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invalid provisions or application, and to this end, the provisions of
this Act are declared to be severable THIS ACT SHALL BE EF-
FECTIVE NOTWITHSTANDING THE PASSAGE OF ANY
OTHER ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1971, AND BE APPLICABLE
WITHIN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, AND THIS ACT SHALL
PREVAIL OVER ANY PROVISIONS OF SUCH OTHER ACT
INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 303
(House Bill 481)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20 (j) of
Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement
Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Beer, Wine and
Liquor Licenses," to provide that the annual fee in Montgomery
County for a beer, wine and liquor license, Class C (on sale-clubs)
shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 20(j) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle
"Beer, Wine and Liquor Licenses," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

(j) Montgomery County.—In Montgomery County such a license
shall be issued only to a country club applying therefor which has
one hundred (100) or more bona fide members of whatever class, and
in which the total amount of dues paid by the membership averages
at least fifty dollars ($50.00) per annum for each member and which
maintains at the time of the application for the license a regular
or championship golf course of nine holes or more, provided however,
that any premises licensed hereunder which had a Class C beer, wine
and liquor license on January 1, 1964 shall not be required to
maintain a regular or championship golf course as aforesaid if it
then maintained and now maintains, in lieu thereof, a swimming pool
at least 20 by 40 feet in size and at least six lawn tennis courts. Such
a license shall authorize the holder thereof to keep for sale and to
sell any alcoholic beverages purchased from the liquor control board
for Montgomery County, at retail, to any customer at the place
described in said license, for consumption on its premises only. The
application shall be signed by at least one officer of such club who
shall be a resident or registered voter or taxpayer of Montgomery
County. The annual fee for such a license shall be [eight hundred
and fifty dollars ($850.00)] two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971