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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 886

approval of the liquor control board, only to the owner
of any restaurant which is located in the fourth, eighth
or tenth election districts of [said] THAT county and
which was doing business in 1932, and which had a seating
capacity of [ thirty ] 30 chairs and capital investment of
[thirty thousand dollars] $30,000 or more in 1932, for
consumption on the premises. The annual license fee for
[such a] THIS license [shall be two thousand dollars
($2,000.00), provided, however, that] IS $2,000. HOWEVER
the provisions of this subsection 19 (h) shall [be null
and void and of] HAVE no further effect after April 30,
1965.

[(h-1)] (R) In Montgomery County [such a] THIS
license shall be issued by the clerk, upon the advice and
approval of the board of license commissioners, only to
the owner of any restaurant or hotel, having a minimum
dining area of 1,000 square feet located in the third,
fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, or thirteenth
election districts of £ said] THE county except in the
towns of Poolesville, Takoma Park and Kensington. As a
prerequisite for the initial issuance of a license under
this subsection, the owner must attest in a sworn
statement that gross receipts from food sales in the
restaurant or hotel will be in excess of two times the
gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages. As
a prerequisite for each renewal of a license issued under
this subsection, the owner must attest in a sworn
statement that the gross receipts from food sales in the
restaurant or hotel for the [twelve—] 12 month period
immediately preceding the application for renewal have
been in excess of two times the gross receipts from the
sale of alcoholic beverages. The board of license
commissioners shall by rule and regulation provide for
periodic inspection of the premises and for audits to
determine the ratio of gross receipts from the sale of
food to gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic
beverages. Any rules and regulations adopted by the
board [as aforesaid] shall include a requirement of (1)
at least monthly physical inspections of the premises
during the initial license year of any licensee and (2)
the submission by the licensee to the board, during the
initial license year [aforesaid], of monthly statements
showing gross receipts from the sale of food and gross
receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages for the
immediately preceding month. In the event that a
licensee [hereunder], during the initial license year,
[shall fail] FAILS to maintain gross receipts from the
sale of food at least twice those from the sale of
alcoholic beverages for a period of three consecutive
months or after the initial license year for each license
or calendar year, the board, in its discretion, may
revoke the license. The board [shall have the authority]
IS AUTHORIZED to require any licensee to provide [such]
ANY supporting data as it, in its discretion, [deems]
CONSIDERS necessary in order to establish that the
requirements of this section relating to the ratio of
gross receipts from the sale of food to those from the