WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 943

notice of the application to be advertised two times in some
newspaper published or generally circulated in the county or
city in which the licensed place of business is proposed to be
located, and the said notice shall indicate that the license
will be granted unless a written protest is filed with the Clerk
of the Court, on or before the expiration of two weeks from
the date of the first publication. If no written objections are
filed with the Clerk before the expiration of the time specified
in the publication of notice, the Clerk shall forthwith issue the
license applied for, upon payment of the fee required.

(b) PROTEST. A protest shall not be valid to delay the issue
of such a license unless the same has been signed by ten or
more reputable citizens of the State who are real estate owners
in the voting precinct in which the business sought to be
licensed is to be carried on.

(c) BUREAU. If such objections against the granting of any
such license in any of the counties are filed with the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for the county in which the business is to be
conducted, then the application, the objections and any other
papers or documents appertaining thereto shall be forthwith
transmitted by the Clerk of the Court to the Bureau of State
Licenses. The said Bureau, after due notice to the applicant
and to one or more of the objectors shall notify the Clerk of
the Court of the Bureau's findings thereon. If the Bureau
determines that the granting of the license is not necessary for
the accommodation of the public, or that the applicant is not
a fit person to receive such license, or he has made a material
false statement in his application, or has practiced fraud in
the application, or that the operation of the business if the
license is granted, will unduly disturb the peace of the resi-
dents of the neighborhood in which the place of business is to
be located, or that there are other reasons in the discretion
of the Bureau why the license should not be issued under
other sections of this Article, then the application shall be
disapproved, and no such license shall be issued. If no such
findings are made by the Bureau, then the application shall
be approved and the Clerk shall forthwith issue the license
applied for upon receipt of notice or a certificate of approval
from the Bureau, and upon payment of the fee required. The
findings of the Bureau in connection with all such applications
shall be final only in those counties where no appeal to a
Court is provided in any other section of this Article.

(d) QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. In Queen Anne's County the
advertisement shall be published at least once during a period
of one week. On or before the expiration of said period, any
ten or more reputable citizens, voters and taxpayers residing
in the election district in which the business sought to be