2640                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 779

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 19 (i) (5) and 53(5) of Article 2B
— Alcoholic Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages
19.

(i)(5) In Prince George's County there [shall
be,] IS in addition to the classes herein provided, a
special Class B license known as Class BLX which shall be
issued only to luxury type restaurants; they shall be
applied for in the regular manner and shall have a
license fee of [nine hundred and forty ($940.00) dollars

]$940. A luxury type restaurant shall be as defined by

the rules and regulations of the board of liquor license
commissioners for Prince George's County, provided that
[said] THE restaurant has a minimum capital investment of
$300,000.00 for dining room facilities and kitchen
equipment, which sum shall not include the cost of land,
buildings or a lease, with a minimum seating capacity of
150 persons. The board of license commissioners shall
have complete discretion as to whom these licenses shall
be issued, the number to be issued, and as to whether an
existing license holder of an alcoholic beverage license
in Prince George's County may also have an interest in
one Class BLX license[, except that under]. [[UNDER no
other circumstances]] [shall] [[EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY
ALLOWED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 53(5) OF THIS
ARTICLE, MAY any individual or corporation be allowed to
hold more than one license.]] AN INDIVIDUAL OR

CORPORATION MAY HOLD NOT MORE THAN TWO CLASS BLX

LICENSES. This license [shall be] IS limited and
restricted to the purpose of providing alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the licensed premises only,
with no off—sale privileges to be exercised therewith.

53.

(5) In Prince George's County, no person,
franchiser, franchisee, chain store operation,
partnership, firm or corporation[, shall] MAY have any
interest in more than one license, whether held or
controlled by direct or indirect ownership, by franchise
operation, by chain store operation, by stock ownership,
interlocking directors or interlocking stock ownership,
or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, it being
the intention of this section to prohibit any such