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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 Dorchester, Kent and Queen Anne's counties where consumption
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.

(f) In Dorchester County, bona fide motels and hotels having [70]
20 or more rooms, [and located on property now owned by the City
of Cambridge,] and having restaurant facilities for serving full-
course meals at least twice daily and seating capacity at tables for
125 or more persons, not including seats at bars or counters, upon
payment [to the commissioners of Cambridge] of an annual license
fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) may obtain a license from the
County Commissioners of Dorchester County and by such license
shall be entitled to sell beer, wines and liquors for on the premises
consumption between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 1:00 o'clock
A.M. on the day following, except on Sunday when no sales shall
be allowed. Provided, however, that all said hotels shall purchase all
wines and liquors sold by them from the Dorchester County liquor
control board dispensaries.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 420
(House Bill 1034)

AN ACT to add new Section 277 (q) to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes,"
subtitle "Recordation Tax," to follow immediately after Section
277 (p) thereof and to be under the same subtitle, prescribing the
rate of tax for recording instruments of conveyance of real estate.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 277 (q) be and it is hereby added to Article 81 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement), title "Revenue
and Taxes," subtitle "Recordation Tax," to follow immediately after
Section 277 (p) thereof and to be under the same subtitle, and to
read as follows:

277.

(q) Calvert County. The rate of tax applicable to instruments
recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert County shall
be as follows: in the case of instruments conveying title to property,
the tax shall be at the rate of $1.10 for each $1,000.00 or fractional
part thereof of the actual consideration paid or to be paid; in the
case of instruments securing a debt, excepting therefrom mortgages