BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1773

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

14.

(N) IN KENT COUNTY ANY RESTAURANT MEETING THE
DEFINITION OF RESTAURANT IN § 101 APPLY FOR A SPECIAL CLASS
B BEER AND LIGHT WINE LICENSE, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE
BOARD. THE ANNUAL FEE FOR THIS LICENSE IS $1,000.

[(n)] (O) This section shall not apply to Allegany,
Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Garrett, Howard, [Kent,]
Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset and Talbot counties, in
all of which jurisdictions such licenses shall not be
issued.

101.

(A) In Kent County, notwithstanding any other
provision of this subtitle, it is unlawful for any person to
sell or for any retail dealer to give alcoholic beverages
between the hours of midnight on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on
Monday, except as to (1) Class C, beer, wine and liquor
license (on-sale) club under which it is lawful to keep for
sale and sell in Kent County, for consumption on the
licensed premises alcoholic beverages on Sunday between the
hours of 1:00 p.m. and midnight and (2) Class A, beer and
wine license under which it is lawful to sell between 9:00
a.m. Sunday and 2:00 a.m. the following day. Also on
Sunday between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and midnight, bona
fide restaurants holding a Class B beer, wine and liquor
license are permitted to serve alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises only as a supplement to meals
(which requires that the total alcoholic beverage bill
cannot exceed the total price of the meal) and only when
seated at a table (and not from a bar or bar stools). The
word "restaurant" when applied to Kent County, means a
business establishment for the accommodation of the public,
fully equipped with a proper and adequate dining room and
with sufficient facilities for preparing and serving meals,
which has been approved by the board of license
commissioners of Kent County, wherein the average daily
receipts from the sale of food comprise at least 6 0 percent
of the average daily receipts of the business. Any person
selling or any retail dealer giving alcoholic beverages in
Kent County between the hours of midnight on Saturday and
6:00 a.m. on Monday, except as to Class A, B and C licenses
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction is fined not
exceeding $50 for the first offense, and for each succeeding
offense is fined not exceeding $100 or imprisoned in the
county jail for not more than 30 days or be both fined and
imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.