1622                            Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 625

This subsection shall not be construed to limit the powers of the
liquor control board to control the number of licensees under Section
42 and Section 184 of this article, and provided further, that this
subsection shall not contravene the provisions of Sections 56, 57 and

99  of this article, as said several sections may be amended from
time to time.

20.

(h-2) In Harford County there is authorized to be issued a license
to be known as a "club and organization license" covering "on sales"
of beer, wine and liquor to the members and the guests of such clubs
and organizations [in the first, second, third and sixth election dis-
tricts].

The annual fee for such license shall be $350 annually for a club
with from 50 to 99 bona fide dues-paying members, $600 annually
for a club with from 100 to 250 such members, $850 annually for a
club with from 251 to 450 such members, and $1,000 annually for a
club with 451 or more such members. The license fee shall be
established on the maximum number of dues-paying members during
the calendar year immediately preceding the application for a li-
cense. Any club or organization as described herein shall be entitled
to the issuance of a special Sunday license upon payment of an
additional fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). 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 was 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 in-
directly 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 house 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 $50 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 course, a swimming pool at least 20 by 40 feet in size, and at
least six tennis courts.