Ch. 654                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

and is neither directly nor indirectly operated as a public
business;

(ii) Any lodge or chapter of a bona fide
nonprofit and nationally chartered fraternal organization
composed of members duly elected and initiated in accordance with
the rights and customs of such fraternal organizations which is
operating a house or clubhouse for the use of its members, and is
neither directly or indirectly operated as a public business,
provided that any such club or organization has 100 or more bona
fide members paying such dues as required by its national
organization in the year immediately preceding the year in which
such license is issued, and provided that such home or clubhouse
has facilities for preparing and serving food on the premises to
the members and their guests;

(iii) A bona fide yacht or boat club,
regardless of whether the club is operated for profit, owning
real estate in the county and having a dues-paying membership of
not less than 150 persons, not less than 50 of whom own yachts,
boats or other vessels;

(iv) A country club, regardless of whether the
club is operated for profit, which has 75 or more bona fide
members paying dues of not less than $50 per annum per member,
which maintains at the time of the application for license a
regular or championship golf course of 9 holes or more, or, in
lieu of said golf course, a swimming pool at least 20 by 40 feet
in size, and at least 6 tennis courts;

(v) A racquet club, regardless of whether the
club is operated for profit, that has 75 or more bona fide
members paying dues of not less than $50 each per year, which has
at the time of application and continues to maintain a minimum of
6 playing courts, with facilities for preparing food. No license
may be issued if the licensee is within 300 feet of any existing
licensed establishment of any kind; [or]

(vi) A bona fide nonprofit topiary garden that
operates a public museum and garden for its membership and the
general public as its guests, and is open to the general public
for at least 6 days a week for at least 6 hours a day during 5
months a year and that has food preparation facilities on the
topiary garden premises for the convenience of visiting guests;
OR

(VII) A BOX LACROSSE AND INDOOR SOCCER BALL
CLUB, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CLUB IS OPERATED FOR PROFIT, IF
THE CLUB;

1. MAINTAINS HAS AT THE TIME OF
APPLICATION AND CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR PLAYING BOX
LACROSSE AND INDOOR SOCCER;

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