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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 188

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Issue of Licenses)

FOR the purpose of providing that before a hotel or
restaurant may qualify for a certain class license in
Carroll County it must be assessed at a certain value;
and providing that this standard be applicable from a
certain date.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 19(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

19.

(h) (1) In Carroll County the annual fee for a license
is $1,500 for a restaurant and $1,500 for a hotel.

(2)  This license may be issued in Carroll County
to a bona fide hotel which (i) is an establishment for the
accommodation of the public providing service ordinarily
found in hotels, (ii) is equipped with not fewer than 25
rooms, a lobby with registration and mail desk, seating
facilities and a dining room which serves full-course meals
at least twice daily and which has a regular seating
capacity at tables (not including seats at bars or counters)
for 50 or more persons, and (iii) is operated in facilities
which are valued for purposes of State and local assessment
and taxation at not less than [$20,000] $50,000.

(3)  This license may be issued in Carroll County
to a restaurant which meets the following requirements and
conditions: (i) serves full-course meals at least twice
daily; (ii) has a regular seating capacity at tables (not
including seats at bars or counters) for 50 or more persons;
and (iii) is operated in facilities which are valued for
purposes of State and local assessment and taxation at not
less than [$20,000] $50,000. This license in a restaurant
does not permit sales for consumption anywhere except inside
the building in which the meals are prepared and served, but
sales of beer only for consumption off the premises may be
made under this license on any day of the week.

(4)  Whenever application is made for licensing
under this subsection for any new or improved building, the