SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor 1263
[(2) Outside Ocean City.] Bona fide hotels having 20 or more
rooms regularly serving meals [located outside the corporate limits
of Ocean City], and restaurants having a table seating capacity of
70 or more people [located outside the corporate limits of Ocean
City] shall make application to the board of license commissioners
of Worcester County for a license to serve beer, wine, or liquor;
and upon approval by the the mayor and city council of the incorporated
town (if any) in which the premises are located and the licensing
authority, and upon compliance with the general provisions of this
article [,] and payment to the board of license commissioners of an
annual fee of [$600] seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) for a
six day license and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a seven day
license, said applicant shall be entitled to a license which will permit
said hotel or restaurant to serve liquor, wines, or beer during the
hours as provided in Section 106 of this article.
IN WORCESTER COUNTY SIX-DAY LICENSES MAY BE
ISSUED TO BONA FIDE HOTELS HAVING TWENTY (20) OR
MORE ROOMS, REGULARLY SERVING MEALS, OR RESTAU-
RANTS HAVING A TABLE SEATING CAPACITY OF SEVENTY
(70) OR MORE PERSONS, UPON PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL
FEE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($750.00);
IN CASE THE PREMISES TO BE LICENSED ARE LOCATED
WITHIN ANY INCORPORATED TOWN, THE APPLICATION
REQUIRES APPROVAL BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN, IN ADDITION TO APPROVAL BY THE LI-
CENSING AUTHORITY; THIS LICENSE SHALL ENTITLE THE
LICENSEE TO SERVE BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR AS PRO-
VIDED BY THIS ARTICLE ON SIX DAYS OF THE WEEK,
EXCLUDING SUNDAY. IN THE TENTH ELECTION DISTRICT
OF THE COUNTY ONLY, A SEVEN-DAY LICENSE MAY BE
ISSUED UPON PAYMENT OF AN ANNUAL FEE OF ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00), SUBJECT TO THE AP-
PROVAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF ANY IN-
CORPORATED TOWN AS PROVIDED ABOVE, IN ADDITION
TO APPROVAL BY THE LICENSING AUTHORITY, WHICH LI-
CENSE SHALL AUTHORIZE SALES AS PROVIDED BY THIS
ARTICLE ON SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
THE HOURS OF SALE UNDER THESE LICENSES SHALL
BE AS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 106 OF THIS ARTICLE.
For the purpose of qualifying for a seven-day license IN THE
TENTH ELECTION DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY, in addition
to the definition of a hotel or a restaurant elsewhere in this section,
a hotel is an establishment for the accommodation of the public,
providing services ordinarily found in hotels, is equipped with no
fewer than twenty rooms, a lobby with a registration and mail desk
and seating facilities, and an enclosed dining room which serves full-
course meals from menus at least twice daily; and a restaurant shall
be an establishment with an enclosed dining area that has a seating
capacity at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for seventy
or more persons; serves full-course meals from menus at least twice
daily; has been in full time operation as a restaurant for not less than
one OPERATION AS A RESTAURANT DURING THE year im-
mediately preceding the time the application for license is made;
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