1998 ARTICLE 8.

1898, ch. 532, Elec. 410.

257. There shall be a Board of Liquor License Commissioners of Cecil
County, consisting of three persons, who shall hold their office during
good behavior or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.
In case of any vacancy occurring in said board by death, refusal to act,
removal from the county or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by the
County Commissioners of Cecil County, and said Commissioners shall also
have the power in their discretion to remove from office any Commissioner
for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office upon the petition of any ten
reputable citizens of Cecil County, and proof of such neglect of duty or
malfeasance in office satisfactory to the County Commissioners, and their
decision shall be final and conclusive. Said Commissioners shall receive
the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars annually in lieu of all other
compensation to be paid to them by the County Commissioners of Cecil
County on or before the first day of May in each and every year, and it
shall not be lawful for any Commissioner to directly or indirectly receive
from any applicant for license any fee, reward or thing of value what-
soever. The said persons constituting said board and their successors
shall, before entering on the discharge of their duties, be duly sworn in
by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil County; they shall meet at
Elkton, Maryland, as often as necessity requires, and their duties shall
be such as are hereinafter defined. Robert Mackey, Charles W. Simpers
and Henry H. McFadden of Cecil County are hereby constituted and
appointed the Board of Liquor License Commissioners of Cecil County.

1898, ch. 532, Elec. 411.

258. Licenses to the hotel keepers, not more than three in the Third
Election District, and not more than two in any other district of Cecil
County, may be issued, and in incorporated towns of not less than fifteen
hundred population not more than one wholesale dealers' license may be
issued; any person in Cecil County who may keep a house for the recep-
tion of guests, or of permanent or transient boarders, containing at least
five chambers more than are needed for his family purposes, and which
said five or more chambers are used for the reception of guests, or per-
manent or transient boarders containing therein for use, at all times, at
least five good beds with sufficient covering therefor, and having stabling
sufficient for the accommodation of six or more horses, shall be deemed a
hotel keeper within the meaning of this subtitle; any person who shall
keep a store or house for the sale or barter of spirituous or fermented
liquors in quantities of not less than a pint, not to be drunk on the prem-
ises, shall be deemed a wholesale dealer within the meaning of this subtitle.

1898, ch. 632, sec. 411A.

259. Any person in Cecil County desiring to take out a license under
this subtitle shall file a petition with the Board of Liquor License Com-
missioners of Cecil County, setting forth that the applicant desires to sell
spirituous or fermented liquors, and shall describe therein the premises to