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1894, ch. 86. 1900, ch. 278. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 653X.

690. Any holder of a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail, by
the drink or otherwise, may be permitted by said Board, in their discre-
tion, to sell or assign said license to another person, to be used at the same
or another place of business, or to transfer his said license to another place
of business; provided, that the fitness and propriety of said intended
purchaser or assignee, and of said intended new place of business shall
be first approved by said Board upon due application therefor, recom-
mendation by qualified voters, advertisement of same in newspapers, etc.,
as in case of an original application for such license. Such sale or assign-
ment or transfer when granted by said Board shall be endorsed upon the
license by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, who shall be entitled
to receive a fee of fifty cents therefor, and the same shall then take effect.
And whenever the said Board may be satisfied that any license has been
lost or destroyed or that any licensee has transferred or assigned his license-
to another person, and the said transfer or assignment has been duly ap-
proved by the Board, in the manner above provided for, and the original
licensee withholds said license from the person or persons to whom he has
assigned or transferred the same, and refuses to deliver or surrender said
license, the said Board shall have the power to revoke and cancel said'
original license and to issue a duplicate license in lieu thereof to such
transferee upon the payment of the aforesaid fee of fifty cents, without
any additional license fee. And if any license shall be in course of trans-
fer for the same place of business, the Board shall have the power in its
discretion to issue a permit to the owner or transferee of such license to
conduct business thereunder until a duplicate license can be issued or said
transfer duly effected, and the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall
endorse upon such duplicate license the word "Duplicate," together with
the names of the original licensee, as well as that of the transferee to
whom such duplicate is granted, and in the settlement of his accounts
with the Comptroller and Treasurer of the State of Maryland, the said
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall be allowed for such duplicate
license.

1908, ch. 197.

690A. In addition to the powers conferred by Section 690 of this.
Article, any holder of a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail, by
the drink or otherwise, may assign, hypothecate or pledge said license to
any person, firm, association or corporation as security for the repayment
of any debt or the performance of any obligation and the instrument so
assigning, hypothecating or pledging said license shall, upon the applica-
tion of the person, firm, association or corporation to whom the same
shall be made, be recorded by said Board as provided in section 669 of this
Article; and whenever it shall be made to appear to said Board upon
petition duly verified by affidavit that default has occurred in any of the
conditions set forth in said instrument, hypothecation or pledge, and the
licensee refuses to deliver the license to the party thereby entitled to same,