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for compensation, and where facilities are especially provided and service is rendered for the consumption of alcoholic beverages, who does not possess a license under this Act, to permit the consumption of such alcoholic beverages on such premises." (c) Section 10 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-110), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. The Board is authorized to issue licenses to individuals, partnerships, or corporations, but not to unincorporated associations, on application dul^ made therefor, for the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, consumption on premises of clubs where food, nonalcoholic beverages, or entertainment are sold or provided for compensation, or solicitation of orders for sale of alcoholic beverages within the District of Columbia. The Board shall keep a full record of all applications for licenses, and of all recommendations for and remonstrances against the granting of licenses and of the action taken thereon." (d) Section 11 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-111), is amended by striking out the word "eleven" in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twelve", and by adding immediately before the last paragraph thereof the following new subsection: "(1) CONSUMPTION LICENSE FOR A CLUB.—Such a license shall be issued only for a club. The word 'club' within the meaning of this paragraph is a corporation for the promotion of some common object (not including corporations organized or conducted for any commercial or business purpose, or for money profit), owning, hiring, or leasing a building or space in a building of such extent and character as in the judgment of the Board may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodations of its members and their guests; and the affairs and management of such corporation are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at least once each calendar year, and no officer, agent, or employee of the club is paid, directly or indirectly, or receives in the form of salary or other compensation, any profit from the conduct and operation of the club beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted by the members or by its directors or other governing body. No license shall be issued to a club which has npt been established for at least three months immediately prior to the making of the application for such license. Such a license shall authorize the holder thereof to permit consumption of alcoholic beverages on such parts of the licensed premises as may be approved by the Board. The annual fee for such a license shall be $100." (e) The first sentence of section 14(b) of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-115 (b) ^, is amended to read as follows: "Before granting a license under section 11(1) of this Act or a retailer's license, except a retailer's license class E or class F, the Board shall give notice by advertisement published once a week and for at least two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia." (f) The first sentence of section 14(c) of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-115 (c)), is amended by striking out the words "or class D " and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", class D or a license issued under section 11 m of this Act". (g) Section 20 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 25-121), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

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