Ch. 3                                       1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) Have a bona fide membership of not less than 25 persons;

(iv) Charge dues of not less than $15 annually for each member; and

(v) Own or operate a home or clubhouse principally for the use of its
members and their guests when accompanied by such members, and not directly or
indirectly owned or operated as a public business.

(5)     There is a [veterans] VETERANS' license. The licensee shall:

(i) Be a local unit of a nationwide bona fide nonprofit organization or
club composed solely of members who served in the armed forces of the United States in
any war in which the United States has engaged;

(ii) [Held] HAVE HELD a charter from a national veterans'
organization for a period of not less than 5 years prior, to the time of application for
licensing;

(iii) Have a bona fide membership of not less than 35 persons;

(iv) Charge dues of not less than $4 annually for each member; AND

(v) Own or operate a home or clubhouse which the organization or
club operates solely for the use of its members and their guests when accompanied by
such members and not directly or indirectly owned or operated as a public business.

(6)     Each licensee shall purchase all wines and liquors sold by the licensee
from the Somerset County Liquor Control Board. The licensee shall be charged the
invoice price charged to the Liquor Control Board, plus freight charges and a sum not to
exceed 20 percent of the aggregate invoice price and freight charges.

' (v) (1) This subsection applies only in Talbot County.

(2)     The annual license fee is $250.

(3)     A license shall be issued only to a club:

(i) Which is not operated for profit;

(ii) Which has had for 5 consecutive years, immediately preceding the
year for which the license is issued, 50 or more bona fide members; and

(iii) Whose members pay dues of not less than $10 annually.

(4)     In the case of clubs composed exclusively of members who served in the
armed forces of the United States, which are affiliated with a national organization, the
license may be issued if the club had 50 or more bona fide members paying whatever dues
that were required by its national organization in the year immediately preceding the year
for which the license is issued.

(5)     Section 206 of this article permits the Talbot County Council to provide
for the retail alcoholic beverage laws for the County which, if enacted, supersede the
provisions of this article.

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