636                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 287

CHAPTER 287
(House Bill 768)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20(h-l)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle
"Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses," to prohibit those holding a
club or organization license from selling in case lots in excess of ten
per cent (10%), plus freight charges, above the actual cost to the
Garrett County Liquor Control Board AND TO CHANGE THE
FEE FOR SUCH LICENSE TO $800.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 20(h-l) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition and 1966 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Bever-
ages," subtitle "Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

20.

(h-1) In Garrett County the liquor control board LIQUOR CON-
TROL BOARD is authorized to issue a license to be known as a "club
and organization license" covering "on sale" of beer, wine, and liquor
to the members and the guests of such clubs and organizations in
Garrett County. The annual fee for such license shall be five EIGHT
hundred dollars ($500.00) ($800.00). Such license shall be issued
only to the following clubs and organizations:

(i) A bona fide nationally chartered nonprofit organization or
club which has been incorporated for a period of not fewer than five
years immediately prior to the filing of the application, composed
solely of members who served in the armed forces of the United
States in any war in which the United States has engaged, which
organization or club operates, solely for the use of its own members
and its guests when accompanied by such members, and meets in a
clubhouse principally used for a club, and is neither directly nor
indirectly operated as a public business.

(ii) Any lodge or chapter of a bona fide nonprofit and nationally
chartered fraternal organization composed of members duly elected
and initiated in accordance with the rights and customs of such
fraternal organizations which is operating a home or clubhouse for
the use of its members, and is neither directly nor indirectly operated
as a public business, provided that any such club or organization has
100 or more bona fide members paying such dues as required by its
national organization in the year immediately preceding the year in
which such license is issued, and provided that such home or club-
house has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises
to the members and their guests.

(iii) A bona fide yacht or boat club, owning real estate in the
county and having a dues-paying membership of not less than 150
persons, not less than 50 of whom own yachts, boats, or other vessels.

(iv) A country club which has 75 or more bona fide members
paying dues of not less than $40 per annum per member, which
maintains at the time of the application for license a regular or
championship golf course of 9 holes or more, or, in lieu of said golf