948 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 501

office, clerical, and investigational expenses of the Board shall
be paid by the County Commissioners out of receipts from
licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages. Provided, how-
ever, that the Board shall not expend more than two thousand
five hundred dollars in any year for salaries and expenses,
said sum or sums to be expended in the discretion of the
Board.

(s) WASHINGTON COUNTY. In Washington County the Clerk
shall forthwith remit all license fees collected by him to the
Board of License Commissioners for said County, who shall
deduct therefrom such sums as may be necessary to pay the
salaries of the Board and such additional sum as the Board
may deem necessary to pay its employees, and such other
expenses as the Board may deem necessary, and shall pay over
the net proceeds of such license fees ratably to the incorporated
town in which the place of business is located or to the County
Commissioners for the use of the County, if the place of busi-
ness is not located in an incorporated town.

(t) WICOMICO COUNTY. In Wicomico County the Board of
County Commissioners shall pay the salaries and expenses of
the Board of License Commissioners.

(u) WORCESTER COUNTY. In Worcester County the Board
of County Commissioners shall pay the salaries and expenses
of the Board of License Commissioners.

(v) COMPTROLLER. The Comptroller shall be entitled to
retain from the license and permit fees collected by him for
the use of the State of Maryland, such sums as may be neces-
sary to pay refunds on licenses issued by him and the ex-
penses incurred by him and the Bureau of State Licenses, in
the discharge of the duties imposed by this Article.

57. REFUND OF LICENSE FEES, (a) No holder of any
class of license shall be entitled to a refund of the unearned
portion of the fee paid for a license, upon the surrender
thereof, except:

(1) in the event of receivership or bankruptcy of the busi-
ness, and in such case the refund shall be made for the benefit
of the creditors of such licensee, or

(2) in the event of the death of the license holder, and in
such case the refund shall be made for the benefit of the estate
of such deceased license holder, or

(3) in the event that the licensee has volunteered for or
been called into the armed forces of the United States or the
regular State Militia, or