1716                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 837

provisions of § 40 of this article, in the case of such a license, at least one officer
of the corporation or the concessionaire, whichever applies for the license, must be
a resident of the State of Maryland.

(3)  In Prince George's County there shall be, in addition to the classes herein
provided, a special Class B license known as Class BH, which shall be issued only
to hotels, and for the purpose of this section "hotel" shall mean an establishment
recognized as a hotel for the accommodation of the public providing services
ordinarily found in hotels, equipped with not less than one hundred bedrooms, a
ballroom with not less than 2,000 square feet, a lobby with registration and mail
desk and seating facilities and a dining room with facilities for preparing and
serving regular meals, wherein the average daily receipts from the hire of rooms
and the sale of food exceeds the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic
beverages, said hotel building shall consist of not less than three floors not
including floors below the street or ground level. The annual license fee shall be
twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00). Said licenses to be subject to all other
provisions pertaining to beer, wine and liquor licenses Class B, in force and effect
in Prince George's County, except that any restrictions against the sale of alcoholic
beverages on Sunday appearing in § 103 and elsewhere in this article shall not
apply; and provided further that in no event may alcoholic beverages be sold,
served or consumed on the licensed premises on Sunday after two o'clock a.m or
before twelve o'clock noon.

(4)  The board of license commissioners may issue to the holders of a beer, wine
and liquor license, Class B, meeting the qualifications specified in subsection (1) of
this section a special Sunday "on-sale" permit to allow the holder thereof to keep
for sale and to sell at retail beer, wine and liquor on Sunday for consumption on
the licensed premises between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and two o'clock
a.m. the day following; providing the average daily receipts from the sale of food
equals forty percent (40%) of the total daily receipts from the sale of food and
alcoholic beverages in the establishments where it is proposed to locate such a
permit, and such ratio of food sales to the sale of alcoholic beverages has been
maintained for at least six months prior to the application for such a permit except
that in the case of a newly licensed establishment the board of license
commissioners may immediately authorize the issuance of a special Sunday
"on-sale" permit if in the opinion of the board and upon good cause shown the
newly licensed establishment meets the specifications of subsection (1) of this
section pertaining to the preparation, serving and sale of food and provided further
that the holder of the license thereafter complies with the provision of this
subsection (4). Applicants for a special Sunday "on-sale" permit shall furnish the
board of license commissioners with such proof as it may deem necessary
indicating the qualifications of the establishment to be issued such a permit.

The holder of a special Sunday "on-sale" permit shall be subject to all other
provisions of this article pertaining to beer, wine and liquor licenses, Class B, in
force and effect in Prince George's County, except that any restrictions on the sale
of alcoholic beverages on Sunday appearing in § 103 and elsewhere shall not apply.
Holders of such a permit shall submit to the board from time to time at regular
intervals to be established by the board, a statement indicating in detail the ratio
of food sales to the sales of alcoholic beverages. If the average daily receipts from
the sale of food fail for three successive months to equal forty percent (40%) of the
total daily receipts from the sale of food and alcoholic beverages the board shall
cancel such permit. It shall be permissible for the licensee of a Class B, beer, wine
and liquor license with a special Sunday "on-sale" permit and the licensee of a
Class BH license to sell beer, wine and liquor by the drink from the bar and/or a
cocktail lounge to persons on the licensed premises.