1206                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 560

(6) Subject to the provisions of this section, every person regu-
larly selling or distributing newspapers on the street or to customers
at their homes or places of business. For the purposes of this Act,
such person shall be deemed an employee of any independent news
agency for whom he shall sell newspapers, or of each publisher who
engages such persons to sell or distribute its newspapers.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971, contingent upon the enactment of House Bill 105 by the
1971 Session of the General Assembly of Maryland.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 560
(House Bill 737)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 40 (b)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "General
Provisions on Issue of Licenses," to provide that in cases of Close
Corporations, application for alcoholic beverage licenses may be

made by all of the officers of the corporation where there are

less than three officers FOR WHOM SHALL MAKE APPLICA-
TION FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE IN THE
CASE OF A CLOSE CORPORATION.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 40(b) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-
title "General Provisions on Issue of Licenses," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

40.

(b) If the application is made for a corporation, or a club,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, the license shall be applied
for by and be issued to three of the officers of such corporation or
club, as individuals, for the use of the corporation or club, at least
one of whom shall be a registered voter and taxpayer of the county
or city, or State of Maryland when the application is filed with the
Comptroller, and shall also have resided therein for at least two
years prior to said application; and the application shall also set
forth the names and addresses of all of the officers of such corpora-
tion or club and shall be signed by the president or vice-president
thereof, as well as by three officers to whom the license shall be
issued. The application for every such license shall disclose the
name and address of the corporation, partnership or association, as
well as the name and address of the applicant. Provided, how-
ever, that in the case of an application for any Class E, Class F
or Class G license, the application may be made by any three officers
or employees residing in this State, duly authorized by the corpora-
tion to apply for said license. Provided, however, the provisions of
this subsection with reference to an applicant being a registered