No license, other than an on-sale beer license, shall be issued to any applicant for any premises situated more than one mile outside the limits of an incorporated city and within two miles of any camp or establishment of men, numbering 25 or more, engaged upon or in connection with the construction, repair, or operation of any work, improvement, or utility of a public or quasi-public character. This section does not apply to the renewal of any licenses for any premises which have been established and licensed under this division at least six months prior to the establishment of the camp or establishment of men, and such licenses, whether held by the original licensee to whom first issued or a subsequent holder thereof, shall be subject to transfer as to person and premises, or either, in the same manner as any other license of the same type and character issued by the department.