902                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 484

(n) If any provision of this section or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions or applications of the section which can
be given effect without the invalid provisions or application; and to
this end the provisions of this section are severable.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July JUNE 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 484
(Senate Bill 160)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 of
Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replace-
ment Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Inter-Racial Commis-
sion," subtitle "Discrimination in Public Accommodations,"
broadening the definition of the term "Place of Public Accommoda-
tions" to include premises primarily devoted to the sale of alcoholic
beverages such as bars, taverns, and cocktail lounges.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 of Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Inter-
Racial Commission," subtitle "Discrimination in Public Accommoda-
tions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments to read as follows:

DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS

11. Discrimination unlawful; meaning of term "place of public
accommodations."

It is unlawful for an owner or operator of a place of public ac-
commodation or an agent or employee of said owner or operator,
because of the race, creed, color, or national origin of any person,
to refuse, withhold from, or deny to such person any of the accom-
modations, advantages, facilities and privileges of such place of
public accommodation. Nothing in this section shall be construed
or interpreted to prohibit the proprietor of any establishment, or
the employees thereof, from the right to deny service to any person
for failure to conform to the usual and regular requirements,
standards and regulations for the establishment so long as the denial
is not based upon discrimination on the grounds of race, color, creed,
or national origin.; AND NOTICE OF THE RIGHT ACCORDED
BY THIS SENTENCE MAY BE PUBLICLY POSTED ON THE
PREMISES. For the purpose of this subtitle, a place of public
accommodation means: (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other estab-
lishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an
establishment located within a building which contains not more
than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by
the proprietor of such establishment as his residence; (2) any res-
taurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other