Ch. 79.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 39(a)(1)                       

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

3.9.

(a) In the alcoholic beverage laws for Queen Anne's County,
the following words mean:

(1) The word "restaurant" as used in § 9 and in § 19
of this article, when applied to Queen Anne's County, means a
business establishment for the accommodation of the public, fully
equipped with a proper and adequate dining room HAVING A SEATING
CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 12 PERSONS and with sufficient facilities
for preparing and serving meals, which has been approved by the
board of license commissioners of Queen Anne's County, wherein
the average daily receipts from the sale of food comprise at
least 51 percent of the average daily receipts of the business.

SECTION   2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions

of this Act do not affect the renewal or transfer of an existing

license of a   restaurant with a seating capacity of fewer than 12
persons.                     

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 79

(House Bill 289)

AN ACT concerning

Queen Anne's County - Appointment of Warden

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen
Anne's County to appoint a Warden of the County Detention
Center and assistants; specifying the authority and
responsibility of the Warden; and generally relating to the

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