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of said club, who need not SHALL be a resident or, registered voter or
AND 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 Sundays,
appearing elsewhere in this Article, shall not apply to any licensee
holding said special Class C (golf and country club) license; provided,
however, sales on Sunday under such license shall be made only to
the 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 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 require-
ments 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 restrictions appearing in Section 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 shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 440
(House Bill 886)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle "General Duties of Clerks," to
require the payment of a salary increase to each of the non-elected
employees of the civil and criminal courts of Baltimore City and
of the circuit courts in the counties.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle "General Duties
of Clerks," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

24.

The State Comptroller, on application of the clerk of the court
in any county or the clerk of any of the courts in Baltimore City, or
on his own initiative, shall have the authority and power to fix the
compensation or salary of all of the employees in the office of any