394                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 179

part of the premises where the major portion of meals are served
and consumed in such licensed premises) for the sale of alcoholic
beverages for consumption off the licensed premises, the annual fee
for such a license shall be one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dol-
lars; and a license holder under this subsection shall not sell alco-
holic beverages for consumption off the premises from any portion of
said premises other than from the main bar, or the usual place main-
tained therein for sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
premises and where the major portion of meals are consumed in
said premises, unless such annual license fee of one thousand five
hundred ($1,500) dollars shall have been paid.

For the purpose of this subsection a restaurant shall be defined
as any establishment located in a permanent building with ample
space and accommodations commonly known as a restaurant wherein
hot meals are habitually prepared, sold and served to the public dur-
ing the hours it is regularly open for business.

It shall have at least the minimum sanitary facilities required for
such an establishment by the regulations of the county health de-
partment and shall meet the minimum health requirements of such
rules and regulations. It shall be equipped with HAVE a dining
room AREA OR AREAS with sufficient tables, chairs and/or booths
to comfortably seat and accommodate not less than 75 patrons at one
time not including patrons seated at the bar.

The establishment shall be equipped with a kitchen having com-
plete facilities and utensils for preparing hot and cold meals to the
public.

There shall be employed a sufficient number of cooks, waiters
and/or waitresses to serve the number of patrons provided for in the
dining room AREA OR AREAS.

Each restaurant shall maintain and display a menu advertising
the serving of a variety of hot meals. There shall be on the premises
at all times sufficient food to fill orders made from said menu.

Any interruption of restaurant facilities for any reason whatso-
ever must be reported to the board promptly.

No drug, candy or confectionery store shall be construed to be a
restaurant.

On and after [June 1, 1965] May 1, 1966, no new application for
a beer, wine and liquor license, Class B shall be granted by the
board, and no transfer from one location to another location by the
same license holder, and no transfer from one license holder to an-
other at the same location, or from one business LICENSE holder to
another at a different location, shall be approved unless the estab-
lishment where it is proposed to locate or transfer the license shall
meet the standards contained herein. As of May 1, 1966, a license
holder who was granted and held his license prior to June 1, 1965,
shall be granted by the board an additional period of two years,
expiring as of May 1, 1968, during which to meet the standards
contained herein; and during that two-year period the board shall
not refuse, for failure to meet these standards, an application for
the renewal of a licenser, A A transfer from one license holder to an-
other at the same location, or a transfer from one business LICENSE