immediately after Section 10 thereof, and to be
under the new subtitle "Discrimination in Public Accommodations,"
and to read as follows:

Discrimination in Public Accommodations
11.

It is unlawful for an owner or operator of a place of public accom-
modation or an agent or employee of said owner or operator, because
of the race, creed, color, or national origin of any person, to refuse,
withhold from, or deny to such person any of the accommodations,
advantages, facilities and privileges of such place of public accom-
modation. For the purpose of this subtitle, a place of public accom-
modation means any hotel, restaurant, inn, motel or an establishment
commonly known or recognized as regularly engaged in the business
of providing sleeping accommodations, or serving food, or both, for
a consideration, and which is open to the general public ; EXCEPT
THAT PREMISES OR PORTIONS OF PREMISES PRIMARILY
DEVOTED TO THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND
GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS BARS, TAVERNS, OR COCKTAIL
LOUNGES ARE NOT PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE. NOTHING IN THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO OR WITHIN THE LIMITS OF
ANNE ARUNDEL, CALVERT, CAROLINE, DORCHESTER,
GARRETT, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S, ST. MARY'S, SOMERSET,
TALBOT, WICOMICO, AND WORCESTER COUNTIES. THE AP-
PLICATION OF THIS SECTION TO AND WITHIN CARROLL
COUNTY IS SUBJECT TO THE RESULTS OF A REFERENDUM
ELECTION IN THAT COUNTY, FOR WHICH FURTHER PRO-
VISION IS MADE HEREIN.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT NOTHING
IN THIS ACT SHALL APPLY TO OR WITHIN THE LIMITS
OF CARROLL COUNTY UNLESS IT HAS BEEN APPROVED
ON REFERENDUM BY THE VOTERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.
AT A TIME TO BE FIXED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS OF CARROLL COUNTY (IN NO EVENT LATER
THAN THE TIME OF THE REGULAR CONGRESSIONAL ELEC-
TION IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1964), THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVI-