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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 360
(House Bill 1096)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2 (o)
and (p) and 85 of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages,"
subtitles respectively "Definitions" and "Hours and Days for
Sale," and to add new Sections 32 (h) and 95B to the said article
of the said Code, subtitles respectively "Local Licenses and License
Provisions" and "Hours and Days for Sale," to revise several
provisions of the alcoholic beverages laws applicable to Cecil
County relating generally to definitions of hotels and restaurants,
hours and days of sale and consumption and revocation of certain
licenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 2 (o) and (p) and 85 of Article 2B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitles respectively "Definitions" and
"Hours and Days for Sale," be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments; that new Sections 32 (h) and 95B
be and they are hereby added to the said article of the said Code,
subtitles respectively "Local Licenses and License Provisions" and
"Hours and Days for Sale," and all to read as follows:

2.

(o) "Hotel" means an establishment for the accommodation of
the public, equipped with not less than ten bedrooms and a dining
room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals, wherein
the average daily receipts from the hire of rooms and the sale of
foods exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic
beverages; provided that the board of license commissioners, in
any county having such a board or in Baltimore City, and the mayor,
counselor and aldermen of the City of Annapolis, may by rule or
regulation prescribe a different standard as to what shall constitute
a hotel. Provided further, that in the City of Cumberland "hotel"
means such an establishment as described in this subsection and
having not fewer than twenty bedrooms. The requirements of this
section relating to average daily receipts are not applicable to any
licenses issued in Cecil County.

(p) "Restaurant" means an establishment for the accommodation
of the public equipped with a dining room with facilities for pre-
paring and serving regular meals, wherein the average daily receipts
from the sale of foods exceeds the average daily receipts from the
sale of alcoholic beverages, provided that the board of license com-
missioners, in any county having such a board or in Baltimore City,
may by rule or regulation prescribe a different standard as to what
shall constitute a restaurant.