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2534 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 608
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hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
110.
It shall be unlawful for any holder of a
manufacturer's or wholesaler's license, or any one
connected with the business of [such] THE holder, or any
distiller, nonresident dealer, brewer, rectifier, blender
or bottler of alcoholic beverages to have any financial
interest in the premises upon or in which any alcoholic
beverage is sold at retail by any licensee, or in any
business conducted by [such] THE licensee; and it shall
[also] be unlawful ALSO for any [such] person or any one
connected with his, its or their business, to lend any
money or other thing of value, or make any gift or to
offer any gratuity to any retail dealer, and it shall
[also] be unlawful ALSO for any brewer or beer wholesaler
to furnish any sign, display or other form of
advertisement of any value in excess of [five dollars
($5.00)] $10, advertising the beer or malt beverage
products of a particular wholesaler or brewer to the
holder of any retail license issued under the provisions
of this article[; and, except]. EXCEPT as provided
[herein] FOR, A [no] retail dealer [shall] MAY NOT
accept, receive or make use of any money, gift, sign or
display furnished by any manufacturer or wholesaler, or
any distiller, brewer, rectifier, nonresident dealer,
blender or bottler, or become indebted to any [such]
person except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and
allied products purchased for resale. It shall [also] be
unlawful ALSO for any manufacturer, distiller,
nonresident dealer, rectifier, blender or bottler, or
wholesaler of alcoholic beverages other than beer and
malt beverages to furnish any sign, display or other form
of advertisement of value except as hereinafter provided.
Signs, posters, placards, devices, graphic displays,
tearing advertising matter or any other forms of
advertising for use in windows or elsewhere on a retail
liquor establishment may be given or furnished to a
retailer by a brandowner who is engaged in the business
as a distiller, nonresident dealer, rectifier, blender,
bottler or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages other than
beer and malt beverages provided:
(1) The utilitarian value is secondary and
only incidental to the value as an advertisement, and
provided:
(2) The total value of any [such] item
furnished by any [such above] brandowner for each of its
individual brands for use in any one retail establishment
at any one time does not exceed the sum of [fifteen
dollars ($15.00)] $15 for each individual brand, and
provided:
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