436                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 167

town as provided above, in addition to approval by the licensing
authority, which license 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 Sec. 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 estab-
lishment 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 operation as a restaurant during the
year immediately preceding the time the application for license is
made; and has had daily average receipts from the sale of food in
excess of sales of alcoholic beverages during the said year. All
of said licensees shall purchase all liquors and wines from the liquor
control board for Worcester County, and shall be charged therefor
fifteen percent (15%) less than the retail price of the liquor control
board for such liquors and wines. No license fees shall be issued
unless said hotel or restaurant is operated in a clean and sanitary
manner and is equipped with proper rest-room facilities. All license
fees shall go to the general funds of the county except where the
licensed premises are in an incorporated town in which event seventy-
five percent of the funds shall go to the incorporated town.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1971.

CHAPTER 167
(House Bill 820)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11-101
of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Re-
placement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "Rules of the
Road," extending to St. Mary's County certain vehicle laws con-
cerning the operation of a motor vehicle on private property
which is used by the public in general.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11-101 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle