J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1603

19.

(a) A Class B beer, wine and liquor license shall be issued by the
clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the place of business
is located, or by the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Balti-
more City, if the place of business is located in said city, and 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 and in Frederick County
where consumption is as otherwise provided herein. 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-½) (1) In Frederick County the annual fee for such a license
is fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for a restaurant and fifteen
hundred dollars ($1,500) for a hotel.

(2) Such a license may be issued to a bona fide hotel which ANY
HOTEL MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF SUB-
SECTION (0) OF THIS SECTION MAY ELECT TO BE ISSUED
A LICENSE UNDER THAT SUBSECTION, OR ANY BONA FIDE
HOTEL MAY ELECT TO BE ISSUED A LICENSE UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION IF IT MEETS THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
MENTS: (i) is an establishment for the accommodation of the public
providing service ordinarily found in hotels, (ii) is equipped with not
fewer than twenty-five (25) rooms, a lobby with registration and wall
desk, seating facilities and a dining room which serves full-course
meals at least twice daily and which has a regular seating capacity at
tables (not including seats at bars or counters) for fifty (50) or
more persons, and (Hi) is operated in a physical plant which has
a valuation for purposes of State and local assessment and taxation
of not less than twenty five thousand dollars ($35,000) TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) and which has a valuation of per-
sonal property for purposes of State and local assessment and taxation
of not less than three thousand dollars ($3000), (AND (IV) HAS
ANNUAL GROSS RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF FOOD (AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN) WHICH EXCEEDS ANNUAL
GROSS RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEV-
ERAGES, ALL AS CERTIFIED BY AN AUDIT AS IS REQUIRED
IN PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION. This license in a
hotel does not permit sales at bars or counters, or sales for consump-
tion anywhere except inside the building in ON THE PREMISES
ON which the meals are prepared and served. This license is not
transferable.

(3) Such a license may be issued to a restaurant which meets
the following requirements and conditions: (i) Serves full-course
meals at least twice daily; (ii) has a regular seating capacity at
tables (not including seats at bars or counters) for fifty (50) or
more persons and (iii) is operated in a physical plant which has a
valuation for purposes of State and local assessment and taxation of
not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and which has
a valuation of personal property for purposes of State and local
assessment and taxation of not less than three thousand ($3,000)